Itunes- organization?

You're making playlists for individual albums?

I haven't even tried it out yet, right now I'm just trying to figure out how people organize things like artists and albums on ipod.

Half of my files don't even have "Genre", and even something like Stevie Wonder, one album was labeled "Dance" and another was labeled "Soul", so I don't want 2 albums by the same person scattered far away from eachother. It seems like it would be really confusing that way.

And there are songs I've downloaded that just don't have all the 'tag' information, it's just a song title. How do those fit in?

You should start by properly tagging as much as you can. The iPod will then have everything set up for you to browse by artist, album, genre, song, and even composer if you have it.

ID3Tag-It, Tag&Rename, Tag & M3U

I've heard these mentioned a lot around here but have no experience with any of them.

Of course, iTunes itself allows you to edit batches of tags at once. Just select numerous tracks and right click to Get Info. You can then add or edit information common to all the tracks.

Four other basic organizational tips:
1. Use genres, composers, and albums to sort material. You can add the columns you want to see (under Options) and these relate to the categories on the iPod.
2. Use the Eye (next to the Now Playing window) to see a list of your artists and albums. (Of course, this is only helpful once you've completed your tags.)
3. No need to use Playlists for albums, artists, or other groupings that iTunes sorts automatically. Instead, use them for your own groupings (e.g. Elob's Driving Music and Elob's Music to Seduce the Girl Down the Hall with the Funky Glasses). You can add a song to more than one playlist.
4. Don't forget Smart Playlists (search for other threads here), but save those until you've mastered the basics.

elob