There are a variety of PC audio player software (music managers) available and I use MusicBee. Another popular music manager is Media Monkey and I probably picked Music Bee over Media Monkey originally because it had some better features at the time. It doesn't matter how you organize your audio files on your computer, your music manager should be able to locate and manage them. Within my Music folder, iTunes and MusicBee create their own folder structures for organizing the files they download or use. My PC has the following Music subfolders:
- Audio Books
- iTunes (created by iTunes)
- Music
- MusicBee (created by MusicBee)
- My Albums (holdover from Windows)
- My Playlists (holdover from Windows)
- Podcasts
Within the Music subfolder (ie, \Music\Music\), I organize my music by artist and, within the artist folder, by album). Within the Music subfolder, I also have folders for online sources (eg, YouTube). I let iTunes manage my CBC podcast subscriptions and I put other individual podcasts in the \Music\Podcasts\ folder. Periodically, I'll get MusicBee to rescan my music library for new files.