Naming audio tracks / MP3 tags

[Bruno Republic]

You do them remarkably similar to me. I use double ' to make an " sign in a file name though. Crappy Windoze doesn't let you use " in a file name.


StevePSB

But iTunes will allow you to put it in the song title. That (and other illegal-for-filename characters) get converted to an underscore in the filename, but iTunes will display whatever you originally entered.

[StevePSB]

Not sure I follow you, but I use iTunes solely for putting songs on my iPod. For making MP3's I use CDex and for listening to MP3's I use Winamp.


StevePSB

[Yesman]

I think songs are capitalized in general so that they can be instantly recognized as song titles when they are mentioned in magazine articles etc.

[Hillbilly]

I think songs are capitalized in general so that they can be instantly recognized as song titles when they are mentioned in magazine articles etc.

Yes, that might be a reason but I think it's better to have the title in quotations marks anyway. I can't understand why all British/American magazines don't do that. What if a one-word title starts a meaning? Not very easy to see the title then! Please always write a song title within ' ' or " " (or italicize it)!

This is a bad example, but I hope you get my point:

Pandemonium is heaven.
"Pandemonium" is heaven. - oh, the song is heaven!

I do like step 4 in this "Italics guide": http://www.ehow.com/how_2049063_italicize-properly.html