I collect multiple versions of songs I like too. It's fun and a bit of a challenge tracking down new ones.
Obviously most dancers at a masterclass level IRL have more than an hour of music, and it got me wondering how much music the average dancer has and how they buy and use it.
Wow, Jane! I'm impressed to see how organized your music collection are.
I have no idea how much music I've got. And I have no idea what "the essentials" would be.
I don't buy as music as I used to, but that because I'm becoming more picky as I'm tired of buying music that doesn't inspire me (I've got enough crappy recordings already that I never play)
It was easy to see what I had when I looked in iTunes. It pops right up on the bottom of the screen. It's taken a long time to buy and organize all of it. I don't like everything I have either. Some of it is dated or was awful to begin with LOL! We had a thread on everyone's opinions on essential belly dance music. I don't remember what it was called.
Are you viewing the screen on the "songs" option? It's the horizontal list under the Apple logo. Then I go to the "genre" column on the far left and select whichever one I want to view. The information for that genre in your library should come up in a bar on the bottom of the screen.