Track Songs in iTunes on Your MacBook

Besides organizing your music into Elvis and non-Elvis playlists, iTunes gives you the option to track your music at the song level. Each song that you add to the Music Library has a complete set of information associated with it. iTunes displays this information in the Info dialog, including

• Name: The name of the song

• Artist: The name of the artist who performed the song

• Composer: The name of the astute individual who actually wrote the song

• Album Artist: The name of the artist responsible for a compilation or tribute album

• Album: The album where the song appears

• Grouping: A group type that you assign

• Year: The year the artist recorded the song

• BPM: The beats per minute (which indicates the song’s tempo)

• Track Number: The position of the song on the original album

• Disc Number: The original disc number in a multi-CD set

• Comments: A text field that can contain any comments on the song

• Genre: The classification of the song (such as rock, jazz, or pop)

You can display this information by clicking a song name and pressing Command+I; the fields appear on the Info tab.