Investing the time in conserving your work is important for so many reasons and it’s good working practice to be as organised as possible when doing so. Whether you’re a musician, producer, or a creator of any type – keeping everything safe and avoiding data loss is paramount in the professional world.
Whether it’s in the initial stages of developing ideas, while you’re in the midst of creating your masterpiece, or long after the project is over – keeping your data backed up is crucial. Losing files through carelessness, or technological failures can be frustrating, time consuming, personally devastating and unprofessional.
You’re probably well aware how precarious and unpredictable working in the digital domain can sometimes be. All manner of accidents and computer problems happen that are beyond our control and explanation. But even when everything is running smoothly it’s still a good idea to keep your creative housekeeping in order. Clients can return years after a project has been completed, asking for certain things, or amendments to existing works. You may even want to revisit past material yourself, or just quickly access content such as samples, or tracks on your setup. There are endless reasons why you should care about file management.
There are plenty of options to choose from when backing up your work, but they essentially come down to two categories. These are local, or hard drive storage and cloud based storage. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, so it can be a good idea to use a combination of them both, depending on your predicament. Here’s a short video explaining a little further on the subject:
In terms of hardware solutions you have options such as:
- Optical devices (CDRs, DVDRs, Blu Ray, disks, etc)
- USB flash drives
- Memory cards
- Hard drives
- SSD Drives
Here are some cloud based storage services you might find useful:
- IDrive
- Google Drive
- Microsoft OneDrive
- Apple iCloud
- Dropbox
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