I keep my notes in a database called InfoRecall. It was and may still be, shareware. I like it because it's completely free-form, much like me! Just what a musician's personal database should be. I know, I have designed enough of the traditional business kind--no more, thank you.

I don't need to define fields,forms,reports or any of that usual dreary stuff; just pick a name for a topic,type it and there it is. I can include subcategories if I like-and add them whenever I like. And I don't need to be logical about it, either.

I keep my song sheets there; my address list, gig lists, venues, band information, contacts, interesting snippets about instruments,medical tips, funny quotes, limericks, recipes, emergency contacts....

It's very much the electronic version of all those bits of paper, notebooks,and napkins that I used to use and lose...except now I don't lose them. I even occasionally back up to disk all information so I don't lose it if (when)my hard disk goes south. My one concession to practicality...