[Q] How to prevent Google Music from detecting music on SD card?

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Hi all,
I asked this in the Android General Apps Q&A but didn't get much of a response, so I'm hoping some fellow Epic users can help me out:

I use doubletwist for listening to new music that is stored on my SD card. I use Google Music for streaming my favorite tracks that I have uploaded. The problem is Google Music automatically searches my SD card and displays all the music stored on my phone along with the artists/playlists/etc. that I have stored on the cloud, which makes it confusing when browsing the library. My question is: Can I prevent Google Music from searching and displaying what's on the SD card, but still allow doubletwist to see it? Thanks much!

I can't remember but isn't there like a file size limiter on google music options?

Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA

There's an option to show only offline music (i.e. what's stored on your phone), which is the opposite of what I want. I tried putting a .nomedia file in the SD card's music folder, but then doubletwist can't see it.

As I'm typing this, I thought of the solution. Don't even use the app, just play it straight through the web browser. I've done that for a while now to to play my library on my friends' phones, not sure why I didn't think of it before. Whole damn web is becoming so filtered through the lens of apps it was narrowing my thinking.

What if you placed a period in front of your music folder? Hiding it.