So I was pretty proud of myself because for the first time ever, I actually figured out how to update the .htaccess file without asking for help (a new milestone for me).
Here's what I added:
RewriteRule albums/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/ albums.php?language=$1&searchindex=$2&searchparameterdata=$3
that worked to translate my links to: www.my domain.com/albums/en/music/beatles/
But then.. along came pagination and I'm stumped again. On clicking my next page, it now appends to the above url like such..
beatles/?language=en&locale=us&page=2&searchindex=music&searchparameter=keywords&searchparameterdata=beatles&
Is this something I can correct in my .htaccess.. keeping the format of my working url and still letting pagination work?