How to auto-archive audio files for iTunes

In iTunes preferences, Advanced, General check these two boxes:

"Keep iTunes Music folder organized"
"Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library"

In iTunes Preferences - advanced - general - "Copy to files to itunes music library when adding to library" and "Keep iTunes Music folder organised"

To get the songs that are currently in iTunes that are all over the place in iTunes - Advanced - Consolidate Library.

Europe calling said:

Thank you for your reply, but it is the 'when adding to library' part where everything fails. My dad does'nt seem to get how he must manually add files to iTunes.
So i thought it would be best if i could somehow that done for him automatically, as soon as an mp3 file appears on his mac, be it by cd, via email, whatever, that it automatically ends up in the iTunes Music folder.
Is this possible with automator? Smart folders? Any solution is welcome.

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I don't think that's possible. There might be an automator action that could do this, but it would still require launching it for it to work. I've never heard of a way for the OS to do it automatically like that.

For the CD

iTunes - Preferences - Advanced - Importing - On CD Insert - Choose Import CD.

For everywhere else the tip would be have iTunes be the associated program. That way when he wants to play them iTunes opens and with the two previous options it should automatically add it to the library and move it to the correct location. To check the program association find a file and press cmd+I when it is selected. Then where it says "Open With" select iTunes and then "Change all" Check/change this for all common file types that he is likely to receive and hopefully everything working as it should that should be the solution.