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How do you classify songs?

I would like to add descriptions to my mp3s to help me find songs with certain characteristics quickly. I am planning on adding brief notes to the Comments section in each file's properties (which can be searched through easily using MixMeister or Explorer), but I am not sure which characteristics to include.

If some of you do this already, I would like to know what descriptive words you give to tracks.

key and bpm. everything else if for hacks.

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Originally posted by zyklon-jay key and bpm. everything else if for hacks.

Quoted for truth.

i have a classification system based on genre/sound and type of track.
a deep, techy tribal track would have the code 3.2-B for instance.

I just remember my music.

Key and bpm you should already know if that track is chilled,driving or groovy. What i've done in the usb stick is 2 folders Techno and Tech-House, the techno folder is more deep and hands down stuff but not strictly "techno" while the tech house folder has more tribal and percussive tracks.

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Originally posted by idoru I just remember my music.

so do i, but imo the best tracks a dj plays are the ones where he's already decided what track to play and when he's digging in the crate to look for it he finds another one and gets "oh oh oh oh fuck yes why didnt i think of that one omgggggzzzz" and then all the girls get wetsy in their panties.

I perform a personalized i-ching for each track that I own and then chart that fully next to my track, including the hexagram and six line enumeration. I find it makes my sets glitteringly transcendable.

I key and BPM tag all my tracks the try to fit them into a genre folder. Note*** sometimes i have to make up genres.

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Accapella Ambient Atmosphiric Big Beat Breaks Chill Cuggy Dark Prog Trance/ House Deep Atmo Techno Deep Gray Deep House Deep Prog House Deep Prog techno Deep Techno Deeper Prog Dirity prog techno DJ Tool Drum&Bass Dubstep Electro Electro House Electronica Expermantel Funky Breaks House Indie_Nu Skool Lounge Minimal Prog Breaks Prog House Prog House groove Prog Psy Prog Trance Prog Trance Deep Psy & Goa Spacey Tech House Tech trance Techno Tool - Intro Tool & Loop Trance Tribal

The key and bpm are already in the comments section of all my tracks.

The reason I started this thread is because I have a poor memory for associating song titles with the songs themselves. However, once I hear a few seconds of a song I usually can remember how the rest of the song goes.

I was looking for adjectives that DJs have found useful for categorizing trance and house songs. If I can find some adjectives that work for me it could help me find songs that fit in a particular set more quickly.

The problem with categorising tracks by genre is you have to pidgeon hole... and e.g. 2 tech house tracks can be so much more different than a tech house track and an appropriate trance track, so you don't really gain a lot.

So adjectives are the way to go, if you're going to insist on something like that. But most adjectives are relative... a track might sound "chunky" at home after listening to some softer stuff, but it might not be anywhere near as "chunky" as some other stuff you're playing in a set.

If you want additional cues to help yourself remember tracks, try sticking the artwork in the sleeve when you burn a CD off (or make sure they're all in Traktor, or however you play) - I find I can draw more of an association between the style of a track and its artwork than I can with its name.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox If you want additional cues to help yourself remember tracks, try sticking the artwork in the sleeve when you burn a CD off (or make sure they're all in Traktor, or however you play) - I find I can draw more of an association between the style of a track and its artwork than I can with its name.

Visual clues might be helpful.

i sometimes additionally to the track title i have a key word that remembers me which track is it like "boat party" and i instantly know that was the track that hooked me up on the boat party for example.

I have a paper sleeve typed and on the cd i writ�te with a pen keywords. Another useful technique is to put a "**" on the tracks you surely are going to play so that you can spot them on a glance.

My memory is horrible. I'm about to try to help it out by using some form of colour scheme for various styles

Genre folders and sort by bpm

I also put *'s in font of bangers/good songs. If i dunno what to play next i Go to the search bar and type a "*". Then i sort my library by bpm and throw in the next song. Usually gets me out of jams

I'll occasionally stick a random comment in, either an adjective or part of the lyrics, which helps me to quickly search for things if I have a brain fart. (I'm talking Traktor, here.)

ex:
"I'm a different person"
Classic house organ
Long intro, good for genre change
Nearly trance (on a particularly melodic deep house track)


In the genre field, I try to get it as close as I can to my personal idea of the genre, but don't spend too much time sweating it.

Take the time to know your tracks and get only the music you love and you will never forget where you put it. More is less.

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay Take the time to know your tracks and get only the music you love and you will never forget where you put it. More is less.

"oooh look at me, i play vinyl and i know my songs by heart"
bullSHIT! You know as well as me, and every other turntable junkie, that if you'd have to name any of your tracks you'd be lost.
"What's that song called?" "Ummmm yellow sleeve with purple writing. the b side"

Better than ohhhhhh look at me, I got stabbed in the ass and suck bags of dicks on the reg. Not only are you pretty clueless, but you also pretty mad. I win .

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay Better than ohhhhhh look at me, I got stabbed in the ass and suck bags of dicks on the reg. Not only are you pretty clueless, but you also pretty mad. I win .

Bag of dicks? Really. I thought you'd be better than stealing from a fucking irishman.

Who do you think the heckler he was talking about is. Seriously every record is labeled man...I'm more likely to forget a track name on cd. If you are going to play a cohesive set with great flow you already know what to play pretty much before you play it...but you wouldn't know anything about that so I'll stick with you still mad. You really think I just pull a record out of a bag randomly and play it, or just use records? mad and fishing.

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay Who do you think the heckler he was talking about is. Seriously every record is labeled man...I'm more likely to forget a track name on cd. If you are going to play a cohesive set with great flow you already know what to play pretty much before you play it...but you wouldn't know anything about that so I'll stick with you still mad. You really think I just pull a record out of a bag randomly and play it, or just use records? mad and fishing.

First of all, why are caring so much? Where is the cool jay that easily spotted an in-joke. yes, dj's only knowing the colours/design of the vinyl cover and not the name is fucking universal.
I played vinyl before you stopped wearing braces son.
mad and fishing? more like someone being too old/lame to see the joke.

also, i think you're an imposter. you haven't made ONE funny comment that's been even remotely in the spirit of jay under this alt.

Suck my dick, bitch.

Still mad.

Still not funny.

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