We've had plenty of threads asking how people organize their MP3s, their vinyls, and/or their CDs. It would probably be in the best interest of cleanliness in this forum to condense the subject into one "be-all-end-all" thread. Perhaps it could even go along with the DJ Booth Information thread. Credit would go to Boomauer though, he's too lazy to type it.

So how do you organize your Vinyl/CDs/MP3s?

Since I use SSL, I don't actually use cds/vinyl. For that reason, I am incredibly anal about mp3 naming and tagging. This is how I name all of my .mp3 files: Artist - Track Title (Mix).mp3. I also carefully check all of the ID tags to make sure there are no duplicates, mis-spellings, or any other errors.

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Ill be posting tomorrow on how i organize my cds.

2 songs per CD. Artist - Song, Key, BPM

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I sort my tracks based on the Chromatic scale. Weird I know but I find it helps with the development of music memory and perfect pitch (Not saying I have the latter fully developed).

I realise it's not for everyone but it works for me.

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I organize my songs by the date in which I purchased/obtained them. It not only lets me know how old a track is, but the date makes for a great unique number to label cds with. Nero has a cd cover designer program built in and i use that to print out tracklist sheets of all the songs on a cd. Its easy to read, plus it gives you room to make notes about each song. I also write in the camelot code for the song so I know its key

Example:




SO you get the name of the song, its key, and notes about the style and feel of the track its works out well when you get about 10 - 20 new tracks a week.

Vinyl: Theyre in a couple of boxes, not in any real order.

MP3: Always Artist - Track (Mix) format.

CDs: I should really come up with a better system but I just put about 6-8 tracks on a cd and stick it in my folder.

1 Song (Plus mixes) per CD
Organized first by Key then by track title.

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Artist - Title (Mix).mp3

I use the same spelling that Discogs uses... I will add album artwork from Discogs or Amazon if available. If no artwork is available, I will put a generic vinyl artwork instead.

Regarding ID3 tags I always fill out Artist, Track Title, Year, Source (MP3/CD/Vinyl), and Genre (I just put them all as Dance). If the tracks are part of a 2xCD compilation, for example, I will check that off and put CD X of Y, and Track A of B...

CDs

"Current" tunes (from the last year or so)
- One track/release per CD so you can write nice and big so it's easy to find stuff
- Each CD marked with Artist, Title, Label, Date and Key
- Organised chronologically, so it's quite easy to find things by just thinking about how long ago you got it... the main benefit being that when you get new tracks you simply add them on the end instead of having to reorder your whole wallet.

Ex-Current tunes (over a year old but not classics)
- Whatever I want to keep from each year compiled onto a series of CDs (so a set of CDs from 2002, a set from 2003 etc)
- 10-ish tracks per CD (i.e. as many as I can fit)
- Tracks in alphabetical order on each CD (just makes it that little bit easier to find what you're looking for)
- 2 copies of each CD
- Inserts with tracklists, marked with Artist, Title and Key

"Classics" (currently anything pre-2002)
- 10-ish tracks per CD (i.e. as many as I can fit)
- Tracks in alphabetical order on each CD (just makes it that little bit easier to find what you're looking for)
- 2 copies of each CD
- Inserts with tracklists, marked with Artist, Title and Key

General backcatalogue (old tunes I'm not playing anymore)
- Currently just filling up spindles
- Will eventually be in alphabetical order (by artist) somewhere, or I might just chuck them and hang onto the backups on my PC


Vinyl

I don't take vinyl to gigs anymore, but when I did it was:

- Main bag of 50 "current" tunes, neweset stuff first with keys marked on every record, goes to all gigs.
- Box of 50 older tunes (including classics) selected for each gig

Although that's a bit of a shit system so I wouldn't do that if I were you.

My vinyl kept at home is just alphabetical by artist.

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