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Originally posted by djdawn do you really think this is true when you own 3000+ vinyls? I keep writing bpms on my records. started it for a certain reason: I play very fast, most of the time at +7/8. Now there's nothing more frustrating than grabbing a record, putting it on and realizing it won't go fast enough to match the other, then having to take it off and look for another. With writing the bpms on them,it can't happen

if you know your records then yes. if you have built a collection of 3000 records from scratch, assuming this is over a long period of time, then there is no reason why you shouldn't have a very good knowledge of every single tune.

the reason i am against labelling records is it trains you not to worry about hearing the bpm or knowing your records as well. yes it helps you to mix fast, but it is more important to have an indepth knowledge of your tunes (breaks, intro length, exit length, good parts to mix out of etc).

just to add onto this, i have been thinking about labelling my records by key. this is the same principle as labelling by bpm. it will make it faster for me to choose a record which is in the same key and thus i can mix faster.

i have decided against it for the same reason labelling with bpm is bad.

instead i have decided to practice more, mix tune with tune, until i know in my head what goes with which, and which sounds bad.

i do think it would be a good idea to do these things if you don't have a lot of time to practice and get a lot of new tunes per week.