Genre, definitely the easiest way for me.

I even go so far as to split them up into sub genres,
Eg. Prog slow tempo, mid, high and happy for example.
Then Tech, Chill, Minimal/tribal, House, Dirty Electro..

Reason being is that i plan my set as i play by the kind of song i want to play. I try not to divide my tracks by age because i don't want that to be a factor when i'm searching for songs within a genre.

I know you lads above are using it as a way of remembering where the tune is. But for me the extra effort it takes if worth it.
After i've got them in their folders (usually in itunes first, then i lob them into Traktor) I'll then rate them as well.

Having so many songs it's sometimes hard to remember which ones are 5 star 'anthems' and which ones are good but probably best as a filler 2/3 star.
That way i've got the tracks divided by genre/sub genre so i know what to expect from the track and then by how much i like the track itself by rating them

Sounds complex but once i got through about 500 or so tracks my collection started to beef out a good bit and i'm quite happy with it now

You do have to stay on top of putting new tracks into their folders though which i will admit does become a bit of a chore.

nelly

Just wondering, what does he have over his keyboard and beside where the trackpad is, 'wrist rests'..

Is it a keyboard cover?


Found it... Marware.. Dunno if it would feel tacky underhand though.

Anyone ever used this kind of protection?

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Originally posted by n3lly Genre, definitely the easiest way for me. I even go so far as to split them up into sub genres, Eg. Prog slow tempo, mid, high and happy for example. Then Tech, Chill, Minimal/tribal, House, Dirty Electro.. Reason being is that i plan my set as i play by the kind of song i want to play. I try not to divide my tracks by age because i don't want that to be a factor when i'm searching for songs within a genre. I know you lads above are using it as a way of remembering where the tune is. But for me the extra effort it takes if worth it. After i've got them in their folders (usually in itunes first, then i lob them into Traktor) I'll then rate them as well. Having so many songs it's sometimes hard to remember which ones are 5 star 'anthems' and which ones are good but probably best as a filler 2/3 star. That way i've got the tracks divided by genre/sub genre so i know what to expect from the track and then by how much i like the track itself by rating them Sounds complex but once i got through about 500 or so tracks my collection started to beef out a good bit and i'm quite happy with it now You do have to stay on top of putting new tracks into their folders though which i will admit does become a bit of a chore. nelly

That's kind of what i've been doing. I've been using keywords on all of my tracks so I can find them easier. Some of the keywords describe sub genres then some describe attributes of the song or whatnot. Also if there's a specific element about the song that I feel is particularly strong I'll include that.

For instance:

Song X - (Rating) Funky Groovy Bassline Full Vocal Breakdown
Song Y: Latin Percussive Repetative Vocal
Song Z: Massive Prog Electro bassline breakdown


So I know if I put "breakdown" that it has a particularly strong breakdown, same with bassline ect.

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Originally posted by n3lly Genre, definitely the easiest way for me. I even go so far as to split them up into sub genres, Eg. Prog slow tempo, mid, high and happy for example. Then Tech, Chill, Minimal/tribal, House, Dirty Electro.. Reason being is that i plan my set as i play by the kind of song i want to play. I try not to divide my tracks by age because i don't want that to be a factor when i'm searching for songs within a genre. You do have to stay on top of putting new tracks into their folders though which i will admit does become a bit of a chore. nelly

+1 i organize my music ususally by genre and sub genre...can be a pain when one track falls in the middle of two sub genres, but in that instance i'll just stick it in a sub genre that comes first in my head.

ive been meaning to throw in more sub genre folders but with the amount of music i have, i have put it on the back burner hoping that it'll magically get done.

with new tracks, i'll have them in a seperate "need to be categorized" file so i have time to listen to them for a week or two and then putting them in their appropirate folders...takes forever!!!

I don't really organise my stuff at all - well, I have a semi-chaotic organising system based on artist names/aliases/connection between artists and sounds but that's pretty much where it ends. I just know my tunes well enough to find whatever it is I need.

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Originally posted by i got big pants can be a pain when one track falls in the middle of two sub genres, but in that instance i'll just stick it in a sub genre that comes first in my head.

This is the problem I always had with splitting stuff by genre - then I'd forget which genre I put it under.

I guess with digital DJing it's fairly easy to have a copy of something in one or more appropriate folders, but that wasn't so easy in the wax days without buying several copies!

In my head tracks can sorta change genre depending on my mood anyway - one day something will sound really electroey to me and another day I'll decide it's actually tech house haha

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Originally posted by n3lly Reason being is that i plan my set as i play by the kind of song i want to play. I try not to divide my tracks by age because i don't want that to be a factor when i'm searching for songs within a genre.

Yeah I try not to pick stuff based on age, but I'll admit it's difficult to treat everything completely equally when new stuff's the opposite end of the wallet from old stuff. Plus you always want the stuff you just bought to hand - for me it's in order of when I got it rather than release date, so there's often some older stuff in the "new" section, it's just I've only just got it myself or only just ripped it from vinyl.

But equally, I don't want to rule out playing a techno track in the middle of a load of breaks or vice versa... I think most of the stuff I play now can be moulded into the same set in one way or another so I try not to think of it as "this is a breaks tune" or "this is an electro tune", particularly with so much genre-melding that goes on.

If I was to do things by genre, I think "energy" would be a better scale - deep warm-up stuff one end of the wallet and anthems the other, that way you stay at one end of the wallet for most of a warm-up set (working forwards a bit) then for a peak-time set you're playing out of stuff towards then end but there are usually points where you think "I want to try something a bit deeper / chilled", at which point you flick back to towards the start and grab something appropriate... might be worth thinking about for anyone who's not sure how to categorise theirs.

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Yeah, I meant for this thread to be different then that one.

I was hoping this one wouldn't be so much about organization but about physical comments you might put on your cds or embed in your .mp3s. I'd assume everyone that does this has some sort of method to their madness.

Although I suppose organization and comments go hand in hand so whatever

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Originally posted by Stu Cox If I was to do things by genre, I think "energy" would be a better scale - deep warm-up stuff one end of the wallet and anthems the other, that way you stay at one end of the wallet for most of a warm-up set (working forwards a bit) then for a peak-time set you're playing out of stuff towards then end but there are usually points where you think "I want to try something a bit deeper / chilled", at which point you flick back to towards the start and grab something appropriate... might be worth thinking about for anyone who's not sure how to categorise theirs.

I like this.

I have a few sub genres that i suppose you could classify as you've described there, such as Tech-revving.

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i got big pants with new tracks, i'll have them in a seperate "need to be categorized" file so i have time to listen to them for a week or two and then putting them in their appropirate folders...takes forever!!!

This too, I have some playlists with NT (new tracks) and then the month.

I go through these and drag them into their playlists/genres. Once i've dragged them and rated them i delete them from that NT playlist.

Just ensures all the new music i download is categorised. Seems to work quite well.

I use iTunes to get everything straight and then import them into Serato.

I really gotta find somewhere that has the keys allready figured out for you simply because its taking enough of my patience to reload my entire collection lol

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