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  • robophobia_1
    Addiction started
    • May 2007
    • 288

    How do you organise your music?

    How do you organise your music? by artist, genre, or something else?

    I'm particularly interested in how the DJs among you organise your tracks. I've tried various ways of sorting mine out, genre, artist name, most recent, playlists, different phases of a set but nothing seems to work. I always feel like they're all over the place and seem to forget tracks that I shouldn't - they always seem to be somewhere else when I need them.
  • jay813
    Platinum Poster
    • May 2005
    • 1344

    #2
    Re: How do you organise your music?

    I have a folder that is live mixes, then any dj commercial mix is listed under the djs name folder

    thats how i store it at least. I've uploaded everything to google play music so i can listen to any mix at anytime.

    doesnt help you i know but its how i do it as a regular ol listener lol

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    • dusk
      DUDERZ get a life!!!
      • Jun 2004
      • 7266

      #3
      Re: How do you organise your music?

      Highly unorganized... most of my music is!

      Back in the day... Every track was labelled and tagged ... Year-month-day-artist-track in individual little folders. I have never enjoyed iTunes ... So I tried Winamp, Media monkey and song bird. Still nothing works for me as I had my music spanning 3 or 4 various HDD's ... Now that I have a NAS... Do you think that I would find that time to dump all my shite in there?
      ~ You are what you think you are ~


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      • diegoff
        Are you Kidding me??
        • Jun 2004
        • 3864

        #4
        Re: How do you organise your music?

        it's difficult to organize mp3 files hehehe
        I have them by artist name.
        My CDs are organized by genre, but CDs are easier to find or search, imo
        Itīs a spiritual thing!

        feb 2021 https://soundcloud.com/diegoarv/pand...os-inflamables
        Sept 26th https://soundcloud.com/diegoarv/earthling-vibes
        May 1st 2020 https://soundcloud.com/diegoarv/current

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        • DIDI
          Aussie Pest
          • Nov 2004
          • 16845

          #5
          Re: How do you organise your music?

          ^^ I'm by artist, except for my tunes folder my tunes folder . Which is all the stuff single tracks I buy from beatport etc.

          iTunes is shocking.
          Originally posted by TheVrk
          it IS incredible isn't it??
          STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
          Simply does not get any better than Hernan
          The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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          • Illuminate
            DUDERZ get a life!!!
            • Aug 2009
            • 5152

            #6
            Re: How do you organise your music?

            I currently use foobar to play and collate my music, and isyncr to transfer from itunes to my android devices for the go.
            iTunes is pretty tripe.

            I'm thinking of testing musicbee - MusicBee - Music Manager and Player

            But definitely categorised by by artist, and I've also created some mood tags on foobar (foobar2000: Components Repository - Masstagger).
            Helps, if I'm either feeling: #down, #blue, #moody, #excited, #anxious, #fuckingwhatever.

            EDM wise, also helps categorise by compilation, live mix, radio show, podcast. Which again helps.

            The One contains the Many, and the Many contains the One:
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            • 3ibb3
              Gold Gabber
              • Jul 2005
              • 677

              #7
              Re: How do you organise your music?

              mike henderson form dubspot made this video about it

              Video Tutorial: How to Create Smart Playlists + Organize Your Music in iTunes Dubspot BlogDubspot Blog

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              • DIDI
                Aussie Pest
                • Nov 2004
                • 16845

                #8
                Re: How do you organise your music?

                It seems most systems require you to tag. I find it just as easy to make folders in playlists So I have Artist , sets and albums. Easy.
                Originally posted by TheVrk
                it IS incredible isn't it??
                STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
                Simply does not get any better than Hernan
                The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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                • ddr
                  DUDERZ get a life!!!
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 7006

                  #9
                  Re: How do you organise your music?

                  my organization is quite tripe to be honest...

                  i download everything to my desktop.. so when that fills up with icons, i just dump everything to Music# folder. when my hard drive space runs out, i go through everything--if i am not going to listen to it again at least twice, it goes to the trash, then i dump everything to an external, by year.

                  again, pretty rudimentary and really relies on two limits, desktop space and HD space lol as i just do not have time to keep up on a continuous basis.
                  "pics or stfu" - R.I.P. Steve "Jibgolly" James

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                  • unkle
                    Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 10174

                    #10
                    Re: How do you organise your music?

                    I keep all together without an order,
                    I Use a program to find what I need.
                    Thats all ...

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                    • DIDI
                      Aussie Pest
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 16845

                      #11
                      Re: How do you organise your music?

                      ^^ Which program ??
                      Originally posted by TheVrk
                      it IS incredible isn't it??
                      STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
                      Simply does not get any better than Hernan
                      The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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                      • unkle
                        Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 10174

                        #12
                        Re: How do you organise your music?

                        ^^^^

                        A program called "where is it" is very simple
                        and easy to use. keeps the info of the harddrive,
                        cd, dvd or whatever, without the content, just to read,
                        so, You search whatever you wants and the software tells
                        you the location. there may be many programs like this and
                        betters but I like this one,

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                        • dusk
                          DUDERZ get a life!!!
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 7266

                          #13
                          Re: How do you organise your music?

                          Originally posted by ddr
                          m-if i am not going to listen to it again at least twice, it goes to the trash, then i dump everything to an external, by year.

                          This I need to learn....

                          I can't seem to trash anything.. I always find that since my music tastes change periodically.. something that I did not enjoy last year.. could be pretty darn brilliant this year... I am mood music person.. hence rather difficult to chuck anything away...
                          ~ You are what you think you are ~


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                          • diegoff
                            Are you Kidding me??
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 3864

                            #14
                            Re: How do you organise your music?

                            Originally posted by dusk
                            This I need to learn....

                            I can't seem to trash anything.. I always find that since my music tastes change periodically.. something that I did not enjoy last year.. could be pretty darn brilliant this year... I am mood music person.. hence rather difficult to chuck anything away...
                            I agree and share that feeling.
                            I usually buy CDs that one day, that day, I get into.
                            Itīs a spiritual thing!

                            feb 2021 https://soundcloud.com/diegoarv/pand...os-inflamables
                            Sept 26th https://soundcloud.com/diegoarv/earthling-vibes
                            May 1st 2020 https://soundcloud.com/diegoarv/current

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                            • KiwiTollway
                              Platinum Poster
                              • Jan 2014
                              • 1474

                              #15
                              Re: How do you organise your music?

                              ^ add me to that; well said Dusk!

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