How Do You Organise Your Music (cd's)

[witm8 0]

Hi there.

 

I've just been going through all my CD's as I'm finding that there are a lot of songs that I'm only remembering that I've got after, or whilst scanning through them I think "ahh bugger, that would have fitted in nicely then"

 

I want to organsise them into something more convienent.

 

How do you guys that have been DJ'ing for a while have your CD's organised so that you can find that certain song quickly ?

 

I was thinking of possibly

 

1) Starters/Background

2) Girls/Ladies (cheese)

3) Boys/Men

4) Oldies

5) Slow ones

6) Kiddies

 

Or would it be better to put them into Genre?

 

1) Dance/pop

2) Rock

3) R&B

4) Mowtown

5) Funk

6) 60's

7) Disco

 

Or any other way ?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[Norfolk DJ 0]

Hi there.

 

I've just been going through all my CD's as I'm finding that there are a lot of songs that I'm only remembering that I've got after, or whilst scanning through them I think "ahh bugger, that would have fitted in nicely then"

 

I want to organsise them into something more convienent.

 

How do you guys that have been DJ'ing for a while have your CD's organised so that you can find that certain song quickly ?

 

I was thinking of possibly

 

1) Starters/Background

2) Girls/Ladies (cheese)

3) Boys/Men

4) Oldies

5) Slow ones

6) Kiddies

 

Or would it be better to put them into Genre?

 

1) Dance/pop

2) Rock

3) R&B

4) Mowtown

5) Funk

6) 60's

7) Disco

 

Or any other way ?

 

Thanks

 

Hi

 

I keep it fairly simple

 

Now albums - in one very long run

Party albums

60's

70's

80's

90's

and misc

[Teez 0]

That's the beauty of not using CD's... you wouldn't have to worry about that question/problem.

 

With itunes you have hundreds of ways of sorting your tracks and the Smart Playlist facility is probably one of the top (if not the top) 5 best time saving tools a DJ can have.

 

(I feel a new post coming on).

 

:joe:

Edited February 7, 2010 by Teez

[Norfolk DJ 0]

That's the beauty of not using CD's... you wouldn't have to worry about that question/problem.

 

:joe:

 

Hmm I suspect that i would more difficulty remembering what I have got with a laptop :damn:

[Raymilkybarkid 0]

I use Cattrax to catalouge them as I am a CD user.

My CD's are filed by a basic Genre system with my Now albums in one box and then by 70's 80's 90's Slow party etc..

[MintyDave 0]

I have them set out like this

 

Box 1 - compilations

Decades

50's

60's

70's

80's

90's

00's

cheesy and kids

general misc compilations

motown

soul

disco

rock&punk

indie

Now cd's (in own partition)

 

Box 2

A-z by artist

Dance

 

My hard drive is set out in the same way so i know where stuff is

 

[Norfolk DJ 0]

I have them set out like this

 

Box 1 - compilations

Decades

50's

60's

70's

80's

90's

00's

cheesy and kids

general misc compilations

motown

soul

disco

rock&punk

indie

Now cd's (in own partition)

 

Box 2

A-z by artist

Dance

 

My hard drive is set out in the same way so i know where stuff is

 

Similar to mine. It works.

[Resident-DJ 0]

Hi there.

 

I've just been going through all my CD's as I'm finding that there are a lot of songs that I'm only remembering that I've got after, or whilst scanning through them I think "ahh bugger, that would have fitted in nicely then"

 

I want to organsise them into something more convienent.

 

How do you guys that have been DJ'ing for a while have your CD's organised so that you can find that certain song quickly ?

 

I was thinking of possibly

 

1) Starters/Background

2) Girls/Ladies (cheese)

3) Boys/Men

4) Oldies

5) Slow ones

6) Kiddies

 

Or would it be better to put them into Genre?

 

1) Dance/pop

2) Rock

3) R&B

4) Mowtown

5) Funk

6) 60's

7) Disco

 

Or any other way ?

 

Thanks

 

 

I store my CDs in two boxes - one for compilations, one for single artists.

The single artists are (mostly) in alphabetical order, except for a few recent additions. The compilations box has a section of Now CDs followed by a Disco, a Party, and a Dance section, then finally all the rest are in 50s, 60s, 70s etc sections. I have all of my CDs catalogued on Music Collector (available from Collectorz.com).