Overwhelmed with music…bad memory….

Try this method.

1. Pick 20 tracks out of your collection. These should be tracks that should loosely work together (i.e not 10 d&b and 10 techno tunes).
2. Remove EVERYTHING else from your collection. The only thing you should touch are these 20 tracks.
3. Work with these 20 tracks for 2 weeks. Don’t buy anything else, stay off beatport etc but listen to any other music you would normally listen to.
4, After 2 weeks take 5 of the 20 out of the collection. Which you take out is up to you.
5, Add 5 new tracks into the collection. By now you have an idea of what is gelling so the 5 you pick will likely already compliment the other 15.
6. Rinse and repeat as necessary.

I call this the Island Vinyl Technique. I used to live on an island and only got to go shopping for new records every 2 weeks. This technique will force you to get to know your tunes and will also help sharpen up your buying process going forward. I think that having a huge library is a distraction and while it provides plenty of quantity, the quality is rarely there because the Dj simply doesn’t know those tunes well enough.

I promise this will make you a better DJ.

i’m just getting out from this Trap :rolleyes: , the Overwhelming Libraries 😡
I have a collection trimmed to 17 000 Track for over 800+ Folders
a Great organistation between the genres and Their Main subgenres IS GOOD for yr health 😛

What i do for gigs :
– i bring the whole collection with me ( but i have to limit my self to get creative , and the rest for Requests quick search)
– i Choose like 200 to 300 tracks MAX for 4 Hours gig from the Collect
– organizing it 5 – 10 Playlists ( By genres or subgenres , Language , feel or mood , Opener.. wutever )
– Make Cue Points in all of them and label the tags , ratings …etc
– Practice on it a bit , if your not the kind fo Dj that practice everyday , Then u SHOULD PRACTICE HARD A WEEK OR 2 BEFORE THE EVENT

i hope that my Little expertise helped 🙂

Alix Elder, post: 10858 wrote: Here’s my two cents. Do not organize any more. Drop it completely. You won’t learn how to do it on the fly if you don’t start focusing on that. Next, start playing your songs and listening to the beats, the four beat measures and so on. Don’t label them just listen. Then everywhere you go, if a song is playing start listening for the beats, the bars, ect. until you start doing it subliminally. I’ve always been able to do it, but that’s because I can play four instruments and read music. Now the real fun begins. Music is math, and if you mix your songs in the correct places and in key, it’s easy. You can mix your song in every two full bars, one bar, one 4beat measure and so on, so that the music feels effortless. Set up your cue points so that they fit in with the bars. Again, all very mathematical. I have a hard time describing it due to the fact that I just do it naturally. Music theory applies here as much as DJing does. If you can let your subconscious DJ focus on the bars and beat, then YOU can focus on everything else and spend less time thinking.

i dont think you are dealing with a BIG Collection , are u ?

Alix Elder, post: 10912 wrote: This is not to listen to specific songs but to practice getting the beat of any song. That way, you don’t need to memorize specific songs.

this is a good trick 🙂 , for practicing i was always droping random songs and learn to mix them fast then switch never caring about the feel or mood direction , but now after i got my beatmaching Tight ( as i think 😉 ) i’m more about playlists and musical direction mood feel and energy matching