Ok, if im hearing this correctly, your looking for a playlist structure to keep all your music organized when you play gigs. And if thats not what you meant….well that sucks because im gonna waste my time with this responce…but ok here goes…
Recently I have been getting my itunes better in sync for my serato for better organization when I play live. As ive increased music downloads over the last few months for DJing (i have 2 years dj/mixing experience but have only played live a few times), my organization of playlists and finding better quality replacement tracks have taken a substantial amount of time. However, if you want to DJ live and perform well, I find doing this quite important in my opinion. For example if someone requests a track, or even if I am looking for my next track, Im about 90% positive i can find the specific song in my playlists without using the search method.
Like yourself I also listen to two completely different genres of music that would be played live in two different venues. The first being Hip hop/R&B/Pop/dance or anything that may reach american top 40 charts a few months after downloading and listening/learning the tracks extensively. (I use these tracks for small local bars that lure people that only listen to mainstream type music) The second being EDM genres of prog house, electro house, and a little dubstep here and there. (my personal favorites, I use these in venues that receive more of a club/dance like atmosphere).
My hiphop/r&b/pop/dance/top 40 folders in itunes for Djing are sorted like this and each of the folders have addition subfolders for monthly organization (which ill show pictures of.)
Classics: songs of these genres more then a year old. divided into 4 subplaylists (build up intro, build up risk, dance intro, dance risk) ……(copy the link below and paste it into your web browser to view the picture)
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Current 2011: any of these genres of songs downloaded january 1st 2011 and on (divided into 3 sublists of intro, dance, and other…then each on of these has monthly subcrates…(picture shown below)
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Current 2012: same as above 2012 and on
My EDM folders are in similar format and all include subfolders for monthly organization:
EDM 2011: any edm tunes 2011-2012 (sub folders of EDM bangers, and EDM other….and monthly subcrates of each)
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EDM 2012: any edm tunes 2012 and on
EDM miscellaneous: subfolders include failsafe, oldschool edm, etc
Im hoping this is kind of what you were looking for. And im sure my itunes still looks complicated to you or whoever else reads it/looks at the pictures. but thats just the thing. You need to find your own way of organizing your music to suit your style of DJing and what music you would typically play, because in the end ITS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!
Hope this helps…cheers from boston
-2SHAE!
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