Thanks for the tips. Definitely burning two copies of the same CD without a doubt. As for organizing, maybe some of you have tips on how I could translate what I do today into how best to do it later.
1) All of my tracks have the filename in the format of <Key> <BPM> <Artist – Title>… – seems like if I burn CDs by key first and list the BPMs on the liner notes for each, I’m good
2) Tracks are organized mainly by what ‘part’ of the night they fit into best. Early/ warm up, transition, middle, and late/ wind down. Almost everything is EDM but spans across a few genres (mostly progressive house and trance, some dubstep) – This one feels harder to sort. Maybe use the ‘rating’ function in iTunes based on when in the night it’s best, then make a smart playlist? 0 = not played at all, 1 = early, 4 = late, 5 = ‘must play’/ save the set?
3) I’ve seen some guys who will highlight tracks on their liner notes (e.g., beat lead in vs. vocals, etc.) – do you guys have a system you like?
I actually have about 800+ electronic tracks total, but many of which I wouldn’t play during a set. They’re just part of albums which I like.
I haven’t imported them into Rekordbox yet – would that be somewhat compatible with the iTunes suggestions above?
Hoping to only have to do this once, then burn new stuff every month or two. This is more part-time for me, so I’m not necessarily getting hundreds of tracks every month (more like 6-10).
-Aaron
