![]() You can simply focus on performing and DJing. Now when you’re DJing live you don’t have to think as much by trying to search on Rekordbox for example. Solution: Create a playlist of the popular dance floor track with all of the compatible tracks that mix well with it. Say for example you have a track that’s really popular on the dance floor but not many other music tracks are compatible to mix with it. Create Playlists of ‘Compatible’ MusicĬustom playlists of tracks sometimes can pay dividends when you’re playing out in a club or for a party. You can get as granular or broad within a ‘Mood’ or ‘Situation’ that you like. There are simply no limitations with this as you can filter another playlist to be ‘Build Up’ or ‘Main stage’ for example. ![]() See below in the image for a visual representation of this. Simply navigate to the left hand side of Rekordbox and right-click on ‘Playlists’ and then select ‘Create New Intelligent Playlist’. If you’re like me and use various different styles and genres of music, varying in tempo, then this tip is for you. Create Intelligent Playlists by TempoĪ simple but effective way to organise your music is through the use of feature in Rekordbox called ‘Intelligent Playlists’. Within Energy I usually tag music by the role that music plays within my DJ sets, for example, Filler/Rollers, Mid-Energy and High-Energy, which is seen above far right in the image. The other section or category that I’ve created for tagging is ‘Energy’. You can do this for any genre of your choice say for example Drum & Bass you could add tags for sub-genres, e.g. Most recently the main tags that I use are sub-genres of House which include the below. I like create my own tags which make more sense to me. There are default options which can be useful to give you some ideas on how to tag and categorise. ![]() The above images show the different categories in which you can categorise music in Rekordbox. Tagging categories and tagging options in Rekordbox, some are out of the box standard but you can create your own tags. Let’s look at some of the categories that are default and some ideas that I use in Rekordbox which you can draw some inspiration from when tagging your music. Tagging up your music does take some time investment and planning on your behalf but the result can be super helpful when splitting up and sectioning off categories of niche playlists. The classic proverb ‘You reap what you sow’ springs to mind here. In Rekordbox there’s a great feature that allows you to tag music. Simply navigate to the far left hand side of the DJ software and click on the plus sign to create a new 2. ![]() If you’re using Rekordbox or Serato for example, then creating folders is the bread and butter of using these sorts of DJ software. The main benefit is that when you’re DJing a particular night or party then you can flick between different sub-genres within a main genre folder.įor example, in the House folder, you may have ‘Funky House’ or ‘Soulful Vocal House’ making it easy for you to switch between the two playlists to please the crowd dancing on the dance floor and suit the mood of the venue. It’s great for navigating to one genre and quickly checking out the sub-genres or styles within the main genre folder that you’ve setup. This will give you a place to house and curate all of your playlists under one roof. ![]() Start at the top of your music collection genres and work your way down into more sub-genre granularity from there. Let’s go into the top tips for storing and organising your music as a DJ. Otherwise you’ll be one of those DJs that is staring at a laptop for most of the time throughout your DJ set, not very entertaining! Storing your music in a way that you have back ups is also very important too. Use ‘Histories’ Folder for New PlaylistsĪfter a while though, you’ll need to get your music organised, especially in the digital DJing when using DJ software.Cloud Storage for Backing up Your Music.Create Intelligent Playlists by Situation & Mood.Create Intelligent Playlists by Sub-Genre & Harmonic Key.Don’t get me wrong, I certainly did that. In the early days of DJing it might feel that all you want to do is get hold of new music, start mixing and record DJ sets. ![]()
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