Association tagging taken a step further
I've been using Ean's association tagging method (as described here: http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/04/2...the-next-tune/) for quite some time now. But while it works fine, I've found it hard to remember which way some mixes work.
So I decided to take it one step further and include additional information about the mix. Let me give you an example:
Say you have two tracks, A and B. While practicing you notice that track B mixes really well into A, but not the other way around. To remember this, you write a little note into the comment section.
For track A
A - B
and B
B - A
To further specify your mix include < and >.
Now it looks like this:
For A
A - < B
and B
B - > A
You can think of < and > as questions.
< is asking "what does x mix into"?
> is asking "what mixes into x"?
If you're now playing track A you can "ask" your browser, what mixes into A by typing "> A into the search field and because you wrote this statement into B's comment section, B will turn up as search result.
This also works the other way around. For instance if you are asked to play track B you can go backwards by typing "< B, hence finding track A, typing "< A, hence finding a match for track A.... until, ideally, you find your current track.
To remember the questions, I wrote myself a little note and glued it on my laptop.
I hope I didn't do a too bad job of explaining :D Please tell me what you think of this system.
Thanks
