Music Management Using iTunes

[DJ 2 Cut]

Star rating would have to go hand in hand with genre - like ad357 said.

A 5* jungle tune will not mix well with a 5* ambient tune...

Yea you guys are right. I'm also thinking maybe energy level. Chill-out would be allot of 1* and 2* and that's fine because that's where they would belong. I dunno. Just throwing ideas out there.

[xian]

I rate my music on set times

1* Warm Up
2* Warm Up - Intro
3* Dance Starter
4* Peak
5* Club Banger

[ksandvik]

I use star ratings this way:
* slow, ambient
* slower dance music
*** medium pace music
**** fast music
***** crazy energy levels

Now, for Nu-disco a lot falls into *** and ****, for chill betwen * and ***, I guess psy i all ***** but that's how it is. But per genre mixing those give me clues not to get a *** track after a ***** unless I want it to happen. And it's hard to remember 25k+ tracks how they exactly sounds.

Oh, I also try to grade tracks in the comment section, it starts with [a], [b] or [c] with comments after that. With a smart playlist I could find all [a] tracks or all graded ones. I also have simple playlists with the absolute best tracks I know of per genre but I sometimes feel it's like being a radio DJ to just use those tracks over and over.

Did I mention to make your own genre specs, much better than using anything the MP3/AAC files deliver?

[conordontlook]

Very helpful, thanks!

[beisi]

excellent post, well done!

[DJ 2 Cut]

Thanks all

[D-Kem]

Excellent post. I just wish Itunes would support FLAC natively

[DJ 2 Cut]

I KNOW!! Apple is supposed to be all innovative and stuff but their flagship music software is missing FLAC support. WTF?!