Originally Posted by
Patch
SMART PLAYLISTS in iTunes.
Download your music. Add all of the relevant tags. Stick it in a folder. Make sure iTunes is pointed at that folder.
I have ALL OF MY DJing music in a SINGLE folder. No folder structure whatsoever. Just one folder.
All sorting and grouping is done with iTunes Smart Playlists.
Like I said - if all of the information that you'll ever want to sort/group on is in the tags, you can create any number of Smart Playlists that will group on that information.
As long as you tag your new files before you bring 'em into iTunes, they'll automagically be added to EVERY Smart Playlist that their tags dictate they should belong to.
You can create and delete your iTunes library as many times as you like. As long as you have the tags saved wit the files, you can re-build your Smart Playlists at anytime.
You can even create non-Smart Playlists from Smart Playlists by clicking and dragging to a new Playlist. So, you can create a smart playlist (say for a specific mix/gig) save it as a normal Playlist, and delete the original Smart Playlist. If you kept the Smart Playlist, as you add new files that meet the criteria for that Smart Playlist, they'll automatically be added to it, but, if you converted it to a non-Smart Playlist, it would never auto-update.
Great if you want to keep a record of what you selected for a particular gig or mix, and also want to minimise the number of Smart Playlists you have.
But, yeah, iTunes Smart Playlists are where it's at, mate!
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