The correct way to "cite" songs

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The correct way to “cite” songs

I was checking out some play lists the other day in the forums and i starting wondering about the correct way to “cite” songs when you are playing 2 or more songs at once. Does one usually actually include this info in the track list i.e.
Song A
Song B
Song C/Song D
Song E
etc..

or is it just assumed and one should just list all the tracks used individually and let the listener sort it out?

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theres one case where i have a loop playing and then another then i play the rest of the looped song when the other song is done

so what i would do is something like

pitbull- calle ocho/lmfao- im in miami
pitbull- calle ocho
next song

for an example, listen to the first 10 minutes or so of the mix in my sig

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i def agree wit this one

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personally i think that’s unnecessary - looks messy and crowded, not to mention confusing to the listener.

i’ve been copping pro mixtapes since forever and the only time i ever see that is when djs are using acapellas… even still, usually they just list them in order of appearance rather than side by side like that.

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Order of appearance for me. If a song sample or short loop of a song is played after it previously played I won’t mention it.

6

same for me.

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Yeah, just order of appearance, or I put it in as a mashup if that’s how I ended up spinning it with the “vs” thing

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ive even seen discogs do something like

  1. artist - song
    2a. artist - song
    2b. diff artist - song
  2. artist - song
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order or play simple, people can work out when a track changes, it’s not that hard to listen to mix and go track one two three and follow the track listing, even if i do run tracks cocurrently with each other sometimes it will eventually change lol :slight_smile:

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hmmmm, its more for songs that i would be playing from pretty much start to finish in unison but in all the track listings i’ve ever seen, i’ve not once seen someone do the Song A/Song B listing. And that seems to be the general consensus…even though it makes sense to list them A/B to me, looks like nobody actually does this.

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i don’t do it so the ‘mash-up’ mixes aren’t obvious until you hear the mix. keep a few surprises then