DJ Folder Structure - Categorising your music

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I recently did a video on how to get out of sticky situations and the long and short of it is, the more prepared you are when you DJ the less likely you’ll even find yourself in a sticky situation, so in this video I will share with you some common ways to organise and even categories your music and DJ playlists so you're ready for any eventuality.

[@lettersforthepostman6686]

Since Quarantine I started, I really started taking my hobby more seriously and you are by far my favourite channel to go to for lessons! Just wanted to say thank you!

[@spankhouz6466]

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[@tankerock]

Theres something contagious about his happy-go-lucky-energy

[@alechernandez5506]

0:47 Organize by Genre 1:40 Organize by Time of Night/Day 4:38 Organize by Popularity 6:54 Organize by Event

[@thepensmith1]

I only got three folders: “chill shit” “party shit” and “Hard Techno” 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Atem_S.]

Genre & key crate for me! Makes djing and switching style a breeze and all you have to do is manage energy levels!

[@Cheeseman72.]

Love your content ...I’ve started using the rating to identify energy in tracks ⭐️ for early build up low tempo ⭐️⭐️for mid tempo not much change ⭐️⭐️⭐️mid/high tempo breaks and drops ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️bangers

[@AuSCastDJ]

Organizing is King and the better you prepare your list the better you can play because it will be easier for you to find what you’re looking for. Great video as always.

[@le0016]

Nice Video for a monday morning. In Germany we say 'Es war ein Fest'

[@JasonSkye]

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[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

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[@ggonzy24]

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[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

@@ggonzy24 Sorry I almost missed this. I have beginners and advanced courses. If you email me I can give you a code so you get 2 for price of one: [e-mail]

[@iamcrizzly]

I've recently started organizing my playlists by vibe / venue. Examples: pool party, rooftop, daytime, nighttime. I also use adjectives. It helps me focus on the feeling of the music instead of the genre. It also helps my brain process all of my new music a lot quicker.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

This is awesome!

[@rathmadubz3224]

I saw your set at the Saltair in SLC last year for the apex tour, was the set that really set the mood for me for that whole day. Love your music man.

[@guyhetman2975]

Glad you did this video , as I just restructured my playlist in Genre and found it works great 👍 amazing how many times I jump through genres as the night progress very handy for house parties.

[@carloslegaspy8339]

You are a DJs best friend. Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks. So valuable.

[@djquikdr]

To make life more easier make sure (when importing new songs) to update the following tags: Genre, BPM, Rating, Key, Energy Level, Date. When you have all these tags up to date per song it is very easy to make a playlist based on the explanation in this video. In Serato you can use smart crates for example.

[@gattacas197]

Love your videos man... so helpful, can't wait to book in a session to your school soon!

[@nemonada3501]

I used to do the folders thing but started using the ID3 tags and extra columns to categorise them instead, can list under multiple categories with tags but can be a tiny bit more work. Mp3tag is an awesome bit of kit.

[@giulianomasciotra608]

Quality video as always Andrew, Keep this stuff up!

[@haydenfraser3035]

I've messed around with organising my play lists so many times but finally have a method that works for me I have one for genres, and each genre I further organise into sub folders of mashups, popular, and underground I then have a big folder of personal crates, which I then sub folder into venues, time ect. But also have some random folders for scenario based (eg. Opener went too hard lmao)

[@kingemo7806]

This was good playlists are good to set up ahead of a time before the event

[@tobydulanski9480]

Very good point about transitions before the chorus of the track in current play. As an attendee at clubs the crowd would always get bumped out if the DJ cut the chorus. Remembering back quite a few years the DJ cut Shake it Out by Florence +The Machine remixed by Benny Benassi. It was a club crasher. After that it took a while to get the vibe back. You always make great points Andrew.👍

[@techneek100]

Hello, my Friend! You've got very interesting Topics & descriptions to them!

[@alvinsellors1232]

Great video andrew, hope you're staying safe with the new quarantine in oz.

[@vinnyg6923]

Keep up the great content!! Much appreciated

[@beatsbythegenesis3879]

Loving the new videos man

[@shandora6945]

Thank you we all need this video, play listing is key

[@RH1TE_]

I do mine in stages 1-5 from a literal warmup to closing. But then i have bpm Playlists in them folders from 80-110 etc. No need for genre folders as I’ve already put it in the metadata so i just filter by the genre in either my rx2 or cdjs. Then i have separate folders at the root which are my go too’s so it’s quick to access. If it’s a big event I’d just make an entire separate folder. Never organised in the order I’d play it in though as you never know what can happen. I took this structure from my friend ramin at solid grooves. It helped me out a lot since i used to only do it by genre.

[@ToroTube93]

As eloquent as ever. Really helpful!

[@techneek100]

In this case, I Think, in the moment of preparing sound-perfomance or Dj set, every Dj or Musician has the most outstanding track or song which I can name "The Primer One*" like starting-point-track to pair with for prolongation mood-idea or just-now-playing-song and Only Then, when You are applying these methods, they should give us the awesome result in arranging fun for People on the Party or Event!

[@kindown4567]

thx, it helps a lot

[@djtaz369]

Just watching you for the first time but you seems to be the best teacher so far

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Thanks mate, I really appreciate that, stay tuned some epic stuff come, present, past and beyond!

[@KYLOWW]

Enjoyed the video. I was wondering when you were going to do a techno mix?

[@bobafett2598]

I sort my music by genre but I am flexible and also play songs if they fit into the set but are not the same genre. And I had never problems with that

[@owlson8829]

awesome ;)

[@djnikou]

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Been wanting to learn to DJ for a while and after finding your channel I finally decided to take action. I bought some decks and have been learning from your videos. I’m pretty keen to buy your course and was wondering how long it takes to get ‘club ready’? Thanks heaps for making quality videos for all of us!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Depends on how much you practise, but it could happen within a month :)

[@stellamwaki]

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[@mattjackson1732]

How does everyone go about sorting sun genres, like for tech house, I feel there’s quite a few different vibes, commercial, underground, minimal etc.. should I just merge them all into one big “tech house” playlist or? I’m currently stuck on what too do

[@jordanstevens3927]

What I would do is if I was playing at a club that wanted say tech house played what I would do is make a folder and name it the clubs name with the date and then I would make a tech house playlist and I would go even deeper and make folders under that playlist and I would organize songs by BPM and style and depending on what time it was I would organize my playlist by opening songs, middle of the night songs and then closing songs.

[@DDadsge01]

Awesome video man! I really feel like i'm being taken on a journey here. Starting to mix a bit, getting the music together, all the little tips and tricks that can help you get started. I literally just started making my first playlist a few days ago and with this video I got even more ideas as to how to organise it all. Appreciate it a lot! :D Quick question: How do you perform during quarantine? Is it all just on hold for a bit or have you found ways to bring your mixes to people (except for this channel ofc ).

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Good news and bad news. Bad news, not much you can do gig wise, besides practise and possible live stream events. Good news, once COVID's passed their will be new energy and plenty of opps :)

[@nsiac]

Thanks for the video Andrew. I have a question (I think many others too): could you give us examples of 'darker/heavier' EDM songs compared to anthems? Or peek techno songs versus darker/heavier. It would be very useful to have real examples.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Let's make it easy and compare to Beatport genres. Let's call Big Room all the hits and stuff that is more festival in vibe and later you could move into Electro House - a little more intense :)

[@chullabatschi]

i play in 4 weeks my first gig.. on my birthday "privat" party.. 99 people coming - we have 4 dj´s ... ALL play techno... and then comes me :D with progressive Trance / offbeat :D excitet to see - what will happen..

[@ThePyrosteve]

How’d it go?!

[@chullabatschi]

@@ThePyrosteve cancelled by corona... released the mix on soundcloud, nobody cares , found no more new tracks for a new mix , lost interrest ... chapter music dead ... :(

[@ThePyrosteve]

@@chullabatschi lockdown is the best time to practice! Did you share your mix in a Reddit page? Ask for feedback? I’m sure there’s tons of tracks out there for you! Maybe try making a playlist for a different genre so that you can also land other gigs! Your passion only dies if you let it! Set goals for yourself. Keep mixing and getting better! Also, if you want to share your SoundCloud link with me, I’d gladly take a listen!

[@andrewharcum1921]

Can you do a video on how to mix hardstyle?

[@pgn1993]

Thank you! How many tracks roughly would you recommend per playlist, if sorted by genre? And/or sub genre? Thanks :)

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

The genre playlists are ever expanding, but 50 is a good start :)

[@topsunnn]

Hey man, really enjoy your videos as a beginner dj. May I ask you a question. You're the only person I can ask at the moment. How long should I expect to play in a club? Are they going to want me to play all night, or 5 hours, or 1-2 hours like a normal set? What is the norm? Thank you, hope to hear from you!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

They'll test you at first to see if you're any good. A standard trial set is 40 mins to an hour. Then go from there :)

[@topsunnn]

@@ClubReadyDJSchool Really appreciate your response! This makes me feel a lot more comfortable. Thank you!

[@rjtroy2214]

Never apologize for making money! You gotta do what you gotta do at a wedding that someone else is paying for.

[@Jamie-op8pb]

Someone informed me that club promotors might check if your music has been purchased or if you have the rights the play it on the night. I do purchase music anyway but I do have a some music I converted to mp3 to just play in my room which I wouldn’t mind playing at a venue!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I think that's a myth, I heard the same thing once, but I have never known anyone personally that it has happened to.

[@Jamie-op8pb]

Club Ready DJ School that’s great cheers mate clears things up

[@bigdaz7272]

Please do a video on how to keep your Serato music synced across 2 different Computers/Laptops Hardrives. Adding Hotcues, colour coding, ect does not actually write to the individual .mp3 Tags like Key, BPM and Comments ect do?

[@pension4273]

Try using Resilio Sync, it's not free for pro version but it does exactly what you need, once set up it manages all backups automatically even with small changes like hot cues.

[@bigdaz7272]

@@pension4273 I will check it out thanks but i am not certain if its much different than syncing Folders on separate computers with Dropbox ect where you need a copy of your Music on the Cloud. Its not practicle for my purposes with about 1 Terrabyte of Digital Music. I can easily keep the actual music Archives synced (master Archive on PC, Slave portable HDD for Laptop) its more the PC and Laptop BOTH have their own Serato Folder in Root 'Music' folder and both their own Serato folder, one on a internal Master Music Archive on PC and then a Serato folder on the Portable HDD for Laptop Music. Its more how to keep them 'merged' so when i make changes on say PC i can easily set up something with a few clicks to make them same changes/sync x2 Serato folders on Laptop+portable HDD to reflect the changes i made on PC and Vise Versa.

[@pension4273]

@@bigdaz7272 No problem, there is a free version to try out, hope you find a solution either way 😀

[@oalonsoig2012]

Hey man, did you ever play with Alison Wonderland? Or she played in one of the clubs you were running?

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Alison Wonderland started out at around the same time as I was running clubs. I remember she was a resident at Sosueme but no I didn't run it, but it was similar style scenes which location wise were very very close. Good times :)

[@oalonsoig2012]

@@ClubReadyDJSchool that's awesome man!

[@Ghostlymp3]

First! This helps a lot thanks

[@reinsphoenix]

1:50 you're smarter than Einstein. Why didnt I think of this!

[@julian__exe]

I sort kind of weird but like by energy/speed and the main genres or "stereotypes" of main genres