Want To Organize Your Music Library? Try This

[@DjSizzla]

Yo brother, hope all is well man. Just came across your music library video and just wanted to ask a few questions if that’s ok? How many music files did you have to individually sort out? I seem to be coming across a hell of a lot and don’t think I’m going to have the time to do them all 😂😂😂 Secondly, do you ever come across files that need to be downloaded from iCloud? I always come across that one tune that I can’t play because of this. I also seem to have a lot of “Alias” files, do you think it’s worth deleting them as I believe they are all copies of tunes I already have. Also, when your sorting your actual playlists, I did see but typically how do you section them off just so I have the general basics then I will customise my own (screenshots would be perfect) Thanks in advance 🙏🏾

[@DJCEE_B]

Right let’s answer these! So I had about 10000 songs to sort out. Took me forever but I just did an hour a day for however long to just tag the tracks with all the metadata. It will take a long time but I guess it’s just something you gotta do if you want it all organised lol. There are programs that sort out the meta data for you. I done a video on it last week! Nah so I don’t have iCloud turnt on on my DJ laptop. It scares me that iCloud can take a track off my computer and I can’t use it lol. I will do a seperate video on all the seperate playlists I have to make things easier for you guys to see

[@DjSizzla]

@@DJCEE_B nice one man thank you

[@matze6091]

@@DjSizzla Maybe you have already found another solution but there is actually a setting on macOS for iCloud to always keep all files downloaded on your Mac. In settings just go to Apple-ID -> iCloud. There should be the option: "Optimise Mac storage" or something like that. Hope that helps

[@Djiceman234]

@@DJCEE_B can you help me my guys with My folder

[@djbuddyventura]

This video is Pure Gold! Was looking for this a while. Everybody is explaining the technical side of creating crates, but not the different scenarios you face on a night. Thanks so much!

[@rezaaminsalehi3641]

BROOOO!!! Out of all of the youtube videos about how to organize your DJ playlists, this video by far is the most helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your tips and tricks ! 😊

[@DJCEE_B]

Thanks my bro! Got some new videos coming out soon about organisation so stay tuned!

[@Im_DJ_1]

Yo! I'm so happy to hear you say you have terrible memory when it comes to your music. I been doing this for over 12 years and thought it was just me. Organizing my tracks helps me alot to keep things moving.

[@BradRasmus]

This video is brilliant! I've applied all of it! Thank you!

[@DjMannyUK]

Very helpful thank you very much! Can’t wait to stop doing long hours at work so I can start organising my library properly

[@DJCEE_B]

Nice one bro!

[@mo7903]

editing the metadata is something i haven't heard anyone else say in similar videos. thanks!

[@DJTeddyJetts]

I love your advice. It seems so daunting for me because I'm so busy juggling DJ, family life, etc. (Disclaimer: just another way of saying, I'm lazy.) I have done a lot to organize my crates by genre, energy level, and I will scrub all of my genres for certain events. Like if I do a hip hop event, I will go through all of my hip hop and rnb related crates and hand pick the songs that I think will match the vibe for what my job is (I do a bit of DJing for local rappers/performers) so my job is obviously to play an opener while people are showing up and build them up, then I play fillers in between performances to keep the energy up, I play the backing tracks for the performers, and the the end of the night I will go into a closing set where I will go from bangers and slide the vibe into chill so people can get ready to go home after the show. But aside from that. When I play more open format gigs. Oh God do I stress. I definitely need to create more specific crates so I have more direct control over the crowd and vibe. Theres times when I'm knee deep in my set, and I hurry to find my next song, start mixing it in and realize the song I picked was NOT the vibe lol. Huge no no. And really, for the amount of time I have spent in the music scene and working on music. I really wanna slap myself. I have the musical knowledge to go in anywhere and rock a crowd. But I shoot myself in the face every time because I haven't sorted out my entire collection properly. So much so that I know I still have 100s of my favorite songs that I know get people going, but I miss out on them because of how I have my crates set up. Anyways, sorry for the rant. Thanks for the tips. I just need to get off my a$$ and get it done.

[@_sam_gunn]

great video, excited for more music organization tips. I'm curious about how you back up your library / how you manage file storage

[@DJCEE_B]

Yeah I have a backup video coming soon mate!

[@danielsaddyful]

Good tips mate! Thanks for sharing!

[@sheltonhall47]

Just getting started and want to start off on the best foot. Thank you for this.

[@scaw-j]

This is basically how I ideally sort my stuff but you have clearly put a lot of thought into this and you definitely gave me a few new ideas! This video is great, thank you!

[@DJCEE_B]

Glad you got some value out of this! No worries!

[@dday7499]

THIS MFr SPITTIN! 🤌🏾 Love this, thank you!

[@ReturnIILoveEntertainmentFtDjG]

Man THANK YOU 🙌🏾 PRICELESS INFORMATION

[@luisitolasvegas]

Great video, lots of information, like everyone says, you gotta put in the work before you can make it. I gotta tell you, being an open format DJ with shiet crate organization, I am so envious of how you set yours up. You provided great ideas for me. Thank you again.

[@DjHiDef]

Really dope video man! Loving all the great tips and tricks, keep up the good work!

[@DJCEE_B]

Thanks bro

[@sudjendrabaijnath3072]

Great video! I started using smart crates! Such a great tool! Do you have any videos on how to organize genres? Such as reggae/dancehall?

[@LukeCreightonMedia]

Cee ive said it before and ill say it again, i love u fam

[@DJCEE_B]

Haha my bro! Hope you’re well man

[@djkarlthomas]

Good tips mate

[@DJCEE_B]

Thanks mate

[@djzeus2424]

This is essentially exactly what I do. During covid lockdowns here in melb I decided to re do my entire library. Removed a heap of tracks I’d never play ever and replaced a heap of music with intro edits etc. but meta data and smart crates are the bomb and can’t recommend them enough. I play off rekordbox and serato depending on the gig or location so iTunes is the best for a central repository and the benefit is the smart crates are available on both. I’m still doing my library management and it’s become an obsession lol.

[@DJCEE_B]

Honestly the obsession is real! Haha every day I find something new to organise so it’s good that there’s other people like me in the world! Thanks for watching the video I really appreciate it!

[@djzeus2424]

@@DJCEE_B haha no problem dude. Honestly I love it though. There’s more to djing than rocking up at a gig and playing and library management and organisation is just one of those things.

[@hollywoodthedj1673]

@@djzeus2424 ... it’s a never ending battle with organization my crates are all over the place and it drives me nuts good thing I’m not as active right now but it’s a pain in the ass I’ll start working on a crate get going re wording in iTunes drag em in my crates then get side tracked forget how I was doing it then think of another way to do it next thing you know nothing is matching up or worded like it should smh I’m going to try & study cee b’s way on some of this stuff and see what’s happens and when it comes to smart crates I don’t even k ow how to work em lol

[@foreverfearless]

Are you duplicating songs across these different scenario folders? Or is there a way that you can add songs to multiple crates without duplicating them? Does this (or can It) carry over across dj softwares?

[@koolkiwikat]

Solid bro! TU

[@DJCEE_B]

No worries!

[@vibewhen]

i see you have 8276 songs. i have 32,398. How long did it take you? roughly?

[@ikigaiikigai6657]

Hola DJCEE_B I have a question before organizing your songs in Itunes or called Music now, do you only put all the music that you got into a Music folder, or do you have sub-folders like Music then Genre and then Year. Do you organize it like that first or you just put all your songs in only a Music folder. I hope this make sense!

[@kobebourne]

love your strategy

[@MrPROcussion]

Bro thank you so much for all of your content. I'm a beginner so all of your info helps tremendously! Also, how did you get your iTunes to look like that?

[@rjbirdy2k]

Hi bro.. you have a nice collection set up there.. however I have a question about your library... on your folders you have 50-70 bpm, you can potentially mix 50bpm with 100bpm.. how do you determine which track goes in which folder.. as you could turn all your 50bpm to 100bpm's 🤔?

[@DJCEE_B]

Yo nah I don’t mix any of my 50s with 100 bpm tracks

[@johnburns363]

Great content.

[@FBA_AllTHEWAY]

Would it be a good idea to have the months covering each genre, or just “ brand new Music” and months only?

[@Mark-gk1bu]

Big thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience... not many people are so generous. Quick question: if I put one song in five different crates/folders, does that mean I'll have five copies of the same song eating up space on my hard drive?

[@DJCEE_B]

No worries. I’m due to update this video very soon Nope if you do you organisation in iTunes or serato it won’t duplicate the track!

[@Mark-gk1bu]

@@DJCEE_B okay great! Does that apply to Rekordbox as well?

[@DJCEE_B]

@@Mark-gk1bu yep applies to rekordbox aswel. If you have any issues just for me a shout. Happy to help!

[@Mark-gk1bu]

@@DJCEE_B thanks a lot! I just bought a Pioneer DDJ 400 to give DJing a try. I haven't set it up yet, so I'll see how it goes once I get started.

[@DJCEE_B]

@@Mark-gk1bu nice. Well I’m going to have a lot more videos coming out so hopefully I can help u along your journey

[@rjbirdy2k]

Hi bro this Is a great vid.. I have a question.. how many different versions of a track do you download eg. Dirty, clean, intro, short edits, quick hits ect. 🤔 and if so how do you organize the different edits

[@DJCEE_B]

Hi mate. I only download dirty and intro of tracks. I’ve stopped downloading cleans cos I don’t do radios or kids parties lol. And i just organise them the same the dirty and intro versions are next to each other in the folders If I downloaded clean I would just have a clean smart crate that would pick up all my clean tracks in my library

[@rjbirdy2k]

@@DJCEE_B hmmm yeah makes sense... I think I might delete all my quick hits and sort edits as I never really use them 👊

[@suzybee123]

Awesome👏 please make more of these!

[@DJCEE_B]

Thank you! Will do!

[@suzybee123]

@@DJCEE_B Have you seen this? Specifically about how to make NESTED smart playlist rules...Would like to see the potential of this feature applied for DJs. " iTunes & Traktor - Music Library Management & Workflow for DJs" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqaWd4WMbc6Kgrs

[@nevhemm1981]

Firstly, I use windows. Question is, how do I duplicate the exact playlist on another laptop as a backup for playing out?

[@sadievann6232]

Can you make a sub crate of smart crates?

[@martythedjglasgow]

How do you manage to get sub playlists in iTunes?

[@deejaybluemixx848]

where find your music at ?

[@FrAM3._beats]

You look like Kevin Abstract

[@ChrisFox-q7s]

Some of the links for your crates in the description of this video do not work.

[@Marvelpic]

When you’re organising your music do you worry about the key of this songs?

[@dawidzalewski389]

hey why do you have grouping once and smart creats in the comments once

[@waarisdj]

How. Much can I buy ur library for?🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DJCEE_B]

Hahaha not for sale 👀

[@Junk_Draw3r]

not the ladies folder lol

[@kelvinsumner]

Can you just give me your library please? 😭😭

[@DJCEE_B]

Lol come upstairs with a USB and take what you like pal 😂😂

[@paullarmooh7093]

can you share your library

[@hidingod]

Where did you get the Aaliyah tracks? They are so hard to find…especially the song “Are you that somebody?”

[@TheMasterOfCeremony]

I bought all my Aaliyah songs from iTunes

[@hidingod]

@@TheMasterOfCeremony Wow! Are they 320 kpbs?

[@TheMasterOfCeremony]

@@hidingod I just checked the version i have of "Are you that somebody" and its 268kbps

[@TheMasterOfCeremony]

it says 268kbps in Serato Dj but 256kbps in iTunes, and I confirm it's an iTunes purchase

[@bartudilmen2764]

This is so basic