How do you organize a DJ set?

7 Set Planning Secrets Of Professional DJs

  1. Pack your music carefully.
  2. Know the venue and the crowd well.
  3. Organise your music into tightly focused playlists.
  4. Use loops, effects, EQ and volume to add a spontaneity to planned sets.
  5. Use key, genre and BPM sorting to make instant “planned” playlists.
  6. Fall back on previous sets.

How do you organize your music library?

We get tips on keeping music collections tidy, so you can find what you want to play.

  1. Try organizing by genre. There’s no one method that DJs use to organize their music.
  2. Or, simply alphabetize your music.
  3. Find the right storage for your collection.
  4. Protecting your music.
  5. Don’t forget to back up your digital music.

Where do DJs put their music?

iTunes is the biggest and for DJs we have Beatport.com. Beatport is one of the most popular digital download services for DJs to buy and download tracks. Others include Juno, Bandcamp and Apple Music (Formerly iTunes). Bandcamp is the best online retailer of music to support because they support the artist.

Is there a program that will organize my music?

The 4 Best Tools to Manage Your MP3 Music Collection

  1. MediaMonkey. MediaMonkey doubles up as both a music player and MP3-organizer software.
  2. MusicBrainz Picard. MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform, open-source MP3 organizing software.
  3. Mp3tag. Mp3tag is superb if you have a large number of rogue MP3 files.
  4. Apple Music.

How do DJs keep up with music?

DJs typically find new music by searching record pools, online music sites, social media sites, podcasts, blogs, and even listening to other DJs. The inspiration that a DJ needs to find the perfect song can come from any number of places.

How much music should a DJ have?

As much as you can have. As long as you keep everything organized and under control (tags, genres, categories etc.), more music will give you the advantage of playing gigs of all sorts. Cost of digital storage is very affordable and easy to get. An external 1 TB hard drive would hold tens of thousands of tracks.