If the size of your library is your selling point, you need to really rethink your branding and marketing strategy.
It's not just about what you have but knowing what to do with it to make things successful.I have 10,000 songs.... probably go through less than 1000 of them in a year. If the size of your library is your selling point, you need to really rethink your branding and marketing strategy. Funny thing is I probably have a library smaller than most seasoned dj's yet somehow find myself in the top 5% in terms of pricing lol.
I ran a count on my music drive ... 638,169 files .. some are dupes, but there's a whole lot of crap there ..
Yea .. one of these days I'm going to pare it extensively. I'm also planning on re-ripping my CDs to a lossless version .. either aiff or flac. As the PA gear gets better, there is a slight benefit to a quality version .. nothing to lose sweat over, but nice to have.When I built my music library, it was long before I ever thought about being a DJ. I wanted to play music that I enjoyed, and wanted to do it without having to load a CD (or 300 CD's). I had my music digitized before most people (even DJ's) ever thought of doing it. The reason I ripped entire albums was not because I liked every track on every album, but because I wanted to simulate the experience of listening to a stack of albums in their entirety.
When I decided to start DJing, I got a hold of lists of Most Requested songs and compared them to my library. I tried to acquire every track on those lists that I didn't already own. There were tracks by artists I never listened to, and some required buying their greatest hits to get the tracks I needed.
If I was building a music library for just my DJ business, it would be less than half the size of my current library.
When I built my music library, it was long before I ever thought about being a DJ. I wanted to play music that I enjoyed, and wanted to do it without having to load a CD (or 300 CD's). I had my music digitized before most people (even DJ's) ever thought of doing it. The reason I ripped entire albums was not because I liked every track on every album, but because I wanted to simulate the experience of listening to a stack of albums in their entirety.
When I decided to start DJing, I got a hold of lists of Most Requested songs and compared them to my library. I tried to acquire every track on those lists that I didn't already own. There were tracks by artists I never listened to, and some required buying their greatest hits to get the tracks I needed.
If I was building a music library for just my DJ business, it would be less than half the size of my current library.
The people that are hosting family reunions are not promoters. Outside of a very small part of NJ, no one charges people to show up to family events.
Same here, we all bring something.