How Big Is your Music Library?

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June 27, 2011 at 5:25 pm #1050

DJ eengenious
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My iTunes is currently 41 GB – have a 2 TB hard-drive which has contains another 60 GB of music or so.
I add an average of about 3 new songs per day.

June 27, 2011 at 6:43 pm #1064

Emma Partnow
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I don’t have iTunes; and just have a 300GB External Drive;
I have 2,700 Tracks; but out of these Tracks I could Honestly say that I would only Consider using 1,000 of them as ‘Material’ for DJ Sets; I am probably now down to adding 3 Tracks a week if I am Lucky as I have become Very Fussy lately;

June 27, 2011 at 7:06 pm #1071

Liambo
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I probably have about 2000 tracks for DJ use (about 500 maximum i would use now) i just don’t like deleting stuff i have paid good money for. About 500 records for DJ use also.

All my non DJ stuff is on originally purchased CD or vinyl, which is about 600 CD’s and 500 records.

June 27, 2011 at 7:07 pm #1073

DjSpekz
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Ill say about 80GB. Not all are used, maybe about 3 or 4 thousand get played. I just try to have a bit of everything just in case people make requests. One of the worst feelings ever is someone asking you for a song and you dont have it 🙁

June 27, 2011 at 7:10 pm #1074

Phil Morse
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Emma Partnow, post: 1053 wrote: I don’t have iTunes; and just have a 300GB External Drive;
I have 2,700 Tracks; but out of these Tracks I could Honestly say that I would only Consider using 1,000 of them as ‘Material’ for DJ Sets; I am probably now down to adding 3 Tracks a week if I am Lucky as I have become Very Fussy lately;

This is the way to do it! Less is more – mine is 15GB.

June 27, 2011 at 7:27 pm #1077

DJ eengenious
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Phil Morse, post: 1063 wrote: This is the way to do it! Less is more – mine is 15GB.

I admire that!
My “go-to” DJ playlist is about 5 GB

I’m just a huge music lover in general – I think part of the reason my collection is so large is that it contains entire discographies from artists I love – The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and 2pac for example. That and I only seek HQ.

June 27, 2011 at 7:31 pm #1079

Phil Morse
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DJ EENGENIOUS, post: 1066 wrote: I admire that!
My “go-to” DJ playlist is about 5 GB

I’m just a huge music lover in general – I think part of the reason my collection is so large is that it contains entire discographies from artists I love – The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and 2pac for example. That and I only seek HQ.

I subscribe to Spotify for general music meaning I don’t have to actually own anything except my DJ tunes.

June 27, 2011 at 7:34 pm #1081

Liambo
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Phil Morse, post: 1068 wrote: I subscribe to Spotify for general music meaning I don’t have to actually own anything except my DJ tunes.

Snap. Apart from the CD’s/vinyl i own. Spotify is my listening source now.

June 27, 2011 at 7:50 pm #1000476

Rob Francis
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I’ve got 12GB in iTunes (in Apple Lossless Format) and rising…!

June 27, 2011 at 8:45 pm #1000481

00DJC
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My complete library of music is 131.65GB, which equates to 22187 songs.

However, its worth noting that this is a shared collection. Years ago i spent weeks on end ripping countless CD’s from every member of the family to make a home media server with all the music on for everyone. So its got loads of crap on that other family members have purchased.

My personal collection on my DJ laptop is about half that size. and my DJ collection of tracks i actually play is pottering around the 400 tracks mark.

June 27, 2011 at 9:43 pm #1127

Ivyquake
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I have about 10 gigs dedicate to Djing. I use a system I learned from digitaltips, one IN one OUT. For every new track I add my collection, one has to come out 🙂

June 27, 2011 at 10:02 pm #1132

Arthol Gibson
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If youre talking full library of songs.. Im clocking somewhere around 240 Gigs or so. Years of collecting. Of that I probably use 10 Gigs in my sets :/ .. I know, Phil.. I have slapped my own wrist, lol

June 27, 2011 at 11:07 pm #1151

Chris Jennings
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DJ laptop has about 40 gigs on it. The family iMac has about 110 gigs last I looked.

June 27, 2011 at 11:26 pm #1153

SmiTTTen
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238 tracks of “gig” music which barely merits a blip. 2,554 tracks of miscellanity. A year back I was at several hundred gigs but I ditched it all.

June 27, 2011 at 11:50 pm #1160

Adam Sharizman
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Around 342 tracks? I don’t invest much time in finding songs. Rather, I invest time in knowing my songs.
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