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mattsalcido@juno.com wrote:

quoted 2 lines i use a small piece of paper to write down little notes and

> i use a small piece of paper to write down little notes and > then store it inside the cd booklet.

I find you need to make fairly visible signs if you use your music to DJ from - lack of light, speed of access are important factors - so I usually stick some tape down the side next to the titles and do what Pietro does:

quoted 2 lines I usually stick a piece of masking tape on the back of the jewel

> I usually stick a piece of masking tape on the back of the jewel > case and mark which tracks are special. I use asterisks ...

(exactly - me too) Or I use one of those Tipp-Ex white correction pens to make a blob next to tracks to play out - this is removable; eventually you can just scrape it off without leaving a mark on the jewel case. What I also do, although this is more time-consuming and valid shelf-life is determined by newness and relevance as well as the situation you're playing in, is that I make compilation CD-R's of tracks that I intend to play out. It means less carrying around of original CD's, and also less chance of damaging originals or (woe betide) losing them / having them stolen. But unless you keep making more, you risk repeating yourself. What my friend Jan does is a science unto itself : when he gets a new album, he systematically listens through it and has made himself pre-printed cards the exact size of a CD inlay, with track numbers down the left, and loads of different categories, such as track length, bpm, description of track, time where the beats come in after the intro, dance-ability, nod-ability, and finally a rating out of 10! This system works for him - although I'd never have the patience :-) I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org