Guides on identifying tracks from clips and DJ sets, hunting unreleased music, organising a DJ library, digging for new music and building sets.https://idcrate.co.uk/en-gbhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/find-song-from-tiktok-original-sound/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/find-song-from-tiktok-original-sound/A TikTok original sound song has no name attached, but the track is usually findable. Six ways to identify it, from tapping the sound to reading the deck.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-audio-fingerprinting-works/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-audio-fingerprinting-works/How does audio fingerprinting work, why it fails on mixed or pitched audio, what Chromaprint and ACRCloud do, and how reading the deck screen fills the gaps.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-dj-set-with-an-energy-arc/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-dj-set-with-an-energy-arc/How to build a DJ set that rises, peaks and lands: rating energy, choosing openers and closers, moving BPM and key on purpose, phrasing, and reading the room.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTplayhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-find-new-music-as-a-dj/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-find-new-music-as-a-dj/How to find new music as a DJ: the sources worth checking, following people not genres, working back from sets, and making digging a weekly routine.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdighttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-find-unreleased-music/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-find-unreleased-music/How to find unreleased music: promo lists, private SoundCloud links, label follows, radio rips and forthcoming tags, and how to avoid the fakes.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThuntdighttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-follow-a-label-for-new-releases/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-follow-a-label-for-new-releases/How to follow a record label for new releases: Bandcamp and Beatport follows, mailing lists and promos, and monitors that check the shops daily.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThuntdighttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-organise-a-dj-music-library/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/how-to-organise-a-dj-music-library/How to organise a DJ music library: one folder, tags that do the sorting, a key and energy scheme, a tested backup, and the Rekordbox and Traktor traps.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTorganisehttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/is-it-out-yet-tracking-a-track-until-release/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/is-it-out-yet-tracking-a-track-until-release/How to get a track release date notification for an ID you heard in a set: pre-orders, pre-saves, label follows and daily store checks.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThunthttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/track-id-from-cdj-screen/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/track-id-from-cdj-screen/How to pull a track ID from a CDJ screen or Rekordbox display in a clip: what the screen shows, which deck is live, and how to read a blurry frame.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/why-shazam-fails-on-dj-sets/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/why-shazam-fails-on-dj-sets/Shazam not working on a DJ set is normal: pitch, mixing, phone recordings and unreleased tracks all break it. Here is why, and the methods that do work.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/camelot-wheel-explained/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/camelot-wheel-explained/What the numbers and letters mean, the three safe moves, the energy boost trick, a full Camelot to Open Key to musical key table, and where key detection lies.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTorganiseplayhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/find-song-from-instagram-reel/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/find-song-from-instagram-reel/Five ways to identify the track in a reel, from the free tricks that work half the time to the method that reads the deck screen.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/identify-tracks-in-dj-mix-youtube/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/identify-tracks-in-dj-mix-youtube/Description, comments, 1001Tracklists, Shazam's blind spots on a mix, the deck screen, and how to fingerprint a whole set into a timestamped tracklist.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/wav-aiff-flac-or-mp3-for-djing/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/wav-aiff-flac-or-mp3-for-djing/Lossless against lossy on a club rig, tagging, USB sizes, which CDJs refuse FLAC, and why the sensible setup is lossless at home and 320 or AIFF on the stick.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTorganisehttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/what-does-id-mean-dj-set/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/what-does-id-mean-dj-set/ID, ID - ID, dub, VIP, forthcoming: what the words in a tracklist mean and how an unidentified track eventually gets a name.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTidentifyhunthttps://idcrate.co.uk/blog/where-djs-buy-music/https://idcrate.co.uk/blog/where-djs-buy-music/Beatport, Bandcamp, Traxsource, Juno, the iTunes Store, labels, promo pools and Discogs: what each is good for, and why streaming is not owning.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdig