http://www.billogs.net/lesson-four-in-using-itunes-categorizing-with-music-genres/ The Blog of Christopher Billows Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.billogs.net/lesson-four-in-using-itunes-categorizing-with-music-genres/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Christopher Billows Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:51:47 +0000 http://www.billogs.net/?p=687#comment-714 You're welcome. It does help to think of Genre as 'world-view' while thinking of tempo/mood as being the flavor/hue of the world-view/genre. The struggle I have is that lots of my albums are Greatest Hit compilations so sometimes an Artist will spread across multiple Genres as they travel their musical journey. So far, I am treating these albums as representing the original Genre the artist started with. So U2 Greatest Hits would be Rock: Alternative even though lots of the songs on their 6th and 7th albums flirted with Electronica. My rationale is that they are a Alternative Rock band first, and whatever they experiment with will be influenced by those roots. It's still possible to Tag the songs in the Comments section with (Electronica) or (Dance) which will show up during searches, etc. This way I capture the distinct flavor of U2's Alternative Rock career during this period. You’re welcome. It does help to think of Genre as ‘world-view’ while thinking of tempo/mood as being the flavor/hue of the world-view/genre. The struggle I have is that lots of my albums are Greatest Hit compilations so sometimes an Artist will spread across multiple Genres as they travel their musical journey. So far, I am treating these albums as representing the original Genre the artist started with. So U2 Greatest Hits would be Rock: Alternative even though lots of the songs on their 6th and 7th albums flirted with Electronica. My rationale is that they are a Alternative Rock band first, and whatever they experiment with will be influenced by those roots.
It’s still possible to Tag the songs in the Comments section with (Electronica) or (Dance) which will show up during searches, etc. This way I capture the distinct flavor of U2’s Alternative Rock career during this period.

]]> http://www.billogs.net/lesson-four-in-using-itunes-categorizing-with-music-genres/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Scott Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:46:10 +0000 http://www.billogs.net/?p=687#comment-713 Hey, thanks. I have been planning on doing this kind of thing for a while now. I have been very hesitant though until after reading this. Now I know what I'll be doing all night. lol, but I always have had the problem of genres being too vague. Next though, I want to get all music sorted by dynamics, and tempo, as well as male or female singer, and by the mood the songs sets, like happy, sad. etc... But this is a good start, thanks for this post. Hey, thanks. I have been planning on doing this kind of thing for a while now. I have been very hesitant though until after reading this. Now I know what I’ll be doing all night. lol, but I always have had the problem of genres being too vague. Next though, I want to get all music sorted by dynamics, and tempo, as well as male or female singer, and by the mood the songs sets, like happy, sad. etc… But this is a good start, thanks for this post.

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