Posted by Baxter Tocher on 11/15/00 11:29

dadiOH wrote:

> The problem (as I see it) is that we have a proliferation of genres but
> no subdivision thereof. As one example, "Jazz" could have many
> subdivisions such as Big Band, Small Group, Dixieland, Bop, Vocal...etc.
> Not to mention decades.

Yep, absolutely - I further subdivide into "Jazz Vocal", "Jazz ECM" etc.
I know there are people who subdivide classical into baroque,
romantic, modern, etc, whereas I don't.

> Personally, I use basic genres and use the comment field to
> sub-catagorize as desired. Many don't get a comment field catagory...I
> know Ella FitzGerald is a female vovalist :)

I tend to tag so that it's easier to create random playlists where music
"fits" best.

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Baxter

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