Genres, simplified

[Hooah]

I need help complining a list of genres. I want to get my genre tags up to date but need to compile a list so I can stay consitent. If anyone knows a good way of doing this for about 70,000 files I would be appreciative. Alot of my files have tags but they are sometimes to specific. I just want the basics. I was hoping I could get some help. I want only 20 and already have 19. Maybe if you could even refine this list and probably give some example artists. Like I said earlier, like most of the people here I enjoy a wide range of music and have a nice collection. So it needs to cover about everything.

Rock

• Alternative
  Classic
  Hard
  Metal
  Grunge

Country

• Folk
  Western
  Bluegrass

Hip-Hop

• Rap
  Rap, Gangster

Electronica

• Techno

Church

• Gospel (Country, Western)
  Christian (Contempory, Rap, Rock)
  Hymns

Soul
Blues
R&B
Jazz
Gospel
Pop
Classical
Opera
World
Oldies
Disco
Christmas
Vocal
Other

[rovingcowboy]

I need help complining a list of genres. I want to get my genre tags up to date but need to compile a list so I can stay consitent. If anyone knows a good way of doing this for about 70,000 files I would be appreciative. Alot of my files have tags but they are sometimes to specific. I just want the basics. I was hoping I could get some help. I want only 20 and already have 19. Maybe if you could even refine this list and probably give some example artists. Like I said earlier, like most of the people here I enjoy a wide range of music and have a nice collection. So it needs to cover about everything.

Rock
Rock, Classic Rock
Rock, Alternative
Rock, Hard
Rock, Metal

Hip-Hop
Rap
Rap, Gangster

Country

Folk
Oldies
Christmas
Pop
Vocal
Classical
Opera
World
Techno
Other

you wanted it refined? okay. heres what i do and would do.
the fist one in the grouping is the one all others are under
so i only use the first one
for all the other genere's it drives my sister nuts but it sure cuts
down on the list.

• • Rock
    • Rock, Classic Rock
      Rock, Alternative
      Rock, Hard
      Rock, Metal.
      Oldies,
      R&B,
      Disco,
  • Rap
    • Rap, Gangster
      Hip-Hop,
      Techno
  • Country
    • bluegrass,
      Folk,
      western,
  • Christmas
  • big band,
    • easy listing,
      Pop,
      instrumentals,
      Opera,
      World,
      Jazz,
  • Vocal
  • Classical
  • Gospel
    • Contempory christian,
      christian rap,
      christian rock,
      hymns,
      country gospel,
      western gospel,

[Hooah]

• • Rock
    • Rock, Classic Rock
      Rock, Alternative
      Rock, Hard
      Rock, Metal.
      Oldies,
      R&B,
      Disco,

Not sure if I would agree with the last part. I can not mentally put Disco, R&B or some Oldlies into Rock. Maybe it is because I am young.

[Lowlander]

Genre's is personal. Depending on your level of liking a genre you might have or not have subgenres of a genre.

You can check the forum for previous discussions about genre and check the website of the ID3 standard or sites like lastFM to see what genre's they have.

20 genre's would be really limited especially on 70,000 tracks. I find myself the more tracks the more genre's I like to use to better classify the different tracks.

[Hooah]

If there was like an batch tagger for genres that would be great. But doing them by hand I would prefer the k.i.s.s method. Detailed genres is superior but requires more time.

[Lowlander]

You would need a source of genre information for batch operation.

Manually you can select any ammount of files and set the genre to the same genre.

[2uantuM]

You missed post-rock (Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros, Godspeed You! Black Empororer, etc)

[Hooah]

Like I said earlier, like most of the people here I enjoy a wide range of music and have a nice collection.

Well thats your opinion and well its your opinion.

Are you on drugs? I'm being serious.

[Bex]

Like I said earlier, like most of the people here I enjoy a wide range of music and have a nice collection.

Well thats your opinion and well its your opinion.

Spammer! He provoke to make you click his sig!

[Lowlander]

Here's Amazon's Genre list

[Hooah]

Here's Amazon's Genre list

That is a fine list. Thanks.