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Posted by RenderedDream on Sep-25-2006 23:46:

Music genres

I'm categorizing my music collection and i'm having trouble managing to classify certain songs.
Some site with music genres and samples would be perfect.
Discogs lists electronic but has no subgenres =S
Anyone know anything helpful?

Posted by Zombie0915 on Sep-26-2006 00:01:

If it is your collection...

why not make up your own categories?

what better system of organization can you have, than the one you have made yourself?

My categories

Good - Meh - Bad

and under "good" i sepatate it further into -fast- -slow-
and under fast and slow I have terms like -dirty- -happy- -boomy- etc

and I know exactly where to find whatever I feel like hearing at any given moment.

Posted by Trancealot on Sep-26-2006 00:21:

Trance
house
techno
breakbeat

These are at the top of the list of electronica if thats the type of music collection you have.

Posted by Sushipunk on Sep-26-2006 00:44:

I just do it by artist in alphabetical order. Makes it easy to find whatever I'm after. Lots of artists make music in more than one genre anyway, so I don't end up with my shit all over the place.

Posted by Pinokio on Sep-26-2006 01:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0915
If it is your collection...

why not make up your own categories?

what better system of organization can you have, than the one you have made yourself?

My categories

Good - Meh - Bad

and under "good" i sepatate it further into -fast- -slow-
and under fast and slow I have terms like -dirty- -happy- -boomy- etc

and I know exactly where to find whatever I feel like hearing at any given moment.

jaja that's the best way to do it.

You gotta organize themusic the way you feel it.

I do like this also, it works perfect =)

Posted by Ishkur on Sep-26-2006 01:34:

Re: Music genres

quote:
Originally posted by RenderedDream
I'm categorizing my music collection and i'm having trouble managing to classify certain songs.
Some site with music genres and samples would be perfect.
Discogs lists electronic but has no subgenres =S
Anyone know anything helpful?

Nope. Not at all. Nothing like that exists anywhere.

Posted by iammesol on Sep-26-2006 01:38:

Re: Re: Music genres

quote:
Originally posted by Ishkur
Nope. Not at all. Nothing like that exists anywhere.

leave.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Sep-26-2006 01:42:

Re: Re: Music genres

quote:
Originally posted by Ishkur
Nope. Not at all. Nothing like that exists anywhere.

Posted by snowboarder45 on Sep-26-2006 07:31:

DANCERECORDS.COM/ has samples and is categorized by genres & subgenres. The only problem is that sometimes theres more than 1 subgenre listed to describe a sample, so you have to use your best guess.

Posted by Salegon on Sep-26-2006 11:55:

Re: Music genres

Posted by AlphaStarred on Sep-26-2006 12:06:

Acid
Bad Acid? (Such a thing!)

Posted by sljiva on Sep-26-2006 12:13:

i arrange them in seven main categories: techno, house, trance, downbeat, jungle, breaks, hardcore and eight which is other. under other i put artists like aphex twin, squarepusher, dextro, william orbit, ochre... my advice is don't go into the subgenres because you'll loose your mind

Posted by RenderedDream on Sep-26-2006 12:16:

Re: Re: Music genres

quote:
Originally posted by Salegon
Ishkur's guide to EDM

very nice =D

Posted by 303 on Sep-26-2006 13:24:

whats wrong with the group "styles" Discogs provide? Closest to subgenres imo anyway..

Posted by Phortastic on Sep-26-2006 13:48:

quote:
Originally posted by 303

whats wrong with the group "styles" Discogs provide? Closest to subgenres imo anyway..

Indeed, those are mostly very accurate. Dont see the problem with it either.

Posted by RenderedDream on Sep-26-2006 14:37:

anything like triphop, lo-fi and stuff like is categorized as electronic
i need subgenres of electronic =S

Posted by Phortastic on Sep-26-2006 15:08:

The "Style: blabla" on Discogs is the subgenre....

Posted by risoriso on Sep-26-2006 15:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Phortastic
Indeed, those are mostly very accurate. Dont see the problem with it either.

Not really. They can be labeled by anyone whether they know what they're doing or not.

Posted by Phortastic on Sep-26-2006 18:06:

quote:
Originally posted by risoriso
Not really. They can be labeled by anyone whether they know what they're doing or not.

True, but judging by my own experience they are pretty accurate. The stuff i checked out the last year or so pretty much was correct labeled.

Posted by jimmi_n_uk on Sep-26-2006 18:14:

Re: Music genres

quote:
Originally posted by RenderedDream
I'm categorizing my music collection and i'm having trouble managing to classify certain songs.
Some site with music genres and samples would be perfect.
Discogs lists electronic but has no subgenres =S
Anyone know anything helpful?

this is everything that is wrong with people and edm today, trying to pigeon hole everything, every track will have its on "genre" soon......

Posted by RenderedDream on Sep-26-2006 18:50:

it's not meant for EDM, just electronica (triphop, etc)

Posted by Arbalest on Sep-26-2006 19:35:

Re: Re: Music genres

quote:
Originally posted by Salegon
Ishkur's guide to EDM

like that would be of any help...