Listener wrote: > "My normal selection sequence for classical music is > > Genre->Composer->Work->Artist (and if necessary, reissue version)." > > More detail. For some Composers with a lot of works, I also use a > sub-genre tag as well: > > Genre->Composer->Sub_Genre->Work->Artist (and if necessary, reissue > version). > > Having a well tuned system for browsing my library relieves me of the > need to remember every CD I own. My player s/w can remember and I can > just browse to be reminded what choices I have. I don't want to type > anything to search, I just want to look at lists and pick from them.
I see. Completely the opposite to me then! I actually listen to a lot of my music on "random mix" and if I hear a track/style that hits my mood I play more of the same album or artist. >> But music players are *not* adaptable - they all use >> Track/Album/Artist - so if we want our music to work on >> such players we can do one of two things: > > I did find one s/w player that was very well suited to browsing > Classical music: J. River Media Center 12. It can create and use > custom tags and database fields. I can use any of those fields in > iTunes like Browser panes. For a classical music view scheme, I use > Sub_Genre, Composer, Work, Artist and version panes. No compromise > there. [snip] >> You could, if the music players supported it. See above. > > You gave up too soon. See above. You found *one* software player, out of the hundred of hardware and software players on the market? I think that validates my point! R. _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
