I like the original idea. I've considered it and how to implement it years ago going as far as writing a script for my old Music DAM software that utilized a thesaurus.
In actual use, I didn't find it very useful because in LMS and others I ended up with something like the 500 genres described. What I really wanted was to utilize the hierarchy rather than just a bunch of genres. So, I then went about creating a "Style" tag, which serves as a sub-genre. All my files now have a Genre and Style tag. My library has about 40 Genres, some files have multiple Genres, like the odd-ball music that can be classified as Blues or Rock. The Style tag then has sub-genres much like the examples described earlier in this thread... e.g. Hard-Bop, Electric-Blues, Alternative-Rock, Free-Jazz, etc. In LMS, I then use the Custom-Scan and Custom-Menu plugins (Erland's) to create a menu that allows me to browse: Genre/Style/.... As well as an option that lets me browse by Style only. I also use the Dynamic Playlist plugin to create playlists by style or genre. It's all a little more fluid and usable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ emalvick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35382 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106258 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
