so I ripped more CDs last night and I was in the process of tagging them. I begin to wonder if I should actually use genre considering some album/artists represent multiple genres.
thoughts? How do you classify/organize your local music collection? Thanks
I use the file system for a rough classification
This allows for easy filters like “Path contains \Classical\” as I do play classical most of the time.
I tag it different from the other genres (composer, composition, opus) so need different views as well.
It also solves the crossover problem. All music by Frank Zappa (and the mother) is in the Pop folder. All his compositions played by classical musicians are in the Classical folder.
The genre tag is most of the time filled with what ever the internet database supplied.
I know that Bach is Baroque and likewise any composer in that period so bit redundant.
Check if your media player supports multiple values in the genre tag.