Followup on standardization of tagging music genres
So, as a followup to the music tagging thread from a few days ago, I would like to propose the following for discussion. Should all musical posts be tagged with at least one high-level musical...
So, as a followup to the music tagging thread from a few days ago, I would like to propose the following for discussion.
- Should all musical posts be tagged with at least one high-level musical genre?
The consensus from the last post appeared to be a yes on this. Please note:, this doesn't mean that anyone who submits a track is required to go look up / determine the best genre themselves. If they choose not to, one of the tag mods may do so for them while browsing. Further, we seemed to reach a consensus last time that in the future it would be best to automate this step as completely as possible.
- Which tags do we want to use?
I / @Whom have done some digging and found several different schemes we might use as a basis. For convenience, I've reproduced them in a table for you below:
<html> <head> <body>| FreeDB | Discogs | Wikipedia | Allmusic | Rate Your Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blues | Blues | Blues | Blues | Ambient |
| Classical | Brass & Military | Classical | Classical | Blues |
| Country | Children's | Country | Country | Classical Music |
| Folk | Classical | Electronic | Electronic | Comedy |
| Jazz | Electronic | Folk | International | Country |
| Newage | Folk, World, & Country | Hip-hop | Jazz | Dance |
| Reggae | Funk / Soul | Jazz | Latin | Electronic |
| Rock | Hip-hop | Reggae | Pop/Rock | Experimental |
| Soundtrack | Jazz | Religious | R&B | Field Recordings |
| Latin | Rock | Rap | Folk | |
| Non-Music | Traditional | Reggae | Hip Hop | |
| Pop | Industrial Music | |||
| Reggae | Jazz | |||
| Rock | Metal | |||
| Stage & Screen | Musical Theatre and Entertainment | |||
| New Age | ||||
| Pop | ||||
| Psychedelia | ||||
| Punk | ||||
| R&B | ||||
| Regional Music | ||||
| Rock | ||||
| Singer/Songwriter | ||||
| Ska | ||||
| Sounds and Effects | ||||
| Spoken Word |
</body> </html>
I think ideally we will be able to come up with (say) a list the size of wikipedia, allmusic or discogs such that determining the right genre isn't much of a burden on tag mods. In the future, we could expand this or even start inheriting the RYM genre hierarchy (e.g., Ska -> 2 Tone, Jamaican Ska, Spouge, Third Wave Ska)
So with that out of the way, I think the best way to proceed is for each of you to either:
A) Build a list of your own with one of these as a basis. We can count up how many people include a genre an count as a vote for it's inclusion.
Or
B) Argue for / against a specific genre's inclusion.
Sound good? Did I miss anything?