-
5 votes
-
Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers - "Peach Scone" (2018 NPR Tiny Desk Contest)
5 votes -
Gender Roles - About Her (2018)
6 votes -
1788-L - Sentience (2018)
5 votes -
Yo-Yo Ma: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2018)
9 votes -
Dullatron - Revolution of the People (2012)
3 votes -
Meet the company preparing to be the last CD distributor standing
5 votes -
George Walker, trailblazing American composer, dies at 96
7 votes -
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?
15 votes -
Agitation Free - Through the Moods (1998)
4 votes -
~music Listening Club 10 - ▣世界から解放され▣
Hello all you good people, we made it to week 10! Here we've got this week's user-voted record: ▣世界から解放され▣ by ░▒▓新しいデラックスライフ▓▒░ ! From @Cleb: Internet Club takes a bizarre set of samples...
Hello all you good people, we made it to week 10! Here we've got this week's user-voted record: ▣世界から解放され▣ by ░▒▓新しいデラックスライフ▓▒░ !
From @Cleb:
Internet Club takes a bizarre set of samples consisting of things from Dragon Ball to some random Japanese radio show and turns them into a glitchy, repetitive vaporwave project that sounds just a little bit unhinged.
Here's the place to discuss your thoughts on the record, your history with it or the artist, and basically talk about whatever you want to that goes along with ▣世界から解放され▣. Remember that this is intended to be a slow moving thing, feel free to take your time and comment at any point in the week!
If you'd like to stream or buy the album, it can be found on YouTube or bought on Bandcamp.
8 votes -
Sony Music concedes in court they released fake Michael Jackson songs on posthumous abum
8 votes -
A family’s 400-year-old musical secret still rings true
6 votes -
Afropop Worldwide: More African Guitars
6 votes -
Jimmy Gets High - Daniel Powter
3 votes -
~music Listening Club 9 - The Man Machine
Sup yall, we're here in week 9! It's time for another classic record discussion: Kraftwerk's The Man Machine! (or Die Mensch-Maschine) Here's the place to discuss your thoughts on the record, your...
Sup yall, we're here in week 9! It's time for another classic record discussion: Kraftwerk's The Man Machine! (or Die Mensch-Maschine)
Here's the place to discuss your thoughts on the record, your history with it or the artist, and basically talk about whatever you want to that goes along with The Man Machine. Remember that this is intended to be a slow moving thing, feel free to take your time and comment at any point in the week!
If you'd like to stream or buy the album, it can be found on most platforms here.
Don't forget to nominate and vote for next week's obscure record in response to this comment! Feel free to do something fun, dumb, or special in celebration of our tenth week!
8 votes -
Something needs to be done about Spotify's atrocious new update
13 votes -
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (1991)
4 votes -
Kelsey Lu — itis isin itisnt
2 votes -
Episode 2 of The Big Dig (my new jazz radio show) is now available
10 votes -
Soft Cell release Northern Lights, first new song in fifteen years
5 votes -
My Vitriol - Always: Your Way (2001)
2 votes -
Roy Buchanan - Roy's Bluz's [live 1976]
2 votes -
Silvério Pessoa - Aquela Rosa (2004)
2 votes -
Le Mellotron: DJ Brunó
3 votes -
X Japan to Perform 1st Large-Scale Concert in 8 Years (3-day concert run in Chiba, September 28-30)
3 votes -
Rrose - Emboli (2016)
3 votes -
Ramona Falls - Melectric [Alternative / Indie]
4 votes -
Doc & Merle Watson -- Rock, Salt & Nails [1979.09.21 - Finney Chapel]
5 votes -
‘The last time I held her’: How a homeless musician reclaimed the love of his life
6 votes -
When a Music Legend Dies, How Does Today’s Mostly Automated Radio React?
8 votes -
Woodleigh Research Facility - Heilige Seidhr
2 votes -
Bent - K.i.s.s.e.s (2009)
3 votes -
Bloodbath live in 2008 at PartySan Open Air
4 votes -
Which headphones do you recommend below 100€?
I'm looking into the ATH-M40X, which seems to be the best below 100€, but i would like to know other tilders opinion :) EDIT: preference to over ear and portable (portable is not a key feature...
I'm looking into the ATH-M40X, which seems to be the best below 100€, but i would like to know other tilders opinion :)
EDIT: preference to over ear and portable (portable is not a key feature that i'm looking, but it would be nice to be easy to carry around)
17 votes -
Has anyone else found it progressively harder to get into new music?
In the past, I used to find something like twelve new bands a month that I loved; then I'd go through bands they'd tour with and pick up a few bands from that, bands that were on whatever...
In the past, I used to find something like twelve new bands a month that I loved; then I'd go through bands they'd tour with and pick up a few bands from that, bands that were on whatever compilations they were on (think the old Fat Wreck comps that used to come out a few times a year), and however else.
Nowadays, it's more like twenty-four new bands a year that I find myself enjoying. It's so frustrating, because there's no shortage of new music coming out! I just...can't get myself to like much of it.
Any of you guys experiencing something similar?
23 votes -
Pop songs in English, written by native speakers of Swedish
5 votes -
What artists really surprised you?
Have there been any musicians you didn't think much of at first, but upon closer inspection, really surprised you? I've recently listened to Barenaked Ladies' album Maroon and it's a surprisingly...
Have there been any musicians you didn't think much of at first, but upon closer inspection, really surprised you? I've recently listened to Barenaked Ladies' album Maroon and it's a surprisingly introspective and melancholy record, but with upbeat sounds. Off The Hook and Conventioneers are fantastic songs that I've heard nothing about
11 votes -
Rameses B - Spacewalk II: Zero Gravity (2018)
6 votes -
Asa Moto - Playtime EP
4 votes -
Robyn Dell'Unto - Face to Face (2017)
5 votes -
Don’t tell Scotty but here’s an oral history of ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’
7 votes -
Andrew Weatherall - Blue Bullet
3 votes -
Silent Planet - Share the Body (2018)
5 votes -
underscores - skin purifying treatment (2018)
2 votes -
Shannon Shaw — Bring Her The Mirror (2018)
3 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others'...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something!
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
14 votes -
Aretha Franklin, music’s ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies at 76
27 votes -
Coheed and Cambria - The Gutter (2018)
5 votes -
Think - Aretha Franklin (feat. The Blues Brothers)
8 votes