Genre / Style

[Oggy]

Re: Genre / Style

Genre- Blues
style- Rock

I agree with garym.

On a track by track basis, you could have a myriad of styles and influences. A Clapton track like Tulsa Time, is country, or country rock. If this was on a Clapton compilation, I would personally, still tag the album as Rock; Blues, or some combination of Blues and Rock!

With using Style, you can add, whatever, or as many different styles, that make sense to you. As you have seen from the providers metadata, there is often not one obvious answer.

The choices with genre / style, are, is it how you view the artist, album, or even any given song?

[monsterjazzlick]

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I have at least one thousand country, alternative country, bluegrass, folk. I own reptile and would never consider it country. But of course you can choose any labels that fit your own thoughts.

I would not say it was Country (if I did I would have GENRE = Country). But I find it to be rather Country influenced (which is why I was considering the latter as STYLE).

I can't imagine how you have so many CDs?! I have about 600 and have been ripping continuously since July last.

[garym]

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I have at least one thousand country, alternative country, bluegrass, folk. I own reptile and would never consider it country. But of course you can choose any labels that fit your own thoughts.

[monsterjazzlick]

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Genre- Blues
style- Rock

So you would not bother with the Country aspect?

[garym]

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Hi,

I was listening to my Eric Clapton 'Reptile' CD and it seems to be a cross-section of Rock/Blues/Country:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_(album)

I am tagging the GENRE as: 'Popular', but I am not sure what to put for STYLE please? Blues Rock?; or that maybe that is a bit too heavy?

I dare say a lot of people own this CD.

Cheers.

Genre- Blues
style- Rock

[monsterjazzlick]

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Hi,

I was listening to my Eric Clapton 'Reptile' CD and it seems to be a cross-section of Rock/Blues/Country:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_(album)

I am tagging the GENRE as: 'Popular', but I am not sure what to put for STYLE please? Blues Rock?; or that maybe that is a bit too heavy?

I dare say a lot of people own this CD.

Cheers.

[evasv]

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Me too!

[monsterjazzlick]

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Yes, not overdoing the genres is rational I think. It's easy to get too many.

I would rather have more STYLE tags than GENREs.

[evasv]

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Yes, not overdoing the genres is rational I think. It's easy to get too many.

[monsterjazzlick]

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Depending on how you see it, symphonic rock could be included in progressive rock. In any case, the latter is a much wider term.

evasv,

Some of my decision making is influenced by what my own personal CD collection consists of. I think I should be able to minimise the amount of GENREs I have because the content does not stretch as wide as most peoples collection.

Paul

[Oggy]

Re: Genre / Style

https://www.ranker.com/list/symphoni...ians/reference

Well that list certainly doesn't use KISS principles!!

[evasv]

Re: Genre / Style

Depending on how you see it, symphonic rock could be included in progressive rock. In any case, the latter is a much wider term.

[monsterjazzlick]

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Hi Paul,

Just checked my ELP and Genesis, and they are in Progressive Rock, alongside bands like Camel, Caravan, The Enid and Gentle Giant. Symphonic Rock, could have been used, but good old prog rock is more generic, and I have never heard of a Symphonic Rock Festival!

Hi Oggy,

'Symphonic Rock' seems to be recognised to a certain degree and there is also Wiki page for it. I have some other bands like 'Crimson King', 'The Nice', 'Frank Zappa', etc and so I am going to use 'Symphonic Rock' for the STYLE; keeping 'Prog. Rock' as the GENRE.

There is also 'Art Rock', which is, apparently, used for Bowie.

Paul

[Oggy]

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evasv,

Yes, I view STYLE as a sub-genre.

I think I have seen the term: 'Symphonic Rock' somewhere before; possibly when looking up early 'Genesis'. I may use this for 'ELP' and 'Genesis' STYLE.

https://www.ranker.com/list/symphoni...ians/reference

Paul

Hi Paul,

Just checked my ELP and Genesis, and they are in Progressive Rock, alongside bands like Camel, Caravan, The Enid and Gentle Giant. Symphonic Rock, could have been used, but good old prog rock is more generic, and I have never heard of a Symphonic Rock Festival!

[monsterjazzlick]

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Do you use Style as a subgenre? If so, it makes no sense to use "Rock" as style when you have "Progressive Rock" as the genre. It would be better the other way around.

This comes down to preference of course, but I see Style as a subgenre. The wiki link doesn't state any style, so in that case genre and style would be the same thing (Progressive Rock).

I don't have this CD or anything by ELP, but to me they don't feel like Folk but more like your other options + maybe Symphonic Rock or Art Rock.

evasv,

Yes, I view STYLE as a sub-genre.

I think I have seen the term: 'Symphonic Rock' somewhere before; possibly when looking up early 'Genesis'. I may use this for 'ELP' and 'Genesis' STYLE.

https://www.ranker.com/list/symphoni...ians/reference

Paul