Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Hi,

If one has a track which is a MEDLEY of multiple songs and multiple composers, then what would be the best way to tag this, please?

Let's say it's a film-score medley:

Track 1 - The Muse~Lose Yourself~The Wrestler~Happy~The Lion King

Elton John; Eminem; Bruce Springsteen; Pharrell;Elton John

As you can see, the opening and closing tracks are composed by Elton John.

And so, would you list the COMPOSER tag as:

Elton John; Eminem; Bruce Springsteen; Pharrell; Elton John

or,

Elton John; Eminem; Bruce Springsteen; Pharrell

The latter omits the second contribution by EJ.

Many thanks,

Paul

[Jailhouse]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

By omitting the second Elton John mention, the list of songs and composers don't match up. That could be confusing, as one can't infer who wrote the last song of the medley, or even that the last song is the one missing its composer.

If knowing who composed each song isn't important, leaving out the duplicate name isn't a problem.

[mville]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

By omitting the second Elton John mention, the list of songs and composers don't match up. That could be confusing, as one can't infer who wrote the last song of the medley, or even that the last song is the one missing its composer.

If knowing who composed each song isn't important, leaving out the duplicate name isn't a problem.

... and if a song has more than one composer, you won't know for sure, which composer wrote which song anyway, so I just list all composers, with no duplicates.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

By omitting the second Elton John mention, the list of songs and composers don't match up. That could be confusing, as one can't infer who wrote the last song of the medley, or even that the last song is the one missing its composer.

If knowing who composed each song isn't important, leaving out the duplicate name isn't a problem.

Cheers JH,

Well the real problem arises when the duplicate composer has composer two of the middle-placed songs! Then it gets really confusing!

But I wanted to check what someone else's opinion (like yourself) was before typing everything in. With Miles Davis and Weather Report, much of their LIVE repertoire consisted of MEDLEYS, so your advice is helpful.

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

... and if a song has more than one composer, you won't know for sure, which composer wrote which song anyway, so I just list all composers, with no duplicates.

Hi mville,

I was just concerned about the COMPOSER list being too long; hence trying to economise on real estate.

Cheers,

Paul

[garym]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Hi mville,

I was just concerned about the COMPOSER list being too long; hence trying to economise on real estate.

Cheers,

Paul

why does it matter how long it is? it is mostly there as a basis for searches in your database.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

why does it matter how long it is? it is mostly there as a basis for searches in your database.

Hi Gary,

Because I noticed when I first started ripping that there seemed to be a maximum amount of characters for certain fields? I think it was for the folder-name/file-path though, now I think back?

Paul

[garym]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Hi Gary,

Because I noticed when I first started ripping that there seemed to be a maximum amount of characters for certain fields? I think it was for the folder-name/file-path though, now I think back?

Paul

file names and path may be limited to something like 254. But the limit (if any) for tag data should be WAY higher. So you can have lots more info in tags. File length in windows files and tag metadata are two very different things.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

file names and path may be limited to something like 254. But the limit (if any) for tag data should be WAY higher. So you can have lots more info in tags. File length in windows files and tag metadata are two very different things.

Gary,

Yes, I think it was the '254' we increased it to a few months back.

Maybe it was Windoze that chopped of some of the longer names in my titles/artists.

If you have a MEDLEY (lets use the same model as earlier):

TITLE: The Muse~Lose Yourself~The Wrestler~Happy~The Lion King

COMPOSER: Elton John; Eminem; Bruce Springsteen; Pharrell; Elton John

... and you ran a search for (say) 'Pharrell'. Then would the result be the ENTIRE medley (ie. The Muse~Lose Yourself~The Wrestler~Happy~The Lion King)? I mean, it is not going to decipher the buried track "Happy" is it?

Thanks,

Paul

[garym]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

. and you ran a search for (say) 'Pharrell'. Then would the result be the ENTIRE medley (ie. The Muse~Lose Yourself~The Wrestler~Happy~The Lion King)? I mean, it is not going to decipher the buried track "Happy" is it?

Thanks,

Paul

yes. Correct. But if I search for songs named happy, it would find this medley.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

yes. Correct. But if I search for songs named happy, it would find this medley.

OK, gotcha. Cheers.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Hi,

If the composer of all of the songs which form the MEDLEY is the same, then I assume there is no point in listing him/her multiple times? eg:

TITLE: Don't Let The Sun~Rocket Man~Don't Go Breaking My Heart~Song For Guy

COMPOSER: Elton John; Elton John; Elton John; Elton John

Thanks,

Paul

[garym]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Hi,

If the composer of all of the songs which form the MEDLEY is the same, then I assume there is no point in listing him/her multiple times? eg:

TITLE: Don't Let The Sun~Rocket Man~Don't Go Breaking My Heart~Song For Guy

COMPOSER: Elton John; Elton John; Elton John; Elton John

Thanks,

Paul

If you list multiple times in this case, I think we should send the OCD police to your house to have you committed.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Hi,

I have a boxset consisting entirely of UNISSUED material by 'Weather Report':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Le...8%E2%80%931981

One of the tracks (Track 3, CD 2) is a Drum-Solo but the location is unknown. The liner notes state:

"either Long Beach, Santa Monica, Berkeley or Phoenix (24, 25, 26, 28 November)"

Therefore, what should I state in my VENUE tag, please? (I am not bothered with the dates.)

Thanks,

Paul

(EDIT: fixed LINK.)

[evasv]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

I would write Unknown in the VENUE tag and write additional info in the COMMENT tag.

Or maybe, instead of Long Beach/Santa Monica/Berkeley/Phoenix you could use something wider, like USA.