Originally Posted by
Oggy
There are so many variables in a personal library, the obvious ones being what genre / style people listen to, and the size of the collection. What works for 100 CDs, may not be so good for 10,000 CDs, and for some, optional tags are clearly essential; for others an irrelevance.
Modern dance music, whatever 'style', or 'genre' it is called this week, has long passed me by, but for others, a few BPM either way, is essential for knowing which 'style' it is. Perhaps they need some more Euro Trance, and just chill.
From what I've seen from most of my friends files, Artist / Album with track numbers, and song titles are the only things they care about. I respect that, and in some ways I am jealous, because they are relaxing listening to music.
Oggy,
If I ever manage to finish ripping my CD collection!, then - and I am not even sure if I would actually do this - consideration may be given towards adding the tags:
COMPOSER SORT (eg. Hancock, Herbie)
and
PRODUCER SORT (eg. Jones, Quincy)
I would think that COMPOSER SORT uses semicolons to separate personnel (eg. Davis, Miles; Parker, Charlie); but PRODUCER - I am pretty sure - does not?
Thanks,
Paul