Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

[monsterjazzlick]

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

I'm not sure about PRODUCER, LABEL, VENUE. But I'd guess they do NOT handle multiple values. So you'd be back to using "," or "/".

Hi,

I have totally killed off COMPOSER_SORT now.

And am in the process of losing the '/' symbol - within VENUE and PRODUCER fields - in favour of a ',' (please see "Heavy Heart" - Carla Bley / "Master Strokes" - Bill Bruford):

Cheers,

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

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

Hi,

I am editing an album (a compilation called "Stan Getz & Colleagues") which has (for one track) a rather long medley!:

I have re-tagged the COMPOSERS properly (ie. with a ',' instead of '/'), but I am not sure which symbol I should use for the actual SONGS, please? As you can see, at the moment, they are still '/'.

I would think the decision as to whether or not to tag as individual songs, or as a medley in it's own right, would depend upon if the user wanted the songs to show up - when running a search - as a whole, or as separate titles.

This is the first time I have come across a 'medley' as yet.

Many thanks in advance,

Paul

[Oggy]

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

Hi,

I am editing an album which has (for one track) a rather long medley:

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I have re-tagged the COMPOSERS properly (ie. with a ',' instead of '/'), but I am not sure which symbol I should used for the actual SONGS, please? As you can see, at the moment, they are still '/'.

I would think the decision as to whether or not to tag it as individual songs or as a medley in it's own right would depend upon if the user wanted the songs to show up - when running a search - as a whole, or as separate titles.

This is the first time I have come across a 'medley' as yet.

Many thanks in advance,

Paul

Paul, I use / for medleys. Because of the forbidden Windows filename characters, this will show as - on Windows devices.

[monsterjazzlick]

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

Paul, I use / for medleys. Because of the forbidden Windows filename characters, this will show as - on Windows devices.

Hi Oggy,

Thanks for the fast response!

Oh really? So no ',' or ';'! I should just leave it exactly as it is then?

If you look at the very top field in the screenshot, then you will see a '-' separator, which I think is what you are specifically referring to?

Cheers,

Paul

[garym]

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

Hi Oggy,

Thanks for the fast response!

Oh really? So no ',' or ';'! I should just leave it exactly as it is then?

If you look at the very top field in the screenshot, then you will see a '-' separator, which I think is what you are specifically referring to?

Cheers,

Paul

definitely NOT a semicolon. I use / or sometimes >

[monsterjazzlick]

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

definitely NOT a semicolon. I use / or sometimes >

Hi Gary,

Thanks for clarifying.

Does the '>' appear as a '>', please? And is this - for yourself - just more of a visual (aesthetic) preference to a '/', or does it have a specific function, please?

Cheers,

Paul

[garym]

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

Hi Gary,

Thanks for clarifying.

Does the '>' appear as a '>', please? And is this - for yourself - just more of a visual (aesthetic) preference to a '/', or does it have a specific function, please?

Cheers,

Paul

nothing special. I tend to use the ">" in live shows where one song blends into another. This has long been a common indicator of this by collectors of live "bootleg" shows. I use "/" on studio albums where there is a medley.

[monsterjazzlick]

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

nothing special. I tend to use the ">" in live shows where one song blends into another. This has long been a common indicator of this by collectors of live "bootleg" shows. I use "/" on studio albums where there is a medley.

Thanks for the insight Gary.

I think I will stick with the '/' as I have a lot on my plate as it is! I can always go back and change such symbols at a later date, if need be.

Cheers,

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

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

Hi,

I am tagging an album in which Chick Corea is playing and being interviewed by Marian McPartland.

The format is basically:

1 - Interview

2 - Song

3 - Interview

4 - Song

and so on ...

Obviously the songs take care of themselves. But with the interviews, what do you place in COMPOSER? I would guess that the two options would be to state:

'Chick Corea; Marian McPartland'

or to state:

'N/A' (non applicable)

Many thanks,

Paul

EDIT:

[garym]

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

Hi,

I am tagging an album in which Chick Corea is playing and being interviewed by Marian McPartland.

The format is basically:

1 - Interview

2 - Song

3 - Interview

4 - Song

and so on ...

Obviously the songs take care of themselves. But with the interviews, what do you place in COMPOSER? I would guess that the two options would be to state:

'Chick Corea; Marian McPartland'

or to state:

'N/A' (non applicable)

Many thanks,

Paul

If its not a song, I'd leave the COMPOSER tag blank.

[mville]

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

Does the '>' appear as a '>', please? And is this - for yourself - just more of a visual (aesthetic) preference to a '/', or does it have a specific function, please?

Be careful. I have always tried to avoid using semi-colon and forward slash characters in my tags (unless as a separator), as tag editing software use these characters as separators in multi-value tags.

Historically, there have always been issues with users using AC/DC in the artist and album artist tags.

[monsterjazzlick]

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

If its not a song, I'd leave the COMPOSER tag blank.

Gary,

Would you just leave it empty, or would you check the red-cross and DELETE the field completely, please?

Or it is the same difference?

Thanks,

Paul

[Oggy]

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

definitely NOT a semicolon. I use / or sometimes >

I've never seen a > used, with the exception of, <segue> between two tracks from a 24/96 FLAC file. On both the LP and CD, these are listed as separate tracks, but the music is continuous, I changed it to /

If you look at the track names from the metadata providers, most use / or - some have a space, on the LHS, some on the RHS, the rest a space either side - I use the latter.

I really like the idea of using the > !

This is all personal preference, as you can rename a song title, to anything you want.

Choices!!

[mville]

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

but with the interviews, what do you place in composer? I would guess that the two options would be to state:

'chick corea; marian mcpartland'

or to state:

'n/a' (non applicable)

FWIW, when a composer is unknown, I use unknown, for dialog, interviews etc. I use n\a.

For medleys (in the title) I use ~.

[monsterjazzlick]

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

Be careful. I have always tried to avoid using semi-colon and forward slash characters in my tags, as tag editing software use these characters as separators in multi-value tags. Historically, there have always been issues with users using AC/DC in the artist and album artist tags.

Thanks mville,

Do you mean if/when you open/edit your FLACs in a s/w other than Illustrate?

Paul