One interesting thing that I think always comes out of discussions like
these is this: the different tagging/usage schemes that we all invent
for ourselves actually reflect the different ways in which we think
about our music.

That's a good thing - and one of the things I love about the slimserver
approach is that it allows us the flexibility to do this.  I really hate
it when I feel I'm being forced to adopt someone else's thought pattern
(it's a bit like being asked to understand a subject by looking at
someone else's mind map - it almost never works).

Of course all of us classical listeners could feel that we are trapped
in a "pop/rock" paradigm in all of these tools - and BTW I still don't
think that COMPOSER is well handled by slimserver, even with
CustomBrowse.  And don't get me started on the lack of PERFORMER
support...

But to go back to my original point - I see that a couple of recent
posters are sticking to GENRE="Classical". This would drive me nuts - I
get so much value from my multi-valued Genre tags, I just love being
able to go and find some Chamber music when I want some, for example,
or something Baroque.

But each to his own...

In the wiki, BTW, I was just trying to help beginners through what can
be a very sticky period. I remember it took me a good month of surfing,
posting and experimenting before I arrived at something that looked like
it worked (most help from people on this forum, BTW).  I absolutely
agree that there are other ways of doing it and that once you've
learned to walk, you can go off running in whatever direction takes
your fancy!

Ceejay.


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