8 Hour Poll: Genre Tags for MP3 Showcase CD

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How should the "genre" be set on the SGF Showcase MP3 files?

Poll ended at 14 Feb 2011 9:33 am

Leave it blank as it is now
12
52%
Set it to "Steel Guitar" for all
8
35%
Set each song (Country, Rock, Jazz, etc.)
3
13%
 
Total votes: 23

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8 Hour Poll: Genre Tags for MP3 Showcase CD

Post by b0b »

I have burned a completed SGF Showcase MP3 CD with liner notes in a PDF file, and it's being tested on various equipment by a friend of mine. Right now the genre tag in the MP3 files is blank. My friend suggests that I fill it with a custom tag Steel Guitar so that they are all grouped if you sort your library by genre.

Another option is to fill them with the established generic genre tags: Country, Folk, Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc. I'd have to make the decision for each song.

I actually prefer leaving the tag blank. It's easy enough for people to set it to whatever they want once the files are on their own computer. I change the genre tags in my own iTunes library all the time.

Due to the time constraints on this project, I'm only going to leave the poll open for 8 hours or so.
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Re: 8 Hour Poll: Genre Tags for MP3 Showcase CD

Post by Mike Perlowin RIP »

b0b wrote:
I actually prefer leaving the tag blank.
Then that's what you should do. Make it easy on yourself.
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Thanks, everyone. The genre will be blank.
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