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Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 8:12 AM Time for some spring cleaning. Post your requests here!
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 8:42 AM Don't delete any.
TameasDust	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:32 AM actually I dont mind the sub genres ... just wish all song would list if yah clkicked on the main heading instead of having to find it somewhere in the sub sub sub genre
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:40 AM Agreed. Yes. In a side note - in the redesign aren't songs going to have multiple genres? That will be awesome, and it will probably dis-convunculate whatever Alstroph's trying to do here. RIGHT?
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:50 AM Quit messing things up! I have orders from above to be doing this. It's my job! I'll go nit pick you at work!
Jennae	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:50 AM I personally think the music sub genres are fine for they are.. they are at least some what assisting in defining what you are about to listen too.. most the times but if you want to I suggest starting in the forums its wayyyyyyyy outta control if you ask me.. but then again ya didn't just my
Jennae	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:56 AM Italian Miami Bass Midwest Rap Southern Turntablism West Coast the selected ones I would suggest simply because all of those ethic descripts could clealy fall into another sub genre.. The only real purpose would be to assist people of specific nationalities to locate other music in their languages.. I assume you asked.. I answered my perhaps a bit more but anywho.. on deleting sub genres..
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:00 AM Why the hell are you supposed to delete subgenres? If you're being told from above to delete them, then there must be some reason. And if there's a reason, there must be some speicific sub-genres that fit whatever criteria it is that's making there be that reason. So delete those specific sub-genres violating the reason. If you're just supposed to delete some sub-genres because deleting sub-genres seems fun, I can write a program for you to pick some sub-genres at random. That'll be awesome.
TameasDust	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:10 AM well if you must ... electronic seems to have too many sub genres ... most of which mean nothing to me
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:18 AM I don't HAVE to.... but if there are any that aren't needed they can be eliminated. It's an option... not a requirement.
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:20 AM Well are there any that aren't being used?
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:21 AM Mostly I'm just seeing what people want to do. Give me some suggestions for what you guys want added. I think that I'm going to add "Experimental" under every genre. I think that would be very helpful.
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:22 AM That's what I'm asking you Kingo.
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:22 AM Now that's a different thing. ADDING stuff is always cool. adding Experimental under every genre sounds really cool to me. I don't know if I'd use it or just keep being other other, but it sounds like a cool idea.
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:22 AM You're asking me if there are any that aren't being used? I don't know how I'd know that. Can't one of the database gurus figure that out?
MinisterofSc...	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:24 AM Is there a DooWop genre/subgenre? Dunno how many people still do that stuff...but just in case, ya know?
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:30 AM Nice suggestion Minister.
zedsalt	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:01 AM My opinion: more is better. I hesitate to say that, as I don't have any specific suggestions, but I see absolutely nothing to be gained by being less specific. Like Kingo, I'll probably stick to Other/Other, but the greater the number of categories, the more Other/Other means.
Jennae	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:18 AM adding Sub genres
tracy	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:36 AM "Why the hell are you supposed to delete subgenres? If you're being told from above to delete them, then there must be some reason." Did you know that in the "world" genre, there is a sub genre for German Carnival Music? And that there are 5 sub genres of ska, 2 of which are "traditional" and "2-tone?" we're not trying to turn this into a nazi regime! just trying to ask for the community's input in this process
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:40 AM Okay but that's my point. I certainly didn't know about any of these genres, but the question is backwards. If you want to delete German Carnival Music someone should say, "hey, does anybody care if we delete the German Carnival Music sub-genre of world music?" and, because I'm who I am, I'd probably say, "GODDAMMIT I WAS JUST FINISHING UP A GERMAN CARNIVAL MUSIC SONG. WHY DOES EVERYONE RUIN EVERYTHING FOR ME?"
Jennae	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:40 AM "German Carnival Music" I'm sorry but yeah that IS ridiculous.. who comes up with this stuff
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:41 AM German clowns.
Jennae	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:42 AM @ Kingo..
Jennae	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:42 AM
tracy	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:44 AM Alternative Americana Bluegrass Blues Classical Baroque, Chamber, Choral, Contemporary, General, Instrumental, Lieder, Lyrical, MiddleAge, Opera, Orchestral, Renaissance, Sacre Country Electronic 2step / UK Garage, Acid Jazz, Acid Trance, Ambient, Big Beat, Braindance, Breakbeat, Dance / Pop, Deep House, Disco, Disco-House, Downtempo / Chill-out, Drum'n'bass, Electro, Epic Trance, Experimental, Gabber, Goa, Hard House, Hard Techno, Hardcore, Hardcore (Happy), House, House (US Garage), IDM, Industrial, Jungle, Minimal, Other, Progressive House, Progressive Trance, Psy Trance, Tech-House, Techno, Techno (Detroit), Trance, Tribal, Trip-Hop Folk Hardcore Hip Hop Battle, Beats, Breaks, Christian, Dutch, East Coast, Freestyle, French, General, German, Hispanic, Italian, Miami Bass, Midwest, Rap, Southern, Turntablism, West Coast Jazz Latin Bossa Nova, Calypso, Caribbean, Cuban, Electro Brazil, Flamenco, Italian Reggae, Jotas, Latin American, Latin Jazz, Mariachi, Merengue, Salsa, Samba, Soca, South American Live Concerts Metal Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Epic Metal, Grind-Core Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal (general), Noise Metal, Nu Metal, Progressive Metal, Speed, Thrash Metal Pop 50s Pop, 60s Pop, 70's Pop, 80's Pop, Dutch Pop, Easy Listening, Exotica, General Pop, Italian Pop, J-Pop, Karaoke, New Romantic, Pop-Classical, Pop-Core, Power-Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Spanish Pop, Surf / Lounge, Swedish Pop, Synth Pop, Teen Pop Punk/Ska Chick Punk, Emocore, Hardcore, Melodicore, Oi, Political / Anarcho, Pop Punk, Punk, Rap Punk, Ska (2-Tone), Ska (3rd Wave), Ska (Other), Ska (Traditional), Skacore, Skate Punk, Straight Edge, Street Punk, Surf Punk, Thrash Punk R&B/Soul/Urban Reggae Dance Hall / Ragga, Dub, Lover's Rock, Rastafari, Reggaeton, Rockers, Roots Rock 60's Rock, 70's Rock, 80's Rock, Acoustic Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Crossover Rock, Dark Rock, Funk Rock, Garage, General, German Rock, Hard Rock, Italian Rock, Krautrock, Lo-Fi Rock, New Wave Rock, Pop Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Psychobilly, Rap Rock, Rock & Roll, Rocksteady / Bluebeat, Stoner Rock, Surf Rock World Aborigine, African, Afrobeat, Arabic, Asian, Asturian Folk Music, Bards, Bhangra, Canzone Italiana, Canzone Napoletana, Celtic, Chirigotas, Coplas, Cumbia, Eastern Europe, Ethnic, Fado, Far East, French, German, German Carnival, German Volksmusik, Irish, Italian, Italian Ethnic, Levenslied, Liscio, Maori, Middle Eastern, Native American, Neo-Schlager, Occitan, Other, Polka, Raggamuffin / Danceh, Schlager / Chanson, South Pacific, Tango, Tejano, Turkish, World Fusion, Yiddish / Klezmer, Zouk Other Acappella, Advertising Jingles, Cartoon, Children, Comedy, Commentary, Instrumental, Microtonal, Minimalist, Movie Soundtrack, Musical Theatre, New Age, Other, Religious, Sounds Of Nature, Spoken Word
tracy	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:47 AM What do you think about making "Beats" its own genre and "Comedy" it's own genre?
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:50 AM Makes sense to me.
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 11:52 AM Beats would be a great addition. These are my notes so far: Under every subgenre add "Experimental" DooWop Jam (Is there a Jam subgenre anywhere?) Cover Genre/Subgenre
victorsskull	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 12:08 PM crappy music gene just do it to see what happens parodys as its own gen covers as its own gen
Apertome	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 12:15 PM oops made a mistake
EvilPicnic	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 12:17 PM Comedy, yes, Beats, I dunno. 'And that there are 5 sub genres of ska, 2 of which are "traditional" and "2-tone?"' Big difference:- Trad ska is like the Skatalites, 2-tone is like The Specials. I would like Classical to be rearranged. I would prefer Medieval, Rennaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern as basic subgenres, and that Modern be broken down into Modernism, Serialism, Neoclassicism, Post-Modernism, Minimalism, World Music and Neoromaniticism. And some of those other things like Lieder, Chamber and Choral can stay, too. It's really the Post-modernism sub-genre that I want, though.
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 12:51 PM I don't think we have sub-subgenres.
Apertome	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 1:28 PM OK -- think I got it right this time. Here are the subgenres which contain less than 3 songs. genre subgenre count World Cumbia 0 World Fado 0 World Far East 0 World Chirigotas 0 World Canzone Italiana 0 Punk/Ska Ska (2-Tone) 0 World Bards 0 World German Carnival 0 World German 0 World Schlager / Chanson 0 World Tejano 0 World Occitan 0 World Neo-Schlager 0 World Italian 0 World Liscio 0 Latin Italian Reggae 0 World Italian Ethnic 0 Latin Jotas 0 Latin Samba 1 World Eastern Europe 1 World Coplas 1 World Levenslied 1 World Maori 1 World Yiddish / Klezmer 1 World Raggamuffin / Danceh 1 World Canzone Napoletana 1 Pop Italian Pop 1 World Polka 1 Punk/Ska Surf Punk 2 Latin Merengue 2 World South Pacific 2 Classical Sacre 2 World Bhangra 2 Electronic House (US Garage) 2
mudshadow	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 1:36 PM Butt Rock?
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 1:40 PM wow. I would think a lot of those 0s would be a good place to start cutting. This list is dangerous, though... I imagine there might be some people around who might like to start putting songs in genres just because there aren't other songs in those genres yet. I can't think of anybody who'd do something like that, I'm just saying.
EvilPicnic	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 1:45 PM But does lack of interest mean they should be deleted? Just because no-one does any Moari or South Pacific or Far Eastern stuff at the moment doesn't mean we should get rid of it completely. That leaves World music a little lop-sided. And we can't get rid of Bhangra... I have a sudden urge to do a load of Italian pop.
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 1:52 PM Yeah, I don't think we should get rid of anything, but if we have to...
Mentalfunk	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 1:55 PM Gawd, it can't be that difficult to do now. There's so many genres where no one posts stuff....ergo...delete.....faaaaack!
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 2:00 PM Then next week some shiny new contestant shows up and says, "I'm trying to post my German Carnival Music song and I can't find the genre for it. WTF?"
desiderata	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 2:11 PM DON'T CUT KLEZMER!
Distilled1	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 3:56 PM covers as its own gen!!!!!!NOW!!!!! Ahhhhhh hh hh hh hh ! covers of anything How about add a new to music listen to my 41 second riff 500 times genra
GeneHilbert	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 4:13 PM I concur Distilled... a cat for covers & doodles.... Please......
TameasDust	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 4:13 PM how about a Beginner genre ... only the brave would go there
Alstroph	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 4:42 PM Already planning for covers being its own genre.
GeneHilbert	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 4:56 PM You admin guys & gals are swell.....
celtaidd	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 7:01 PM What about an unknown catagory? I write songs, and sometimes I'm unsure what catagory they should be in. You could call it something like "F****d if I know" catagory
tracy	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 7:23 PM so where people can post stuff that they KNOW needs work and they're not just being modest. . . .
imemine	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 7:44 PM Ok---here’s my problem---newsflash “I” have a problem. Take “ROCK” for example. You can no longer post a song as just Rock---It has to go in a sub genre. I think that the “top 20 listens” on the front page of the genre only pulls from the genre “ROCK” and not from the sub genre giving a misrepresentation of the entire genre. Make sense? I’ve had a long day!
Israfel	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 8:21 PM how about an invisible genre...for songs we haven't even written yet? Just kidding... Just don't get rid of polka...cause I swear one of these days I'm going to do that polka cover of Halaka's Habibi Telephone.
celtaidd	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 8:37 PM I'm with Tracy, but, not just beginners, but anyone who needs help, but not quite a collab. If yoyu see what I mean
kingo	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:23 PM
Apertome	Date: May 16, 2006 @ 9:53 PM Imemine -- you're right. I have an improved version of the charts that pulls from all subgenres which will launch with the redesign.
zedsalt	Date: May 17, 2006 @ 11:30 AM Most of my stuff has a strong German Carnival Music influence, but I do enough in each tune that falls outside that category that I'm more comfortable with the "Other" label (which in my humble opinion, IS the "F****d if I know" genre). Ime raises a good point: "Rock/Rock" would be better than "Rock/General". I understand that there are genres available that don't see much action. As a matter of fact, I just assumed there were. What I don't understand is what harm is being done by making an underused or even unused genre available.
Alstroph	Date: May 17, 2006 @ 12:19 PM I agree. I don't think we should delete any, I think we should only add.
Distilled1	Date: May 17, 2006 @ 2:03 PM I would like the subs to attach to the main like instead of dark rock Rock-Dark or Rock-Goth instead of synth pop Pop-Synth/pop so the parent is always the main genra.
Rodrica	Date: May 18, 2006 @ 4:07 AM I agree with Distilled1 Because at the moment if you upload rock music under "rock - general" it only appears on your song page as "general" and makes no mention of it being "rock".
Dizeazed	Date: May 18, 2006 @ 4:15 AM Delete hip hop. That stuff is garbage.
InsaneWayne	Date: October 20, 2006 @ 8:08 PM suggested genres: Drunk Stoned er um how about Recording Expirament (ie, musical content not important, it's HOW it was recorded) Anti_RIAA music or better yet Protest Music with sub genres of anti-riaa, anti-war, legalize weed, and such along with a content warning that Dmusic the site may not agree with the content of the song and all that jazz...
Fraser	Date: October 21, 2006 @ 1:43 AM Every genre should be deleted except for trance.
hantu	Date: October 21, 2006 @ 2:41 AM Every genre should get together except for trance and beat the hell out of trance. That'll be some killer trance
evansorchid	Date: October 21, 2006 @ 8:59 AM Why does Alternative, Blues, R&B/Soul/Urban, Jazz, Folk, & Country have NO sub-genres?????
Rodrica	Date: October 21, 2006 @ 10:40 AM I've just noticed today that things have been changed so that it shows up rock (main genre) then general (sub-genre) - great news! Thanks DM
aflunky	Date: October 21, 2006 @ 12:48 PM I've said it before, WE NEED AN AFLUNKY GENRE! Who's with me!
plungerboy	Date: October 23, 2006 @ 2:20 PM Latin Italian Reggae

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