In a message dated 10/22/00 1:19:54 PM, cache@texas.net writes:
<< >genres are invented by journalists (and now dotcoms) as places to
quoted 1 line "hang things"- >>>"hang things"- >>
NO, genres are created by composers/producers who write music.
When enough music is written by several artists that share similar style
components, then you have a "genre". The "tags' are usually created by
others, but "tags" are a useful way to talk about music. The tags may be
abused by journalists, promoters, or people who just don't know what they're
talking about. The tag is not the genre.
We're dealing with a music - something difficult to verbally describe- and
unless you are a trained musicologist who can accurately describe a track in
5 pages, then I think it's best to stick with "tags".
mediadrome
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