Separate section for different types of music?
Posted by: Chris G on 01 February 2012
Not sure if this has been considered or even mentioned before. Would it be a good idea to have separate sections for different types of music - e.g. jazz, pop, classical, etc? I realise many people like to look through the whole thread whereas people who only have interest in a small or specialist area of music have to go through a lot of entries to find something of interest. What do people think?
Seems fine to me as it is. I don't think we should endorse "isolationism"
I personally only have a major interest in Prog/Rock/Folk/Country but enjoy reading and learning something about less enjoyable (to me) genres.
Personally I like to see threads about all different kinds of music - often it will inspire me to buy something new and different and I've made plenty of discoveries this way.
I'm happy as is.
If there was a jazz music room I'd probably never visit it and miss out on lots of interesting views.
Though how about a "pink floyd" room for those forum members who only listen to multiple reissues by ...... sorry only joking.
I'm happy as is.
If there was a jazz music room I'd probably never visit it and miss out on lots of interesting views.
Though how about a "pink floyd" room for those forum members who only listen to multiple reissues by ...... sorry only joking.
BigH, are you no longer in to Progressive World Symphonic Death Reggae Grind Blues then?
While I can perhaps see some merit in a separate 'classical' section, especially as it's an area of music where more in-depth and more cerebral discussions come naturally, personally, I wouldn't want one. Even though there's not much classical music I know well, I still enjoy reading classical music posts thrown in amongst the rest, and even bought a couple of well-received Christmas presents as a result.
For me, many genre categorisations are somewhat specious (post-classical, witch house, anyone?) and I usually prefer to avoid them. For instance, right now, I'm listening to Portico Quartet's new album, recommended by Lontano after we'd swapped a couple of posts about something else altogether in 'What are you listening to?'. Nominally 'jazz', I suppose, if I was being lazy, I could say it sounds like something off the last couple of Radiohead albums, with some Burial and FlyLo thrown in. But it doesn't.
Whatever it is, I like it, and that'll do for me.
Variety is the spice of life. I'm always open to suggestions of good music from whatever genre and I think this is one of the forums strengths. I have been introduced to a lot of music through the forum that I would probably never considered.
I think this forums approach is best.
Quote: "BigH, are you no longer in to Progressive World Symphonic Death Reggae Grind Blues then?"
Guido are you part Elephant? I'd forgotten that.
I've noticed when starting a thread, it's possible to insert a tag. Is it be possible to search tags, if so it could be used to search genres.