The genres are just names, nothing more. I don't think there's a set guideline for the classifications in the ID3 tag spec.

Keep in mind that you're filling out the ID3 tags for you. You're the only one who's going to be selecting and searching through these files, so select the genre that sounds right to you.

Personally, most of my tags just say "Rock". Even though there are lots of sub-genres of Rock music, I don't usually search and select by genre, so it's mostly irrelevant to me. For instance, I categorize Rush firmly into the "Progressive Rock" genre along with Yes, but I just select "Rock" when I'm tagging the files because it sounds more appropriate for them. And although plenty of The Police's early work could be classified as "Reggae", I still put in "Rock" because they're mainly a rock band.


Tony Fabris (http://www.jps.net/tfabris)
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