ID3 tags for MP3 files should be able to be tagged for multiple genres...

[ghostsofgiants]

I'm looking at my iPod library right now and there are too many bands that span multiple styles and subgenres that putting them into a single genre is hard. Web 2.0 can do it, why can't MP3s?

[Mojambo]

1. Obsession over tagging MP3 files will destroy your life

Take it from me.

BTW - I agree completely. I love the way you can tag stuff on LastFM, even though I've wasted tremendous hours doing it.

What do you use for tagging mp3's. I use an older version of MP3Tag Studio.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I just tag them in iTunes.

[Solon]

3. Oh fuck yes, ID3 tags are far too limiting, half my music belongs in "Other"...

and most of them belong to unrelated Genres! What the fuck is up with that shit!

[Madrone]

4. Dude - you CAN.

MusicBrainz Picard. http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardDownload

Right click on the song (or album) and EDIT - you can put as many as you want in there. There's also a plugin that will grab the top last.fm genres and insert them automagically.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. But they wouldn't show up under multiple genres in iTunes or on my iPod.

[Madrone]

9. Ohhh...

So it's an iTunes limitation then. My music server shows them all. I lurve that.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Yeah, like I COULD theoretically tag something as "post-hardcore, noise rock, indie" or whatever...

But in its genre in iTunes or whatever, the genre would show up as "post-hardcore, noise rock, indie" rather than having the song show up in the post-hardcore, noise rock, and indie genres.

[mainegreen]

6. I feel your pain.

I still get upset when I want to categorize a song under multiple artists. Sure the album is a compilation, so the whole album should show up under 'various/album', but each artist's songs should also show up under the artist. Also, a song by one artist, but remixed by another should show up under both, and god forbid that song is on a compilation as well! That's three artist tags I want to apply to that song!

I should be able to tag 1-n items for any piece of information associated with each song.

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[no name no slogan]

7. Agreed.

I finally gave up on tagging the damn things. Now, I just do artist, song, and album and leave the rest of it to rot.

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I'll still tag genre, but it'll usually be a really generic tag.

Or a ridiculous one. I tagged Tenacious D as Satanic Folk.