![]() The index artist for an album is the artist you would file the album under if, say, you were working at, say, Musicland. At this point, I either browse by albums sorted in chronological order: Let’s say that I’m doing the dishes (but not also reading-sometimes I like to sneak a few paragraphs in while I’m doing the dishes I really like reading) and I want something I can sing along to. ![]() Music that doesn’t engage the language centers of my brain (mostly instrumentals) is tagged with the genre set to “melodic.” Music likely to engage the language centers of my brain is tagged as “semantic.” I normally listen to music under two conditions: either I’m reading (a book, an article, websites-anything that actively engages the language centers of my brain) or I’m not. When I browse for music, it goes something like this: This guide is for people who value owning and listening to whole albums. I think most people nowadays either just randomize all their songs or subscribe to streaming services and listen to songs rather than albums. For many years, when I listened to music I just browsed via the folder structure, but realized as I was experimenting with the DLNA server that I really needed to get my tags in order–and anyway I realized that tags presented some interesting ways to browse for music. I recently set up a DLNA server for music at home. This is a person for whom the music is important, for sure, but also the experience of cataloging, browsing, and immersing himself in a music collection is also important. There’s a wonderful scene in the movie High Fidelity where the lead character rearranges his entire record collection so that it is neither chronological nor alphabetical, but autobiographical.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |