iPods - Genres and Playlists?

[General Zod]

I have a 60GB iPod, which is nearly full. I had tried to keep everything within five simple genres. However, I've come to find, those genres (on which my play lists are based) are a little too wide ranging to be able to queue up a play list to fit my particular mood. So, I began to break those five genres down into about a dozen genres. What a pain in the ass. Obviously, there are those bands that simply don't fit neatly into any one genre. Even still, those genres you thought would be easy, like Death Metal, aren't really. For instance, Obituary, Carcass, Gojira, Amon Amarth and Blood Red Throne could all be considered Death Metal. But to my ear, they don't really sound as if they fit into the same neat little category.

So, how do you break stuff up on your MP3 players? Or don't you bother?

Zod

 

[Caelum Adustum]

I usually just leave it as whatever the cpu puts when importing the CD. Unless it's something retarded like labeling Deströyer 666 as "general alternative."

 

[MFJ]

or Grateful Dead as "Country/Triphop"

 

[swizzlenuts]

By Artist. I have a 60 gig too, but I probably only have 1 gig on it.

I listen to one album for an entire week around campus.

 

[Krilons Resa]

by artist

 

[JayKeeley]

Obituary, Carcass, Gojira, Amon Amarth and Blood Red Throne could all be considered Death Metal. But to my ear, they don't really sound as if they fit into the same neat little category.

Aside from Gojira, they are all absolutely Death Metal.

I have about about 20 genres set up on my iPOD:

alternative -- e.g. Swans, Joy Division
avante garde -- e.g. The Gathering, Neurosis
black
death
doom
epic -- e.g. Manilla Road, Manowar, Slough Feg
folk -- e.g. Empyrium
NWOBHM
pagan -- e.g. Primordial, Skyforger
viking
traditional
progressive
progressive rock -- Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Rush
power
rock
speed
thrash

and NEW -- where I keep all the latest stuff I'm currently sampling

 

[swizzlenuts]

Seriously, why do people categorize by genre?

 

[JayKeeley]

oh yeah, I can't sort by artist because I have 30GB worth of music on my iPOD -- this equates to approx. 400 albums.

I am entirely dependent on my genre definitions!

 

[JayKeeley]

Seriously, why do people categorize by genre?

Wait until you fill your 60Gb iPOD with 60GB worth of music.

 

[swizzlenuts]

I used to have my Ipod full, then it crashed on me. I still had it sorted by Alphabet. I usually know what I'm going to listen to, and if I don't it's nice to run through the bands.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Genres are for wimps.

 

[JayKeeley]

Well, to me, selecting a band is pretty much driven by what mood I'm in. So if I'm in the mood for NWOBHM, I simply go to my NWOBHM genre and only be presented with NWOBHM artists.

 

[JayKeeley]

Genres are for wimps.

yes but some of us listen to more than two genres

 

[swizzlenuts]

I guess whatever works for the person.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

yes but some of us listen to more than two genres

where?

 

[JayKeeley]

at the disco

 

[MajestikMøøse]

The Disco is for wimps.

 

[JayKeeley]

not when KISS is playing

 

[MajestikMøøse]

KISS are wimps also.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Why the hell would anyone need to carry around 30-60GB of music on them?