In which I post some MP3 links.

mp3So thanks to Sean’s The Rex Monday, I’m really into this track called Vistareel — it’s my current earworm. (You can, and probably should, get it here.) It’s ambient so not something I’d normally geek on, but it’s eerie and deep and catchy as hell and the vocal samples played melodically? Oddly compelling. And I love the CSNY-circa-Déjà Vu guitar tone too. You should check it out. Seriously.

I discovered Comfort Radio today. They played Sub Dub and Miles Davis back-to-back and it totally amused me.

I also discovered The Hype Machine… because I don’t already have enough crap on my iPod that I’ve never even listened to. (Before the year is out, I’m gonna need a whole server just for my music collection. Yay me.)

In other news, the genre field of ID3 tags? Is the bane of my existence. What a fucking mess! I’ve got tracks tagged “hip hop,” tracks tagged “hip-hop,” tracks tagged “hip-hop/rap,” and tracks tagged “hip hop/rap.” WTF, I ask you. And what’s the appropriate tag for songs from a 1973 Elton John album? Rock? Pop? Folk? Is “remix” a genre tag? I’ve got tracks tagged “pod cast,” and tracks tagged “Podcast.” I’ve got tracks labelled “indie,” “booty bass,” and “oldie.”

I seriously hate the genre tag unto death, I tell you. I’ve begun to delete whatever’s in it when I get new tracks. Eventually my iPod will have only one genre on it: {None}!

 

3 Responses to MP3s

  1. Gregg says:

    I don’t understand the venacular of “tag”. Is that iPod speak? I have black eyed peas and green day on my MP3 phone, but that is only to make me look a little more cool. I actually listen to the bangles, sting, the police, and warren zephon, but lets keep that a secret, okay?

  2. Mush says:

    BANGLES! Dude, you’re the gayest straight guy I know. And tag? Here, just for you. Google: define: ID3.

  3. amped! says:

    I was noticing the ‘hip hop’ vs ‘hip-hop’ thing last week. Aparently, that’s what eminem is filed under. Both of ’em. Funny, I would’ve put him under ‘rap’.

    I really agree with the non-genre filing idea, but I prefer to keep my classical, opera and ‘new-age’ (thunderstorms and frog chorus things) separate from the usual music stuff.