Submit PBCore 2 requests before June 30

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stefanwray's picture

June 30 is the deadline for submitting requests or recommendations for PBCore 2.

Here is the request form: http://pbcore.org/2.0/?page_id=304

I recommended the following as additional genre vocabularies for purposes of describing music.

Alternative
Blues
Children's
Classical
Country
Eclectic
Electronica
Experimental
Folk
International
Jazz
Latin
R&B and Soul
Rap and Hip Hop
Religious
Rock

This was based on looking at the common denominator for music genres found on these sources:

allmusic.com
amazon.com
archive.org
audiogalaxy.com
dmoz.org (which is google)
itunes radio
yahoo.com

The attached file shows the work sheet I used for making this recommendation.

channelAustin will have other recommendations.

BAVC also has new genres it is using in its implementation of the Open Media Project that ought be recommended for PBCore 2 as well.

Comments

World Music not International

stefanwray's picture

Realizing that "International" as a genre definitely needs to be added to PBCore, because right now it is lacking. But it should be introduced to encompass other things besides music. So maybe "World Music" might be a better genre. Although depending on which continent you live on "World Music" certainly has different meaning.

lets lose the "a" = electronic

synchlayer's picture

As a listener to much music made with electronic instruments, I would say that "Electronica" is a sub-genre of either "Electronic" or "Dance." As the latter could be confused/ construed as many other genres from across the planet, "Electronic" gets my vote.

See www.beatport.com or www.juno.co.uk for more info