the arbitrary nature of being...

WTF is genre?

i figured i'd start off w/this question because of something i just picked up on by looking up the same album on allmusic & discogs.

The Temptations - All Directions

allmusic lists the album genre as R&B: makes sense...

discogs lists the album genre as Electronic: hmmmm?

lately i've been rolling w/the discogs genre classifications for the Mediafeast. after catching this interesting issue, i'm considering going w/the allmusic classifications. i'm hedging a bit because i don't know if i really want to spend that time right now to go through the various ears sections & reposition the albums. knowing me i'll likely end up doing it 1 of these early AM's when i'm not quite ready to rest the physical.

i've said previously i'm not big on genres. genres are kind of like boxes. everything doesn't fit neatly in these boxes. i feel it can be irritating to have something you've created forced into this box or the next by whoever else makes such decisions.

what if it can rock in more than 1 box?

what if fits in none of the boxes?

who decides when it's time to come up w/a new box?

it's not always easy to make a clean cut classification. clearly this doesn't just apply to sounds either. it can pretty much be spread around to any creative output. in many cases genre seems to be yet another example of over-complication that results in limitation.

i have essentially 2 boxes:

• #DOPENESS (watidig)
• #WACKNESS (watidontdig)

i'm well aware this system may not work well enough for others. that's why it's my system!

LOL!

i have to say it works quite well since i always know which box i can grab when it's time to K.I.M.!

#BLAM

PEACE
...be calm...