iTunes Tags

In the age of 'web 2.0' tags seem to be thing to do, so I was thinking about the benefits vs downsides: easy and fast browsing, get exactly what you want in 3 seconds, if you don't know what you want you can define a general variety, but this is very time consuming to create a system that works well.

I thought about it and how much the iTunes system needs a tagging system so you can have more than one genre. Well i bite the bullet and went through my 2430 songs and tagged each on by hand with a general genre in the designated area, and in the comments area I wrote in some tags that were meaningful to me. For example:

Artist/Song: -.Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes
Genre:------.---Alternative
Comments:-.. Acoustic, chill, beach, laid back

Now, if I want to find music that is like this and I'm in a 'just relax and chill on a warm day' mood, I'll make a smart playlist with a filter on the comments looking for terms: laid back and chill. I'll get this song, and any other song that satisfies the search terms. I searched this and got songs such as Sublime-Santeria, Dispatch-The General, and Bob Marley-Stir it Up.