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| From | Jason Dunn <jasonhalogen@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Question for audities bands who have their albums on eMusic |
| Date | Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:06:47 -0400 |
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All of those services allow artists to choose their own genre - they're
simply dealing with too much volume to sort through and do any kind of
quality control.
J
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Michael Adelsheim <
madelsheim@adelsheimvineyard.com> wrote:
> Having just added my two-bits on another thread that had evolved into a
> genre-definition question, I write this to try to clarify what's going
> on at eMusic.
>
> It seems that many bands have no idea what might even be close to the
> genre we call Power Pop...I've even found hip-hop bands listed as such.
>
> Thus, my question is whether there is any kind of "quality control" on
> genre listings, or do bands get to decide for themselves? And,
> furthermore, is there the temptation to list as many genres as one can?
>
> Adelsheim
>
>
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