Okay, serious question

[solarbird]

Given the limited top-level genre options available for my album on CD Baby, which top-level genre category do you think I should set? This is important for browsing and all that. Currently I’ve piked Folk:Power Folk and Avant Garde:Expermental but I’m having second thoughts. Here are some categories:

• Folk : Power Folk
• Folk : Alternative Folk
• Metal/Punk : Alternative Metal
• Avant Garde : Experimental
• Rock : Post-Rock/Experimental
• Something else, but check CD Baby first

I need to approve all this as soon as they make the changes to the short sample clips that I ordered. Click here to listen if you want a refresher.

Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

What, no Elf Metal? Darn.

It's not "metal" by the classic definition, which includes a lot of distortion (although "Elf Metal" is enough of a "huh?" that you can define it the way you want - and it REALLY suits...) You're anything but classic metal - you're very *clear*. I think I'd go with Avant Garde:Experimental... but that's just me.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

The sound isn't metal so much, but the song-writing, song structures, and energy certainly are.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

I'd go with Metal/Punk: Alternative Metal. The fact that the songwriting and structure are Metal really ends up overriding the fact that the instrument choice and first impression sound are more Folk.

"Alternative" will hopefully keep people open-minded enough to keep listening after they find out it's Acoustic Metal.

[maellenkleth]

alternative metal.

secondary (if possible) would be alternative folk

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[giftedgear.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of surprised folk-punk and art-punk aren't options. I guess Folk: Power Folk and Metal/Punk: Alternative Metal are good.

[oh6.livejournal.com]

Alternative folk works for me, personally.