Genres/Music

Style

• Blues
• Classical
• Country + Western
• Dance
• Jazz
• R+B and Soul (should these be distinct from each other?)
• Newage (is this too vague?)
• Pop
• Reggae
• Spoken
• Traditional (covers folk? or marches?)
• Rock (is this too broad?)
  • Grunge
  • Industrial
  • Metal
  • Ska

notes how did "world" end up fitting in? Isn't Ska an outgrowth of Reggae, merged with Punk?

Topic / Content

• Abandonment
• Advert
• Childrens
• Comedy
  • Prank
  • Satire
  • Skit
• Exploration
• Holiday / Occasion
  • Christmas (eg, Rudulf the Red Nose Reindeer)
  • Easter
  • Passover
  • Patriotic
• Relief
• Religious / Devotional (some crossover here with "holiday" huh?)
  • Christmas (eg, Silent Night)
• Social Issues
• Soundclip
• Soundtrack
  • Score
  • Musical
  • Game
• Victory

Mood

• Upbeat
• Relaxive / Medatative
• Sorrow
• Anger
• Oppression
• Sadness

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further expansion/contraction/refinement needed!

Refer to http://www.cdbaby.com/style/ ...they seem to have a good working base there too.

This is the cdbaby genre list:
Blues 
Classical
Country
Easy Listening
Electronic
Folk
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Kids/Family
Metal
Pop
Rock
Spoken Word 
Urban/R&B
World 

This is the cdbaby style/mood list
Christian
Featuring Bass
Featuring Drums
Featuring Guitar
Featuring Piano
Featuring Saxophone
Mood: Angry
Mood: Brooding
Mood: Christmas
Mood: Dreamy
Mood: Fun
Mood: Funny
Mood: Intellectual
Mood: Party Music
Mood: Quirky
Mood: Sex Music
Mood: Upbeat
Mood: Virtuoso
Mood: Weird
Out-and-Proud
Solo Female Artist
Solo Instrumental
Solo Male Artist
Type: Acoustic
Type: Background Music
Type: Compilations
Type: Experimental
Type: Improvisational
Type: Instrumental
Type: Live Recordings
Type: Lo-Fi
Type: Lyrical
Type: Sonic
Type: Sound Effects
Type: Soundtrack
Type: Tributes
Type: Vocal

(Also See CDDB2 for their genre and subgenre system!)