Our newfound Roles & Genres

Well, I didn't have to wait long to see what EB would do with the Roles & Genre's you recently prompted me for:

https://imgur.com/a/eZdIl8M

This is great.

Absolutely nobody, myself included, followed the old review guidelines of stating your style/genre/context... this is a much better solution.

Also, is this EB's way of telling me I need a new profile avatar? This black-out has been happening (on Safari) since last round of changes to Related Items.

This is step one of many to personalize the site more and more. :)

I'm not sure what the profile avatar issue is. Will look into.

Also, is this EB's way of telling me I need a new profile avatar? This black-out has been happening (on Safari) since last round of changes to Related Items.

Hah, nope. It's a technical thing, where images are loaded kind of after the page content loads, it's a way to make pages faster. Looks like there are a couple spots where we forgot to do so, thanks for catching that!

Hah, nope. It's a technical thing, where images are loaded kind of after the page content loads, it's a way to make pages faster. Looks like there are a couple spots where we forgot to do so, thanks for catching that!

thanks for taking a look :)

Absolutely nobody, myself included, followed the old review guidelines of stating your style/genre/context... this is a much better solution.

I really don't have a style for a lot of gear, I never really grokked this whole idea of style.... I guess in the studio there are context pieces but instruments? If something is pigeonholed in a style I'm going to want to use it outside that context and if that isn't cool then I don't really like it. Even a sample library like BBCSO I'll sue for anything where acoustic orchestral sounds are appropriate. I think the best music gets made when someone has been told you shouldn't use an SVT for guitar for example but they just go "why not?"

@jimmarchi1 I think the best music gets made when someone has something interesting to say, musically, and enough talent within or around them to execute. But I was a teenager throughout the 90s, so "distrust anything purpose-built for a genre" and/or "subvert anything purpose-built for a genre" is sorta hardwired into me. I feel that sentiment, I've lived that sentiment.

But the way I see the style/genre thing in this EB context is this: those that don't give a #$@% will just not use it, or assign themselves something broad/vague... BUT, if someone actually CHOOSES to label themselves with one of the hundreds of impressively obscure sub-genre tags (Brostep and Electro Swing are in there, I kid you not) the act of deciding to do that can tell me a lot more than the review itself can, you know? I mean 90% of reviews here are "BEST. X. EVER. Nothing could be more awesome than X. (end of review)" at least now I can get a little more context as to how/why this $149 to $399 new thing could be responsible for so much delight.

I mean 90% of reviews here are "BEST. X. EVER. Nothing could be more awesome than X. (end of review)" at least now I can get a little more context as to how/why this $149 to $399 new thing could be responsible for so much delight.

okay that makes sense

Just a small thought on this subject: I think we should make the roles & genres reorderable, similar to items on our Equipboard pages.

I absolutely agree. I like the addition, but it needs to be customizable in order to be more meaningful.

Doesn't the system add genre tags in the order you select them?

Doesn't the system add genre tags in the order you select them?

Well think, the same thing could be said about gear pages...