10-10-2018, 06:06
(09-10-2018, 08:21)CRAZY-HORSE Wrote: if that grading system works for you...great!
but I find it too over complicated...
Music Head's system which I have adopted is very easy:
we score tracks on an album wither 1 (dislike), 2 (like), 3 (love)
I've evolved my system over the years. I used something like your method a long time ago but found I wasn't hearing the songs I loved most in putting together playlists for myself.
I've got a spreadsheet of about 30,000 song ratings. Granted some of them are duplicates due to singles and greatest hits albums. But it helps me determine which areas I think I should explore more. As I get older I know the amount of time left to enjoy music is finite. I'm trying to expose myself to as much new music that I'm likely to enjoy as possible. It also gives me the ability to make playlists of the songs I already know that I enjoy most. For me it has made sense to be more granular in my ratings.
Also I'm somewhat of an organizational freak and categorizing and rating things is something I do as almost a second nature. My rating system is pretty much just record keeping of what I'm feeling and thinking as I listen to music. It's my memory for things I enjoy that I might otherwise forget.