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droneriot
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:39 am 
 
I was wondering...

I occasionally use the "bands by letter" section to look for bands whose name I only partially remember, and I regularly use the "bands by country" section for various purposes, but does ANYONE ever use the "bands by genre" section? I just can't picture any possible use for it. Does anyone think it's really needed?
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MushroomStamp
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:40 am 
 
The last time I clicked it must've been somewhere last year, because I can't remember.
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droneriot
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:41 am 
 
MushroomStamp wrote:
The last time I clicked it must've been somewhere last year, because I can't remember.

Clicked it intentionally or by accident?
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caspian
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:42 am 
 
It has it's uses. I've found a few good bands here and there by doing a *insert strange genre* search and clicking on bands.
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MushroomStamp
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:43 am 
 
droneriot wrote:
MushroomStamp wrote:
The last time I clicked it must've been somewhere last year, because I can't remember.

Clicked it intentionally or by accident?


Boredom browsing.
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droneriot
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:43 am 
 
caspian wrote:
It has it's uses. I've found a few good bands here and there by doing a *insert strange genre* search and clicking on bands.

Wouldn't the advanced search be more useful there?
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Lana
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Joined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:08 pm
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:45 am 
 
I never use browse by genre and don't think it's necessary, and technically browse by country isn't necessary either since you could get the same results by searching with the advanced search. Definitely don't think browse by genre serves any purpose though.
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caspian
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:53 am 
 
droneriot wrote:
caspian wrote:
It has it's uses. I've found a few good bands here and there by doing a *insert strange genre* search and clicking on bands.

Wouldn't the advanced search be more useful there?


Actually, now that you mentioned it, I think I did use the advanced search. I got a bit confused there.
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pingu53
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Joined: Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:27 pm
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Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:06 am 
 
its good for looking up gothic metal bands to see if their front chick is hot!
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ForNaught
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Joined: Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:37 pm
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:43 pm 
 
Yeah, I use it sometimes. Only for boredom/novelty purposes though; never any real purpose.
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Muloc7253
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:22 pm 
 
I sometimes use it, although advanced search is just as good.
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Thorgrim_Honkronte
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Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:40 pm
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:24 pm 
 
I use it more so than all of the other parameters. I like to just browse the archives for random bands that I've never listened to before, and it's very helpful to select the genre when I have an idea of what style I want to hear.
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Morrigan
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:52 pm 
 
The browse pages are not too friendly right now because they lack navigation and pagination. This will be improved in the next version.
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Classic_Brown
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Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:19 pm
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:42 pm 
 
well i guess it would be useful if you wanted to look up new music in a certain genre. I haven't done it but I'm sure someone has
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