What do you use the Grouping field for?

[nicholasg]

Just curious. I was thinking of using it to tag all the CD rips from a big box like the recent Szell Complete, then create a smart playlist to sync to my iPhone.

 

Thanks,

Nicholas

 

 

[coke]

Sometimes I use it to “group” a bunch of music files that are of various genres. For example, usually for SXSW, NPR releases its Top 100 bands that play in Austin during the event. NPR titles the zip of files, something like NPR Music's The Austin 100. In the group field, I put “NPR Music's The Austin 100 (and the year).” I can easily use the group designation to create a huge NPR playlist or a couple of NPR playlists divided by year.

[look&listen]

Make me think might be good for storing (record) Label names 

[stefano_mbp]

For Classical music is very useful, I use it for the work name. In this way is very easy, and interesting, to retrieve the same work across different executions 

[nicholasg]

2 hours ago, stefano_mbp said:

For Classical music is very useful, I use it for the work name. In this way is very easy, and interesting, to retrieve the same work across different executions 

 

Interesting. What do you use the Album field for? (I use that for the work. e.g. "Haydn: Mass in B flat major, Hob. XXII:14 "Harmoniemesse"" or "Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37").

[stefano_mbp]

I use it to write the actual cd title. 

[GregWormald]

All I have is albums--so I use it for uprating or downrating individual songs within the album.

 

[nicholasg]

Just now, GregWormald said:

All I have is albums--so I use it for uprating or downrating individual songs within the album.

 

Do you didn't want to use the star ratings?

[GregWormald]

I do use the star ratings but for whole albums. I've been doing the 'grouping thing' for so long now that I can't remember whether or not the stars always worked the way they do now. (I've been using Macs since 1985!)

 

Maybe it's time to try and simplify.?

[GregWormald]

On 11/9/2018 at 12:46 PM, GregWormald said:

I do use the star ratings but for whole albums. I've been doing the 'grouping thing' for so long now that I can't remember whether or not the stars always worked the way they do now. (I've been using Macs since 1985!)

 

Maybe it's time to try and simplify.?

 

Nope.

I finally re-discovered why I use Grouping for my ratings and don't rely on the Stars--the Groupings travel with the files and the Stars are lost in backups.

[fragoulisnaval]

I use the "Grouping" field to save to categorize albums belonging to big collections, i.e. for the "The Best 100 Blue Note albums".