https://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-Questions/All-Platforms-Search-Clear-Up-Genre-Clutter/m-p/5123048#M38328 <P><FONT face="times new roman,times" size="5">JRE is an extremely popular podcast, but why is it its own <EM><STRONG>genre</STRONG></EM>?&nbsp; 'Higher Ground' isn't even a genre at all - it's just a&nbsp; random collection of podcasts and playlists.&nbsp; And let's look at Instrumental: It isn't as much as a genre, mood, or style of music, but a type of music.&nbsp; Instrumental basically means anything without lyrics in it.&nbsp; There is more to instrumental music than just techno or experimental ambient space stuff - you have to consider the rock artists that release instrumental tracks, the wide variety of movie, video game, and TV show soundtracks - maybe we should merge it with Anime, Gaming/Video Games, and TV &amp; Movies?&nbsp; (Classical is too big and diverse of&nbsp; a genre to be put on there anyways)&nbsp; Maybe we could all make it a Soundtrack genre.&nbsp; Maybe even a New Age genre.&nbsp; Caribbean, Arab, Desi, Regional Mexican and (maybe) Latin could probably be part of a 'World Music genre', along with folk music.&nbsp; And why are League of Legends and Pop Culture even genres?</FONT></P> Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:08:18 GMT user-removed 2021-01-11T22:08:18Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-Questions/All-Platforms-Search-Clear-Up-Genre-Clutter/m-p/5123048#M38328 <P><FONT face="times new roman,times" size="5">JRE is an extremely popular podcast, but why is it its own <EM><STRONG>genre</STRONG></EM>?&nbsp; 'Higher Ground' isn't even a genre at all - it's just a&nbsp; random collection of podcasts and playlists.&nbsp; And let's look at Instrumental: It isn't as much as a genre, mood, or style of music, but a type of music.&nbsp; Instrumental basically means anything without lyrics in it.&nbsp; There is more to instrumental music than just techno or experimental ambient space stuff - you have to consider the rock artists that release instrumental tracks, the wide variety of movie, video game, and TV show soundtracks - maybe we should merge it with Anime, Gaming/Video Games, and TV &amp; Movies?&nbsp; (Classical is too big and diverse of&nbsp; a genre to be put on there anyways)&nbsp; Maybe we could all make it a Soundtrack genre.&nbsp; Maybe even a New Age genre.&nbsp; Caribbean, Arab, Desi, Regional Mexican and (maybe) Latin could probably be part of a 'World Music genre', along with folk music.&nbsp; And why are League of Legends and Pop Culture even genres?</FONT></P> Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:08:18 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-Questions/All-Platforms-Search-Clear-Up-Genre-Clutter/m-p/5123048#M38328 user-removed 2021-01-11T22:08:18Z