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Any movie release NOT being a DVDRip

Music that breaks Rock/Folk/Experimental boundaries and becomes a unique expression of the musician; a place for hard-to-fit unique rock sounds; sometimes associated with artists that started without a label.

When you know the blues, you know the blues. If you don't, just wait...

Everything classical in nature: piano; orchestra; vocal; solo instruments.

This category groups together songs in any genre that are meant to be funny, employ satire, or intend to parody an artist, style or specific song.

From traditional Country to Southern Swing, this category is made up of Western, Southern and backwoods sounds.

Synth, sample and loop driven; more playful and dancy than the other Electronica genres.

Predominantly acoustic music by singer-songwriters with roots in folk, folk-pop and folk-rock traditions.

Complete Concerts/Compilations

A fusion of jazz and R&B, Funk tends to stay in a syncopated groove; gets "Slippery When Wet."

Music of any style dedicated to religious themes or expression.

Harder rock, usually with distortion; blues inflected rock; usually loud, aggressive guitar rock.

Mostly spoken, rhythmic Rap and Hip-Hop genre songs often involve a confrontational and sometimes controversial message, spoken against a driving, repetitive beat.

Heavier, more intense and driving than the other Electronica genres; sometimes harsh and aggressive.

Complex chords, lead/vocal stylings, frequent syncopations, off-beat and polyrhythms separate jazz from its roots in blues; often played involving improvisation.

This genre ranges from the classic Latin Jazz instrumental bands to modern Pop Latin balladeers, all of which retain the sexy subtleties of this dancy, hot style.

Single Song Music Videos

New Age music is more akin to jazz and performed, at least in part, on acoustic instruments; meditative, spiritual, often peaceful and jazz inflected.

Music from the 50's or earlier

Mainstream Pop sound of commercial radio; hits with a hook, lighter than Hard Rock.

Music that pushes the boundaries of composition. Usually distinguished by multiple time signatures or unual instrumentation.

Youtube, Daily Motion and other online video sites. No PORN what so ever.

Back-to-basics no-frills garage rock with an edge; simpler beat and usually more repetitive than Hard Rock; often low-fidelity production.

Evolving out of the African American Jump Blues of the 1940's; blues chord changes with steady rhythms and an urban sensibitily; Gospel is the precursor to Soul and comes from the religious/African American experience.

Jamaican music with roots in New Orleans, combining Jump Blues/R&B with Carribean rhythms, relying on skittering guitar and repetitive syncopated percussion notably replacing the downbeat with the upbeat on one or more instruments.

Enthusiastic, straightforward, unpretentious Rock and Roll.

Reflective, intimate, usually smooth and well crafted singer-songwriter tunes often with mature lyrics.

A place for music inspired by Video Games or Film.

This is a catch-all for indigenous music from around the world.