Genres, Tagging and Bookmarking ...brainstorming

[James_I (The truth is out there but not necessarily here)]

To be honest, I don’t normally use tags, bookmarks or the genre filter. All I usually need is the search option (-> magnifying glass icon) when I look for a specific artist or album. I always find what I’m looking for — within a matter of seconds.

I don’t view Tags as a tool to aid in searching, per se. That is not to say it would be improper to use them that way - i.e. as a kind of mnemonic device.

To me, Tags are a way to supplement Roon’s playback/radio/shuffle function; a way to quickly build, in effect, a dynamic queue that matches your specific wishes at the moment. I think I laid it out best here:

How do you Roon?

Sallah, thanks for the detailed overview of how you Roon. I’m glad my suggestion was helpful. Those AHA! moments are always great. I guess it’s time to bare my soul and show what I’ve been doing and what I desperately want to be able to do in Roon. First, a bit of context. If people had not seen Foobar in Columns UI mode, they missed a seriously powerful piece of software. While I am happy to leverage Roon’s many means of listening to music, It is important to me that Roon be able to come c…