Gracenote CDDB Genre Listing -- Available from Mike Wells Mastering

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CDDB Genre List


	CDDB Genre List - An extended service offering from Mike Wells Mastering The Gracenote CDDB database can accept selections for both a primary and secondary musical genre when submitting a new release into its database. Gracenote defines genre selections as: "The primary genre is the main genre for the work, and the secondary genre is a secondary influence." When filling out a Release Info Form to accompany your mastering session, please consult this list to determine primary and secondary genre choices for your release. This page is organized as follows: Category A Genre 1 Genre 2 etc.... Category B Genre 1 Genre 2 etc.... For more information, please see the Gracenote FAQ on submissions.
	Category: Alternative & Punk
	Ambient/Dream Pop Art Rock Avant Rock Brit Pop Emo Experimental Art-Folk Post-Punk General Alternative Indie Power Pop Rap Metal Pop-Punk Riot Grrl/Queercore General Punk Hardcore Punk Lo-Fi/Garage Old School Punk Straight Edge Punk
	Category: Books & Spoken
	Short Stories Comedy General Books General Spoken Poetry Politics Religion Spoken Word Stories/Fairytales
	Category: Blues
	Acoustic Blues Blues Rock Electric Blues General Blues Japanese Blues
	Category: Children's Music
	General Children's Music Japanese Children's Song (Doyo)
	Category: Classical
	Baroque Chamber Music Choral Contemporary Ensembles General Classical Classical Guitar Medieval Opera Romantic Era Piano Reniassance Era Strings Japanese Classical
	Category: Country
	Alternative Country Bluegrass Country Blues Traditional Country General Country Rockabiliy Contemporary Country
	Category: R&B
	General R&B Motown Soul Urban Crossover Funk
	Category: Data
	General Data Applications Games Opearting Systems Karaoke Japanese Karaoke
	Category: Easy Listening
	Pop Vocals Bachelor Pad General Easy Listening Lounge Love Songs Mood Music
	Category: Electronica/Dance
	General Dance Club Dance Acid House Big Beat Drum n' Bass/Jungle Electronica General Electronic Turntablism Minimalist Experimental Ambient Electronica Garage General House Deep House Progressive House Happy House Industrial Dance Dark Techno/Darkwave Electro Detroit Techno Gabber General Techno Hardcore Techno Illbient Rave Music Tribal House General Trance Ambient Trance Hard Trance/Acid Progressive/Dream Tech Trance Trip Hop Acid Jazz
	Category: Folk
	Contemporary Folk General Folk Traditional Folk
	Category: Metal
	Alternative Metal Black/Death Metal Grindcore General Metal Gothic Metal Hardcore Metal Heavy Metal Pop/Hair Metal Progressive Metal Thrash/Speed Metal
	Category: Industiral
	General Industrial Minimal/Noise Old School Industrial Hardcore Industrial
	Category: Reggae
	Ska/Rock Steady Dancehall Ragga Dub General Reggae
	Category: Latin
	Tejano/Norteno Brazillian Latin Pop Mexican Latin Rock General Latin Ranchero Salsa/Merengue South/Central American Spanish/Portugese Tropical/Samba Afro-Cuban
	Category: Hip Hop/Rap
	Foreign Rap Bass Assault East Coast Rap Freestyle Rap Gangsta General Hip Hop General Rap Hardcore Rap Horrorcore Old School Hip Hop Southern Rap West Coast Rap Underground Rap
	Category: Holiday
	Chanukka Christmas General Holiday Halloween
	Category: Jazz
	Cool/West Coast Jazz Ballroom Bop Big Band Swing Dixieland/New Orleans Jazz Free/Avant Jazz Fusion General Jazz Latin Ragtime Swing Revival Smooth Jazz Jazz Vocals Japanese Fusion Japanese Jazz
	Category: New Age
	Ambient New Age Environmental Music General New Age Meditation Music
	Category: Pop
	Teen Pop Acoustic Pop Disco European Pop General Pop Japanese Pop
	Category: Gospel & Religious
	Christian Pop Chrsitian Rap General Religious General Christian Gospel Christian Rock
	Category: Rock
	Grunge Jam Bands Folk Rock Soft Rock Hard Rock Funk Rock Classic Rock General Rock Goth Rock Instrumental Rock New Wave Progressive Rock Psychedelic Rock Rock & Roll Ska Revival/3rd Wave Southern Rock Surf Rock Japanese Rock
	Category: Sountrack
	Adult Film/Erotica General Soundtrack Film Score Film Soundtrack Musicals/Broadway Television Score Television Soundtrack Japanese General Soundtrack Anime Game
	Category: Unclassifiable
	General Unclassifiable Japanese Unclassifiable
	Category: World
	Zydeco/Cajun Polka World Fusion Central Asian Klezmer African Middle East/Arabic Asian Caribbean General Celtic Classical Indian Western European Flamenco/Gypsy French German Hawaiian Indian Subcontinent Irish Celtic Jewish/Israeli Native American Oceania Quebecois Eastern European Scandinavian Aboriginal Australian/Didjeridu Japanese Folk Japanese Enka Japanese Traditional (Minzoku) General World