Beatport Adds A New Genre; Shouldn’t Music All Be Crowd-Tagged?

This week, online music store Beatport put out a jubilant announcement via press release. The big news? They’re adding a new genre to the store, Melodic House & Techno. But what feels like it should be a futuristic online store still feels like shopping in a CD superstore. In this piece, we talk about how genres should really be tags – and why DJs could benefit from music classification becoming crowd-driven. What do you think?