Most rockers still pick a genre and stay with it; it makes marketing easier, and it automatically rules out a myriad of nagging choices.
Two of them show how to pick a genre and nail it: Not Quite Hollywood director Mark Hartley's frantic horror remake Patrick and Zak Hilditch's sun-kissed apocalyptic drama These Final Hours.
By logging on to www.shakespearesworld.org, budding transcribers can take a tutorial, pick a genre and get cracking, interpreting the inky outlines by clicking on each word and either typing the transcription or choosing commonly used abbreviations from a pre-set list.
Pick a genre like "indie hits," for instance, and Slacker serves up The Shins, Phoenix and The Hold Steady.
Previously, users visiting Shuffler's homepage would simply pick a genre of their choice, like Indie, Electronic, Hip-hop, Folk, etc., in order to play tracks from music blogs around the Web.
As you can see from the images, the Shuffler iPad app is very similar to the Web version, in that you also pick a genre and surf through blogs.
Max also offers a game show-like experience called "The Ratings Game," where you can pick a genre that fits your mood, and then Netflix — err, Max — runs through a few titles you might like and has you rate them on a 5-star scale.
Pick a genre or director you're interested in and see as much as you can.
Maybe that's why if I had to pick a genre to stick with as the soundtrack to my life it would be bluegrass.
Each team was asked to pick a genre out of a hat and then make a film that corresponded to those vague guidelines.
