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What is a tag?

A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps to describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally by the item's creator or by its viewer, depending on the system.

Why use tags?

I constructed and used a very simple set of tags to mark, to remember, to relate, to simplify and to connect/disconnect works in the process of selection. Those tags served me as points in a net that from listening to listening session became less and less clustered: one step forward, two steps back, three steps forward, two steps back. Using a very simple set of keywords is also a great way to remember and explore the basic meanings of those words. For me it was a very refreshing experience.

The selection spans a range from concrete to abstract – which is also how we can in a very simple manner describe the basic terminology of music:

>Sound>: is a mechanical wave, an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations. Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure that propagates through compressible media such as air or water. During propagation, waves can be reflected, refracted, or attenuated by the medium.

: is the product or process of deliberately arranging items (often with symbolic significance) in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect.

: art is a diverse group of art practices that adopts the wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus.

: is the transmission of signals through free space via modulation of electromagnetic waves using frequencies below those of visible light.

: refers to the use of radio for art. "Radio art implies that the artist who works in, and with, radio is not necessarily a trained DJ, programmer, producer, engineer, or personality, but one who uses sound to make art and seeks ways to transmit it through radio as art.

: can be described in two different ways: absolute location - a location described by its latitude and longitude on Earth, relative location - a location described by where it is compared to something else.

: to put out of place; specifically, to displace (a bone) from normal connections with another bone; to force a change in the usual status, relationship, or order.

: to remove from the usual or proper place; specifically, to expel or force to flee from home or homeland; to move physically out of position.

: to locate again - establish or lay out in a new place; to move to a new location.

: is the relative or total lack of audible sound. By analogy, the word “silence” may also refer to any absence of communication, even in media other than speech. Silence is also used as total communication, in reference to non-verbal communication and spiritual connection. Silence is also the absence of sounds uttered by anybody in a room and or an area. Silence is a very important factor in many cultural spectacles, as in rituals.

- Brane Zorman