Pre-emptively Answered Questions

There are some notable limitations of the data Tag Adder has on artists and labels, which translates to the data not being exhaustive. For instance an artist may have a SoundCloud profile, but it is not in the Tag Adder database.
To understand how something like that might be the case, please read the The information I add and how section.

Likewise the data is not necessearily up-to-date, meaning that if an artist have deleted their Facebook page, then it will likely still be in the Tag Adder database, but you can help fix that.

These issues stem from the fact that keeping this data up-to-date and accurate can not really be automated, which means that it is up to people (specifically me) to do that work. And, well... I am not going to do that. It would be an immense amount of work to try and keep this amount of data up-to-date and accurate, and that is not something I am willing to do. It is simply not realistic to do so.

I will naturally correct information if I come across something that needs to be corrected, like if I notice that an artist or label no longer has a Facebook page or if it has changed name.

What information I gather when I add new artists and labels can be read about in the The information I add and how section.

In the next section, Missing or incorrect information, you can read how you can help to keep the data up-to-date and accurate.

There is no easy way to keep a database like this up-to-date, so it relies on manual work to have the correct data.

Ideally artists and labels should Add themselves and make sure to keep that data up-to-date, but if you find that an artist or label is not being matched, please Add them. If you find missing or incorrect information on an existing artist or label, please suggest the changes by finding them through Search and clicking the "Suggest changes" link (shown at the top right of the entry).

Even if you know that an artist or label has not got a Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, X/Twitter, TikTok or YouTube profile, please supply that information as well. It is still relevant information to add, as it will then show to people that there is no tag to be found for that artist or label, as opposed to it just being missing.

Regarding websites there are a few things that could cause it to not be added:

• If it is irrelevant, like an artist wants it to link to their label website.
• If it redirects to Linktree (or similar service), or to a social media profile, like their Facebook page.
• If it has a missing, invalid or expired SSL certificate.
• If it is flagged as suspecious.
• If it is just plain down (unreachable).

Please be aware that this site is only for trance artists and labels (and artists remixed by trance artists).

With this new version of Tag Adder, the feature set has expanded, which in turn means that information I previously did not chase down becomes relevant for parts of Text Tool.

As mentioned in the section; The information I add and how, there are only specific social media profiles that I search for, and previously that was limited to Facebook and Instagram. Well, to be fair, it was only Facebook for a good amount of time, until Instagram was added later on.

This means that there is a big hole when it comes to Bluesky, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube profiles. Only X/Twitter profiles have been added if I found them linked from the Facebook or Instagram profile. Bluesky and TikTok are a very new addition to the database, so only the most recently added artists and labels have that information. YouTube is a bit different, as it has always been there, but only recently got the @-profiles.

So what does that mean? Plainly put it means that this information needs to be added (or updated for current YouTube channel data that is not currently the @-tag version). Anyone can help with that by looking up their own artist or label using Search, and then click the "Suggest changes" link to add the information (shown at the top right of the entry).
Please note that NOT having any of these profiles is still relevant information that should be added, not just if you have them.

Aside from that I will personally add this information over time, as well as update existing YouTube channel data to use the @-tag, but I have no idea how long that will take (but it will be a long time). After all it is a fairly time-consuming (and tedious) process as there are thousands of artists and labels.

That is where things stand at this point in time:

• Bluesky is 100% complete
• X/Twitter is 16% complete
• TikTok is 100% complete
• YouTube is 4% complete

The short version is that I only add uplifting trance artists and labels, because that is what is relevant to my usage. It is already a bit of work to do so, and I have no intention of increasing that workload.

How I go about finding the information for each artist and label is fairly uncomplicated:

Each day I check the trance section of Beatport for new releases (within the uplifting constraints). If I find an artist or label that is not already in the database, I then take their name and try to find them on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube.

If I find profiles I then also look for links to other sites that Tag Adder stores information on, and I naturally add those as well.

Regarding finding the Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube profiles; there are some things that might cause someone who has a given profile to not have it added:

• Artist or label name is very generic, resulting in a lot of matches. Unless something obvious sticks out I am not going to click through a whole bunch of profiles, to try and find the possible correct one.
• Artist or label name on Beatport does not match with a profile name, causing it to not show up in the search results.
• There is nothing in the profile that I can use to verify that this account actually belongs to the artist or label. Like for instance if there is no mention of the latest release(s) or similar.

Basically I am not doing some extended search to try and find the profiles (remember that I do this for free, on my own time), nor will I look for any information other than Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube profiles - and only add whatever else I can find linked from those.

The first version of Tag Adder only did uplifting trance artists and labels (and what was in close orbit of that), but with this version I am opening it up to any trance subgenre. How exhaustive and correct this will be is entirely up to you. I will keep adding uplifting artists and labels, and only those, so anything aside from uplifting will have to come from the community.

That means that if Text Tool (and Search) is to work outside of just uplifting trance artists and labels, it will need to be maintained by the community, which then dictates how well it works (through how comprehensive it is).

I am only one man, and there is no way I am going to increase the workload I already have with adding uplifting trance artists and labels.

So in short: If you want this website to work with progressive, tech, hard, psy and other trance genres, then it is up to you all to make that happen.

I am open to hearing suggestions on how to improve the site. If you're missing something or there is something that would make things easier for you, then let me know and I will see how feasiable it is to do.

Likewise if you find that something is not working, or looks completely off, then let me know (as detailed as possible), and I will see to getting it fixed.

However there are two important things to note though:

• The site relies heavily on the use of JavaScript. If you are using noscript, or something similar, then you need to whitelist this website, otherwise Search and Text Tool will not do anything.
• If you are using an old browser or some obscure thing, then please do not write me about something being broken. I am not going to put in time trying to fix stuff for old or obscure browsers. I am not getting paid to do this - it is not my job. So it is much easier for you to use a different browser, compared to me spending possibly a lot of time trying to fix something that basically no other users are affected by.

The site is optimized to work on mobile devices, except for Text Tool, which I see the vast majority use from a computer. If this is not the case and there are enough people who tell me they are using it from mobile devices, I could be convinced to optimize it more than it is now.

With that out of the way, if you do have a suggestion, something is broken or something just looks weird; contact me and we'll take it from there.

You can send me an email if you wish to get in contact. Alternatively you can also send me a message through the Tag Adder Facebook page, if you do not want to use email.

I make a monthly trance mix called Infinitely Uplifting, containing some of my favourite releases for that month, and the time it took to write the Facebook posts was too much. Finding the pages for artists and labels and copying and pasting in the tags took more time than it should, and it was pretty tedious as well.

Having worked as a web developer quite some time ago (well, I never really stopped, but it is self-employment now and only doing things I want to do), before becoming a music producer, it was an easy solution to just make a website that could do the tagging for me, so I could save a lot of time doing those posts.

I figured I probably would not be the only one who wanted to save time and not deal with the tedious work it is, so I decided to make a nice looking and user friendly website for everyone to use, completely free and without any annoying ads.

Since then the website's functionality has expanded a bit in scope, offering more features that I might not use, but would be useful for other people. And because I did not mind making those additional features, well, they are now available.

Just a random guy from Denmark. I am "a bit" of a nerd and I produce (uplifting) trance music under the name Amend Infinity.

I'm an avid photographer. I also make graphics/videos, websites (database design, backend, frontend and layout/design), and do random programming in various languages. I also have a keen interest in UI/UX (which I have used in different projects over the years).