MrSinatra;299041 Wrote: 
> 
> ok, cool.  so its established then that an album artist tag in your
> files populates the ALBUMARTIST field in SC7, and that then becomes the
> only way you could sort your music.
I have to admit that I am not sure what the problem being dicussed here
is.. but anyway....
When I had populated the AlbumArtist tag for some albums and Browsed by
Artist I could only locate those albums by the AlbumArtist tag in the
resltant list. They were not listed by their Artist tag anymore. So,
the AlbumArtist tag appeared to overide the Artist tag.... **when I
browsed by Artist**

I hope that is clear?
MrSinatra;299041 Wrote: 
> 
> now, as to your "wobbly..."  i can't speak to how artists come up in
> the artist list, i almost never use it.  but it sounds like ALBUMARTIST
> over rode it all the time.  by removing it, and checking the other
> categories, you now see ALL the fields, right?
The way you put it is not exact.
This is better....but I must reiterate... I was only concerned with
Browse by Artist. Once I had removed the AlbumArtist tag from the
albums the albums in question were again listed by their Artist tag
(when I Browsed by Artist).
Once I'd checked the relevant SC7 Music Library option I mentioned
above and completed the Composer, Band, Conductor tags these too
appeared in the Browse by Artist list.... as well as the Artist.
MrSinatra;299041 Wrote: 
> 
> whats interesting, is that you could not see or do anything with the
> data in your other tags when you had album artist listed in your tags.
> right, you only got ALBUMARTIST. 
No, that's not what I experienced... but that is not to say it's not
true... it's just that I did not get the chance to experience it as I
did not look around to see that AlbumArtist tag overode all other tags.
All I noticed was that when completed it overode the Artist tag when I
Browsed by Artist.
MrSinatra;299041 Wrote: 
> 
> so now you have no album artist tags, and as a result, with the three
> checkboxes checked, you can see everything in your home -> artists
> list.
> 
This might be true but the only thing that I am sure is true is that I
removed the AlbumArtist tag and as a result the albums in question are
now again being listed by Artist in Browse by Artist.

However, hen I added the Composer, Conductor and Band tags then those
tags also became visible in the Browse by Artist list. It doesn't mean
that they wouldn't have had I still had AlbumArtist tag completed. I
just don't know as I entered these tags after I had removed the
AlbumArtist tag. 
MrSinatra;299041 Wrote: 
> 
> also, i am curious if you could tell me your impressions of my sorting
> method on your music.  it may not appear wrong to you, b/c in your
> case, it may not be, as you are using classical music only, (or so it
> would seem).
> 
Me? Or Phil?

For my part, I am lost I'm afraid. It looks me that I do not view/list
music the way you do... and also not in the way Phil or Erland do.
FYI it's Classical music that gave me the biggest problem.. just due to
the fact that there are a lot more acknowledged roles involved in the
production of classical music (i.e. Composer, Conductor, Orchestra,
Violinist, Choir etc...). My problem was not solely confined to
Classical music however.

MC


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