Hi Sliau, That's a really nice explanation. It's good to know how that distinction could come in handy in the future, thanks! Cheers, Donna On Dec 1, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Slau <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know you resolved this issue but, for the sake of others who might not have > figured it out, here's an example where artist and album artist can help: > On the most recent Tony Bennett album, Duets 2, each song's artist label > includes Tony Bennett and his guest's name. So, in itunes, you get twenty > different artists pertaining to that one album. In order to play the album, > you couldn't just arrow down to tony Bennett and select the album. You'd have > to view things differently or search or whatever. > > In a case like this, selecting all of the songs in the table and getting info > will bring up a dialog to simultaneously edit the ID3 tags. By putting in > "Tony Bennett" as album artist, the album now shows up under a single > artist's name. Each individual song still has tony and the guest listed as > artist but the album shows up under the general artist folder for Tony > Bennett. > > Hope that helps someone, > > Slau > > On Dec 1, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but it seems to me like these >> would be the same thing. >> Best, >> Donna >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
