In albums with many guest artists appearing on it, such as a Santana album, the individual song artist might be Macie Gray, Michelle Branch or Rob Thomas. The album artist is Santana, as that's the artist that the album is attributed to.
Another example is hip hop albums where an artist such as Kanye might have several guest artists perforing. the individual song artists might be Kanye featuring Missy Elliot, etc. But the album artist would still be Kanye. In my nomenclature, a composer is the person or persons who writes the song including words and notes. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2012-12-01, at 9:30 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, but the one who compiled everything, wouldn't that be the composer? I > know one could say, no, as they didn't necessarily compose the songs > themselves, but only compiled the album. Exactly. They are the composer of > the album. OK, yeah, I know that's a stretch, we're really playing with > simantics here, but, yeah... > > Thank you kindly, > > Christopher-Mark Gilland. > Founder of CLG Productions > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: What's the difference between Artist and Album Artist? > > >> Not necessarily. Say a cd contains music enspired by a movie, or maybe a >> soundtrack. In that case, song artists would vary, but the album artist >> might be the one who compiled everything. I hope that makes sense. >> On Dec 1, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.
