On Feb 6, 2008 10:18 PM, Leiv Hellebo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2008 7:24 AM, Leiv Hellebo wrote: > >> Aaron Cooper wrote: > >>> Here's the idea: > >>> 1. Leave the TrackArtist as the composer, and > >>> 2. Move the ReleaseArtist to the primary performer. > >>> > >> > >> So, IMO we should rather wish for more and better ways of dealing with > >> the ARs than for more artists. > > > > The point of this proposal is to attribute releases to primary > > performers by setting them as release artist. We have the ARs for > > performance, but credits (ARs) are different than releasing an album > > (something I feel many performers do). > > Ok. (And Rob's criterias for artist-hood sounds good. :) > > We currently move classical > > releases to the performer when they perform works by multiple > > composers--I just want to extend this so we can move releases to > > performers when they perform on all tracks (making them the primary > > performer) regardless of whether the tracks are attributed to 1 or > > multiple composers. I don't see any difference in these > > releases--neither was actually released by the composer. > > > > Ok again :) > > One good thing is that the MoveReleaseEdit has this checkbox for leaving > the current artist as track artist. This should make it easy to move > lots of releases fast. (Though if the composer is not the release > artist, I don't really see s/he's the track artist either)
I am not sure it will be so easy. If you use the MoveReleaseEdit in it's current state, you will change "Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 (Berlin Philharmoniker feat. Daniel Barenboim)" (ReleaseArtist=Beethoven) to "Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 (Berlin Philharmoniker feat. Daniel Barenboim)" (ReleaseArtist=Barenboim) The composer would disappear from the release level! This is certainly something I would vote against (assuming I took the time to vote again). So you'd have to change the release title too to something like: "Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 (Berlin Philharmoniker feat. Daniel Barenboim)" (ReleaseArtist=Barenboim) Not so easy. Now, putting Barenboim twice (as Release Artist and in the release title) would be probably deemed overkill, thus giving "Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 (Berlin Philharmoniker)" (ReleaseArtist=Barenboim) (I am not sure what you would want to do with the orchestra) Anyhow, this is definitely not trivial. -- Frederic Da Vitoria
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