hello, i think this worked. I will know soon enough. Thanks so much. On Sep 18, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Denise and Richard, > > There's an easier way to handle this issue that does not involve > losing any of the existing metadata about the actual artists on a > given track. Back in ITunes 7, Apple introduced an extra field called > "Album Artist" to handle this situation. In iTunes, select all the > tracks in the album, which would include tracks by both James Taylor > and also James Taylor & Carole King in the example that Richard gave. > Do a "Get Info" with the appropriate short cut keys (Command-I on the > Mac, or Control-I in Windows). Then enter the main artist's name in > the "Album Artist" text field (e.g., "James Taylor" in the example > Richard gave). iTunes will treat the value entered into the "Album > Artist" field as the artist's name for the purposes of organization > and syncing, but will retain all the individual track artist > information. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Sep 18, 1:27 pm, denise avant <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes it does >> This is exactly what i am talking about >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi, >>> iTunes separates everything by the artist, so if you have an album by James >>> Taylor, but one of the songs lists the artist as James Taylor and Carole >>> King, that song will show up as a separate album. >>> What I do, is go through each song and make sure that the artist only has >>> one name in it. >>> If I want to keep track of the other name or names, I'll put them in the >>> comments. >>> It can be a pain especially with albums where there are multiple songs with >>> two or more artists. >> >>> I hope that helps. >> >>> Richard >> >>> (Sent from Richard's iPhone) >> >>> On Sep 18, 2012, at 3:57 PM, denise avant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Hello all, >>>> I need to clarify an itunes issue. I have an album and when I look under >>>> the music library, all of the tracks by this artist, including the ones >>>> featuring another artist on that album are there. however, when I go to >>>> sync my iphone music library, the album seems to be divided between the >>>> artist and the featured artist. In other words, I am having to check the >>>> check box twice in order to get the entire album over to the iphone or >>>> ipad. can anyone tell me if there is another way to do this? thanks. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en.
