[mb-users] Using Artist Aliases

[Chris Bransden]

MBz use of 'aliases' is a bit unintuitive. think of the alias system
as just a way of grouping inconcequential names with concequential
ones. Eg, typos, minor variations, abbreviations, etc, can all be
absorbed into proper names.. Anything you'd actually want to *see*,
probably doesn't want to be in the alias field, and should be a
seperate artist (grouped with the performance name AR).

also, the 'full legal name' doesn't neccesarily deserve an artist
page, and may even be an alias of the 'nick name', if it doesn't
actually appear on sleeves/credits with any real siginificance.

On 26/10/06, Jason Bouwmeester <jbouwmeester at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just had a quick question regarding the aliases style considerations.
> >From what I understand an artist is entered under his/her full legal
> name (or main performance name), and aliases are attached to that
> artist record. So you end up with something like:
>
> Artist Main Name
> Aliases: AMN, DJ Artist, DJ AMN
>
> Now the artist has released a ton of material, say 50% under Artist
> Main Name, 25% under DJ Artist and the rest under AMN and DJ AMN. Do
> those albums/tracks not released under Artist Main Name get entered
> into MB under Artist Main Name or under the alias? I'm just confused
> because the aliases appear on the Artist Main Name page but there
> seems to be no way to attach the alias to the album or track released.
>
> Hope that wasn't too convoluted/confusing.
>
> jb/haeretik
>
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