[mb-users] Re: Legal names and performance names

[Rob Keeney]

Probably because nobody has bothered to enter the other names. For
example, I just last week added Chicago Transit Authority as the
release artist for the first Chicago album.  IMO, the release artist
should be as used when the release was released (with all due respect
to W. Carlos' personal wish to have everyone forget her past name). On
my to-do list is to add Walter Carlos so I can properly credit that
artist name as it was known for releases in the the early 70's. Just
haven't gotten around to it yet.

Rob......................

On 7/4/07, Jonne Lahti <jonne.lahti at netikka.fi> wrote:
> Joan Whittaker wrote:
> > You must always use the name on the cover.
> >
> I mostly agree, but am now going to ask one question that I've been
> wondering for the time I've been in MusicBrainz(I'm pretty new, but I
> think I have the basic knowledge): Almost everything by
> Foetus(Performance name for J. G. Thirlwell,
> http://musicbrainz.org/artist/934c6bbc-3fc4-4d4a-9280-f02856da0e12.html)
> is listed - Surprise surprise - under Foetus. Now, before the
> mid-nineties, he didn't settle for just 'Foetus', but usually used an
> alias that included 'Foetus', such as 'Foetus Under Glass', 'You've Got
> Foetus On Your Breath' or 'Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel'. All these
> releases are, however, listed under Foetus. I've actually refrained from
> tagging my most of my Foetus with Picard and keeping the original names.
> Should the Foetus entry be divided into a bunch of different Foetuses,
> or is there a specific reason why they're all under Foetus?
>
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