[mb-users] ArtistType

[Mark Trolley]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Johannes Dewender <brainz at jonnyjd.net>
wrote:

>
> Okay, quite often a person has solo projects, where they are the only
> members. A good example are most projects of
> http://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4ef3c7c-38f6-45f3-b2b1-c7e17671ea21.html
> We have basically two possibilities:
>
> 1. categorize the project as person and add a perform as AR
> This looks then something like
> "Stijn van Cauter" performs as "I Dream No More"
> I don't like this at all, because this is not a name for the person, it
> is a project by this person.
>
> 2. categorize the project as a group
> This person is then a member of this group. The only member.
> Obviously, this doesn't sound right either, because 1 person is not a
> group.
>
>
I have the same issue with Neverending White Lights (
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/eccce577-a890-4924-8861-e61db68bf1b4.html),
which is a single person, Daniel Victor, that has guest vocalists perform on
most of his tracks. I categorized it as a Person, since there were no other
official members.
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