(fax) Artist or Project name

[joey at etherworld.com]

I think we've all struggled with this one for some time now. My Fax tracks
on iTunes is all messed 
up because of it :)

Anyway, the major issue arises with projects like this one:

Aerial Service Area 2 - 150 G Space Weight - PS 08/72

So, obviously this is the 2nd release by the project/band named Aerial
Service Area but is the 
project/band name on this one just Aerial Service Area or Aerial Service
Area 2?

There are a few ways to label it:

First Method:

Artist: Aerial Service Area
Album: 150 G Space Weight
Composers: Victor Sol & Niko Heyduck

Second Method:

Artist: Aerial Service Area 2
Album: 150 G Space Weight
Composers: Victor Sol & Niko Heyduck

Third Method:

Artist: Aerial Service Area
Album: Aerial Service Area 2: 150 G Space Weight
Composers: Victor Sol & Niko Heyduck

I think I prefer the third method overall because it keeps the artist name
consistent. I mean, you 
wouldn't really list another artist's second album like this: Jane's
Addiction 2 - Nothing's Shocking, 
would you? Also, for multiple projects that don't have actual album titles,
like Fires of Ork it simply 
looks like this:

Artist: Fires of Ork
Album: Fires of Ork 2
Composers: Pete Namlook & Geir Jenssen

Just my 2 cents,

-Joe





Original Message:
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From: Trevor Cordes trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:52:18 -0600 (CST)
To: faxlist at 2350.org
Subject: Re: (fax) Artist or Project name


On  8 Mar, 'Alexander S.Kunz' wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> ...this lists Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue as artist "2350 Broadway" (which
> is, IMVHO, nonsense)

The only confusing thing should be the fact that sometimes in FAX the
"artist" is a real name (even when it's 2+ people), and sometimes it's a
project name.  2350.org is, I think, the "definitive" final word on such
matters.

The project-as-artist name thing (like the 2350 Broadway example) makes
perfect sense when you think of the traditional "music band", like the
Beatles or the Rolling Stones.  We don't list a Beatles album as being
done by the artist "Lennon, John + McCartney...".  The FAX collab is the
same thing -- a "band".  The fact they are more transient, I suppose,
means nothing.

I think Warren @ 2350 used the spine labelling for deciding when to use
project vs. artist names.  We all just wish (I hope) that PK had been
more consistent (unless the current state of affairs was all
intentional?).

As for mailman vs. majordomo -- that was a *long* time ago.  I don't
even remember when that was but I think the transition was pretty smooth
so not sure why you got dropped.

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