Revisiting the Artist and All Artists Index

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(23-11-2023 22:15)paultaylor Wrote:  Okay at least we have cleared up the confusion, but I don't know why you introduced this notion as the topic was very much about how to implement separate multiple artist values ('Johnny Cash', 'June Carter') rather than the usual single value ('Johnny Cash & June Carter').

In one of the early posts you queried:

(20-11-2023 22:52)paultaylor Wrote:  - But as long as I dont do anything to mess up the value of AlbumArtist fields I can create by own Album Artist type index as I wish ?

I thought that - given the position you're in with SongKong - it might be worth checking you knew that just because you're labelling an index as Album Artist doesn't mean that it will behave in the same way as the MinimServer "special" AlbumArtist, specifically around UPnP searches but also the other aspects.
I think because you're not au fait with UPnP searches the rest of the thread was us struggling to understand each other :-)
Apologies if what was meant as a quick, by the way, turned into a lengthy back and forth of little value.

(23-11-2023 22:15)paultaylor Wrote:  There are many albums with multiple album artists and many tracks with multiple artists. Whilst I think it is acceptable to remove the featured artists if that your preference, but when there are multiple artists of equal standing I can't agree that arbitarily removing all but one of them is a good idea.

Multiple track artists are fine as the standard Artist tag is multi-value so that doesn't cause a problem.

I've just linked my collection back to MusicBrainz and the number of albums with multiple album artists has grown a little although it's still tiny numbers, and apart from a handful the additional artists aren't really relevant (to me). It has got me contemplating the trade off again though...

I've kept the first artist in AlbumArtist in the combinations below that have been flagged from MusicBrainz.

Code:

Benj Pasek; Justin Paul
Bryan Ferry; Roxy Music
Elbow; BBC Concert Orchestra
Elton John; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Howlin’ Wolf; Eric Clapton; Steve Winwood; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts
John Legend; The Roots
Lady Gaga; Bradley Cooper
Paul; Linda McCartney
Prince; The Revolution
Sting; The Police
The Jackson 5; Michael Jackson; Jermaine Jackson; The Jacksons
The Velvet Underground; Nico

I'm wondering whether you're splitting groups like 'Diana Ross & The Supremes' or 'Bob Marley & The Wailers' as I clearly have a lot more of those, but they're groups in their own right, so aren't independent artists - for these projects.