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An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, |
An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, or other music professional (like a producer or engineer). |
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Occasionally, it can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a fictional character. For some other special cases, see [[Style/Unknown and untitled/Special purpose artist|special purpose artists]]. |
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Special cases include [[Fictitious Artist|fictitious artists]], [[Style/Unknown and untitled/Special purpose artist|special purpose artists]] and miscellaneous people such as graphic designers or illustrators that are added to the database an an "artist" in order to credit them for their work. |
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== Examples == |
== Examples == |
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* [[artist:8b8a38a9-a290-4560-84f6-3d4466e8d791|John Williams]] (classical guitar player) |
* [[artist:8b8a38a9-a290-4560-84f6-3d4466e8d791|John Williams]] (classical guitar player) |
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* [[artist:83d91898-7763-47d7-b03b-b92132375c47|Pink Floyd]] |
* [[artist:83d91898-7763-47d7-b03b-b92132375c47|Pink Floyd]] |
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* [[artist:0b51c328-1f2b-464c-9e2c-0c2a8cce20ae|Seattle Symphony]] |
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* [[artist:593abf14-4292-4d62-b365-79c7674cd1a5|Randy Jackson]] (brother of Michael and Janet.) |
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* [[artist:86437518-fca1-4117-b698-b371b72d76a5|Bill Porter]] |
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* [[artist:39828c81-cc39-4e8a-8e00-f0874c657d47|Randy Jackson]] (former bassist with Journey and American Idol Judge) |
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== Style guidelines == |
== Style guidelines == |
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=== Name === |
=== Name === |
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The official name of an artist, be it a person or a band. |
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For people, the name can either be a legal name or a performance name. When both are in the database, they can be linked together using the [[rt:dd9886f2-1dfe-4270-97db-283f6839a666|performance name relationship]]. |
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;Legal name |
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:A legal name is the name of a person as used in official situations such as government dealings. This is usually the name which would be found on a birth certificate, although legal names can be changed, e.g. through marriage or by deed poll. Bands do not have legal names. |
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;Performance name |
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:A performance name is an alias used by a person for marketing or other reasons. A person may use several performance names and may also release material under their legal name. |
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=== Sort name === |
=== Sort name === |
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The sort name is a variant of the artist name which would be used when sorting artists by name, such as in record shops or libraries. Among other things, sort names help to ensure that all the artists that start with "The" don't end up up under "T". |
The sort name is a variant of the artist name which would be used when sorting artists by name, such as in record shops or libraries. Among other things, sort names help to ensure that all the artists that start with "The" don't end up up under "T". [[Style/Artist/Sort_Name|The guidelines for sort names]] are the best place to check for more specific usage info. |
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=== Type === |
=== Type === |
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The gender is used to explicitly state whether a person or character identifies as male, female or neither. Groups do not have genders. |
The gender is used to explicitly state whether a person or character identifies as male, female or neither. Groups do not have genders. |
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=== Area === |
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The artist |
The artist area, as the name suggests, indicates the area with which an artist is primarily identified with. It is often, but not always, its birth/formation country. |
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=== Begin and end dates === |
=== Begin and end dates === |
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Revision as of 21:40, 22 May 2015
An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, or other music professional (like a producer or engineer). Occasionally, it can also be a non-musical person (like a photographer, an illustrator, or a poet whose writings are set to music), or even a fictional character. For some other special cases, see special purpose artists.
Examples
- Coldplay
- John Williams (soundtrack composer & conductor)
- John Williams (classical guitar player)
- Pink Floyd
- Seattle Symphony
- Bill Porter
Style guidelines
Please see the guidelines for artists.
Artist properties
Name
The official name of an artist, be it a person or a band.
Sort name
The sort name is a variant of the artist name which would be used when sorting artists by name, such as in record shops or libraries. Among other things, sort names help to ensure that all the artists that start with "The" don't end up up under "T". The guidelines for sort names are the best place to check for more specific usage info.
Type
The type is used to state whether an artist is a person, a group, or something else. For more about types check the artist type documentation.
Gender
The gender is used to explicitly state whether a person or character identifies as male, female or neither. Groups do not have genders.
Area
The artist area, as the name suggests, indicates the area with which an artist is primarily identified with. It is often, but not always, its birth/formation country.
Begin and end dates
See the page about dates for more information.
IPI code
An IPI (interested party information) code is an identifying number assigned by the CISAC database for musical rights management. See IPI for more information, including how to find these codes.
Alias
Aliases are used to store alternate names or misspellings. For more information and examples, see the page about aliases.
MBID
See the page about MBIDs for more information.
Disambiguation comment
See the page about comments for more information.
Annotation
See the page about annotations for more information.
