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They should (and probably do, behind the scenes) have separate data fields for composer and performer. At least, I believe that labels will input those separate
by Jolter 4y ago
They should (and probably do, behind the scenes) have separate data fields for composer and performer. At least, I believe that labels will input those separately for each track, to enable correct tracking of compensation.
Then Spotify will lump them together into “artist” n the UI, I assume. To make it easier for a casual user to find what they want.
The “performer” Fanny Mendelssohn should probably not be confused with the Composer of the same name, and they should ensure this by using a unique id for each person rather than just a string field.
- entropy_ 4y agoI like how you think labels correctly label anything. I happen to work at a music streaming service (not Spotify) and I can definitely say that those datasets are insanely noisy and generally you can't really trust labels to, well, label their data correctly for anything.
- vintermann 4y agoI was about to say something similar. I don't even work at a streaming service, but I know label-provided metadata is enough of a steaming pile that there are third party start-ups which promise to help with the problem and such.
- iggldiggl 4y agoOne track I bought on iTunes had credits for both "Bob Dylan" and "B. Dylan" on the same song, or something very similar like that.