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Hi. I need some guidance on adding a classical release

for the release "artist" I'm doing "composer, composer; performer, performer" as the style guide dictates

but

for the tracklist page, do I do the track artist (composer), or do I do the recording artist (performer)?

if the answer is the composer, then how to I ensure the recordings tab correctly has the performers?

@fliz: The tracklist artists should be the composer, yes. For the recording artists, you have to edit them after adding the release, but we have userscripts that remove the tediousness from this

https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Guides/Userscripts "Replace recording artist from recording AR"

ah ok. I was just concerned that I would be adding new recordings to the database that are bad.

you don't need to be overly concerned about that specifically, everything can be fixed later

esp. the classical guidelines aren't super obvious and require more work than other types of music

ok. I created the release https://musicbrainz.org/release/8a539d26-2176-4...

now how to I run the script. I already had greasemonkey installed and installed the script

it says it can edit from an artist or work page. I think I need to install the one that works on a release page

the documentation for the script is unclear

Replace recording artist from recording AR

Applied on:

Release overview page

Description:

Copy the performers in recording relationships to the selected recordings "artist" field

How to use:

Click the "Show checkboxes" in the right-side script menu to display the individual recordings. Select the ones you want to modify (there is an optional "select all" button). Click "Replace selected artists" to apply.

NB: the edit will be sent only once but in case of failure you can click "Replace selected artists" again to retry only the selected recordings where a failure occured

I don't see "show checkboxes"

I see the select all button, but it does nothing

also, the performers in this case are Mireille Podeur and Orlando Bass.

They are credited as "Duo Podeur & Bass"

I can use the "artist as credited" and "join phrase" to get the output to be "Podeur & Bass", but if I add a blank addition artist to include the join phrase "Duo" it throws an error because it doesn't like the blank artist

any idea how I squeeze "duo" in there? Should I just say the artist as credited for Mireille Poduer is "Duo Podeur"?

fliz: depends on if you consider the "Duo" part of the actual artist name, or just an information that this is in fact a duo

I think I would leave it as "Podeur & Bass"

regarding the userscript, you first need to add the relevant relationships (like you did with the first track), then once that is finished you can use the box in the sidebar

another thing you might do from the relationship editor (https://musicbrainz.org/release/8a539d26-2176-4...) is link your recordings to Works, that way you get composer information

ok. I'll give it a shot. I'll be back with further questions if anything's unclear. Even if I think I did everything right, I'll ping in here afterwards.

ok. I think I added the performers (and vocals for the 2 tracks with them) and also linked the works

I'm unclear on the next step (actually getting the script to work)

Do you see the box in the sidebar on the release page?

yeah. but it doesn't have a "show checkboxes" like the documentation says

There should be a "Replace artists" section you can expand, which also makes the checkboxes show up for me

oujine GM tools

documentation

Replace artists

First select recordings to update

Exclude rels with pending edits

Make all edits votable

Set [unknown] artist if no rel

Skip minor rels (e.g. concertmaster)

below "first select recordings to update" there's only a "select all" button

..which does nothing when I click it

ok.. I just looked at the script on the github page and it seems to suggest I need to use tampermonkey instead of greasemonkey

do you think that might be the issue? what script manager are you using elomatreb[m] ?

I'm using Tampermonkey, don't know if that makes a difference though

though I guess if the script docs say that it does

I'll install that one and see if it makes a difference

brb

ok. that made the difference. it appears to be working now.

huh.. it looks like all the edits require a vote

fliz: Edits that change or remove information will (generally) not apply instantly, but they will still apply after at most one week even if nobody votes on them

ok. can you take a look at the final result and give me any feedback?

looks good so far (at least as far as I can tell, I don't know if the capitalization is right for Spanish)

potential improvements: Since this is a digital release, do you have any links to the release on online stores/streaming providers? That helps a lot with identifying stuff