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Tagging question: arrangements
So, say you have a track composed by someone, and that track has been arranged by another person. Is it proper etiquette to (tag&rename speaking) put the original composer in the "Composer" field and the arranger in the "Artist" field? A pretty simple question, but it's something that's been niggling at me for some time now. =/
Here are two examples: This shows a track that has not been arranged/has been arranged by the original composer. This shows a track that has been arranged by a person who is not the original composer. All is good, yes? The "Original Artist" field is ignored? =X (Oh, and moderators, perhaps this thread could be given a generic title such as "Tagging queries" or something, and could become a sticky? I know it would get used hardly ever, but I think it'd be convenient to a certain degree, in case people needed help tagging.) |
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I was in the same dilemma recently, so I started going the way you described. However it's still unclear. The way I see it, that's a good approach if the arranger has made significant changes to make the song sound quite different from the original composition (like in remixes), but what if the arranger's role was not that noticeable (like when arranging music for a port of game e.g. Raiden AC -> Raiden PSX) and it sounds basically the same but with better instrumentation?
And yet another one: what if you have a performer, arranger and composer, all different persons? I think I would ignore the arranger if his role wasn't that big. But I still don't know what I'd do otherwise. |
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Can anybody else chime in and help us out? |
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I tend to stick it all in the artist field, because the other fields don't get displayed very often. For example, I use these formats
Vocalist / comp: Composer, arr: Arranger Composer / arr: Arranger I get the feeling that the id3 tagging standard was created to mostly satisfy the requirements for tagging Western rock/pop/etc bands, so it's really lacking when dealing with VGM (and doesn't conform to the Japanese style which designates Lyricist/Composer/Arranger/Performer for most works.) By the same token, my biggest tag-related problem with services like LastFM is that they are artist-centric, whereas soundtracks are album-centric. The only way to rectify that would have been to put the album title in the artist or track title tags, but that's unwieldy and it's too late for that. One example to see the limitations -- if you saw the track Stage 1 by Capcom Sound Team, there's no way to figure out just what that is. So yeah, tagging is an issue with which we're just not going to be satisfied. |
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I hate albums with lots of composers/arrangers but no specific credits for each track.... |
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Too true SS, too true. I like your format, but I think I'll stick to what I've become accustomed to. It's up for debate though, as to which format is the best/most universal.
Would love to hear some other opinions on this, even though SS's informative post is hard to counter! |
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Pardon for the double post, but something else just came to mind:
For soundtracks like FFX OST, with 3 different composers, is it proper to but the specific composer for each track under "Artist", leaving the "Composer" field blank? Or is putting all three names in the artist field for all tracks, and placing the specific composer's name in the composer field correct? =/ |
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Since the Composer field serves no such purpose I personally don't tend to use it, but if the person in the Artist field is not the composer, you could use it I guess. Though an included .nfo file could take care of such things as well. |
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I think it's much preferable to put the specific composer for each track, instead of listing them all, no matter where you do it.
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Mmm, thought that was how it went. Thanks for the clarification.
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Yeah I usually include bundles of information in .nfo files in case there isn't one already. I noticed that in Windows Media Player 11, which I use to listen to my music, when I play a track with a composer and arranger ("Artist"), both pieces of information pass through at the bottom left of the screen. That's really convenient for me, at least, so I might just stick to my current tagging regime.
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As a person who has agonized over this very issue for eons it seems, I am currently using what I feel to be the "correct" way to tag VGM. It's certainly not the easiest or the most convenient way, but to me the ARTIST tag is fundamentally wrong and shouldn't be used period. How I do things is I used foobar and create the following tags:
ARRANGER COMPOSER REMIXER PERFORMER VOCAL GROUP etc... and fill in accordingly to individual songs. The ARTIST tag rarely appears in my digital music, and this requires some tweaking of foobar to get things to display properly. It may or may not be more work then necessary, but I do feel this is correct. |
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I want to reopen this old post since I'm not sure how to use the "Album Artist" tag. Generally I use this form:
"Artist Album" > "Various Artist" on most albums (especially VGM compilation) "Artist Album" > "name of the band" for others like Doujin or GSM (ex.. Minibosses, Alfh Lyra). Since I'm reorganize all my digital VGM archive, I would like to know your opinion. |
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I tend to tag on case by case basis, but as a general rule of thumb, if arrangement is significant enough I'll plop the arranger in the artist field, but if it's just an instrument upgrade, I'll probably use composer as an artist.
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Is there a program that create extra tags (for example ARRANGER, PERFORMER, REMIXER) for lossless rips?
I use Tag&Rename but it seems assigne only base tags, but it would be crazy create one by one, track by track. suggestion? |
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Last edited by ilef; May 15, 2011 at 09:50 AM. |
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is it right? Last edited by depa; May 15, 2011 at 10:54 AM. |
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Yes, you're right, I suppose that what you want is not yet possible, at least with VGMdb.... If I understood correctly, you want a software that adds such fields and automatically fills them with the proper "value(s)"? Well, in such case I believe the database owners/managers should first have all the desired information stored on the servers in the form of downloadable tags, for this to work. Softwares can ease the tagging-pain a lot, but they can't do everything on their own.
For now, we're stuck with partially-manual tagging. I'm not too annoyed by the way things work now, I like to take my time with the tagging, checking if I made any errors, it's not like I've a gun pointed at my head =D Last edited by ilef; May 15, 2011 at 10:56 AM. Reason: Removed a bit of text |
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Yes exactly, I search a software that allow to create an extra tag field and to give a value but probably still doesn't exist.
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Software in grado di fare cose del genere già ci sarebbero [Mp3tag e Tag&Rename, anche se di quest'ultimo non sono sicuro, non avendolo mai usato], ma devi anche vedere in quali "forme" son salvate certe informazioni sul database... La medaglia ha sempre due facce: se non vi sono informazioni per le singole tracce e, soprattutto, non sono memorizzate in un certo modo sul server, non c'è molto che puoi fare a riguardo di un processo automatizzato via-software [a meno che, ovviamente, non ti crei script di tagging specifici per ogni singolo album ]. Per il momento VGMdb ha "solo" un campo Note, con tutte le informazioni salvate a mo' di blocco testo e gli Scan. Last edited by ilef; May 15, 2011 at 11:18 AM. Reason: Typo |
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Ok, tried Mp3Tag it works
Now I ask you, are there audio software that displayed extratags? I use winamp but it does'nt show them on the player window. IN ITALIAN: Ok Mp3Tag me mi crea i campi extra perfetto, ma ci sono sofware che aprendo una canzone mi leggono tutti i metadati compresi quelli extra? Io uso il winamp, ma sulla schermata del player non li mostra, ma solo dalle proprietà del file. |
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Hmmm... Non conosco software in grado di fare una cosa simile, e penso che sia meglio così, anche per una questione di memoria richiesta dall'ipotetico programma... Se i riproduttori si dovessero mettere a elencare compositori delle tracce, chi l'ha arrangiata, chi l'ha remixata, chi suona il determinato strumento.... Mi sembra un riempire inutilmente di dati la playlist X_X Forse è il caso di lasciare a Cesare quel ch'è di Cesare? Per controllare con calma certe informazioni esiste la finestra della proprietà, e nella maggior parte dei player la visualizzi senza interrompere la riproduzione
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Ok chetu sappia con Mp3Tag si può scegliere l'ordine di scrittura dei metadati?
L'impostazione base non mi piace |
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You should be aware that tagging isn't actually a feature of the file format (MP3, FLAC, AAC, Vorbis, etc.) but of the tagging format itself: ID3v1, ID3v2, Vorbis comment, APEv1, APEv2
The tag format dictates what you can store in it and how it is stored. |
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