I have a new proposal, which I reworked to satisfy a new requirement that we cannot split up the current top-level categories (like was proposed with Peformers -> Vocalists & Instrumentalists) because it would take years to edit that change into all of our albums. Note that the wording isn't final, or even parallel yet.
- Composer
- BGM Composer
- Song Composer (OP/ED)
- Arranger
- Music Arrangement
- Strings Arrangement
- Orchestral Arrangement
- Vocal Arrangement
- Chorus Arrangement
- Remixing
- Performer
- Vocal
- Dramatic
- Self
- Instrumental
- Additional freetext field for instrument?
- Lyricist
- Technical
- Mastering Engineer
- Mixing Engineer
- Recording Engineer
- Audio Programming
- Snythesizer Programming
- SFX Artist
- Management
- Producer
- Conductor
- Designer/Artist
As before, we are qualifying the existing album-artist links with an additional more detailed field. Instrumentalists will require box for typing the instrument. We could make this a list, but there are a lot of instruments, so it might be easier to type than to find them in a list.