I’m still a fairly new user trying to figure out all the standards. I’ve been adding events lately (mainly festivals) and have run into a few questions I haven’t been able to find answers to.
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How should I go about adding backing band members? I’ve seen that this issue has been raised before, as there’s no good relationship for it that currently exists, but I’m wondering how I should add the band members for an event at least to keep a record of them under the current system. Are there any examples I can look at of how people have done it?
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In the case of a festival that includes a one-time collaborative act, like two soloists performing a set together, is there any way to join the two acts together to indicate the collaboration in the relationships section (besides time)? Is the paradigm to just indicate it with the setlist but add the relationships separately?
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I’ve noticed that it isn’t the norm to add relationships for the band/group members who performed, just the band/group itself, unless (I assume) members also give solo performances. Does this mean there’s no way to indicate which members of the band/group were actually present at the event? Where are the vocal/instrument inputs meant to be used, then? I’ve seen an implication that the member relationships section of the artist is meant to serve this role, but then there’s no way to record what specific events a member was absent from or on hiatus during.
Bonus question about artists rather than events:
I work with a genre (j-idols) where performers often change their stage name when they join a new group after leaving their old one. Does this warrant making a new page for the new stage name and connecting it to their prior stage names via a “renamed from” relationship? In the genre, joining a new group is sometimes called a “new life” with very little acknowledgement of their time in previous groups, which would fit with designating it as a separate project. On the other hand, nothing about their career drastically changes any more than with someone who joins a new group without changing their stage name, and it would make it more difficult to view a person’s career history if each “life” is decentralized.
Thank you to anyone who can help answer any of these.