- I've always wished there was a "family tree" version of credits, for featured performers, side players AND songwriters/composers, to link to other bands/compositions. It would be a monumental task but would be so cool, and real stewardship.
Spotify has a bit of this going on. If you search for Taylor Swift, then use the three dots on the right you can see the credits for any track. Then you can click on Taylor's name and it take you out of the app to her other songwriting credits.
I would add including liner notes for albums. Hear hear about engaging music writers in this effort - sjgn me up!
This is an important and bold idea you bring up here. I'm in Tom. How can I help?
Great starting points. Some additional ones:
- The long-called for switch to paying streaming royalties based on actual plays. Credit to Sharky Laguana. https://medium.com/cuepoint/how-to-make-streaming-royalties-fair-er-8b38cd862f66
- I've always wished there was a "family tree" version of credits, for featured performers, side players AND songwriters/composers, to link to other bands/compositions. It would be a monumental task but would be so cool, and real stewardship.
Spotify has a bit of this going on. If you search for Taylor Swift, then use the three dots on the right you can see the credits for any track. Then you can click on Taylor's name and it take you out of the app to her other songwriting credits.
https://artists.spotify.com/songwriter/1Pk7rcCDQIzm46M7Z50xDh
...but this is not particularly well populated. I tried to do this with Carole King and she's not linked to a songwriter page.