musician
Let an agent handle musicians by instrument, genre, works, performances and rights, with careful attribution.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle musicians by instrument, genre, works, performances and rights, with careful attribution.
A person who performs, composes or conducts music, as a profession or practice, including instrumentalists, singers, bandleaders and orchestral principals.
What it is for: Making and performing music.
It can be book and hear them perform; credit them on recordings; license their music; support them, through royalties and grants.
Distinguishing features
Performs, composes or conducts music
Rights in performances and compositions differ
Collective management organisations collect royalties
Roles within ensembles are specific
What it looks like
Known through performances, recordings and credits; no particular appearance.
How it is recognised
Credits on recordings and programmes
Identifiers such as ISNI and IPI
Roles such as principal cello or bandleader
Related models
is a kind of - role
performs - work
holds - rights
is member of - group
In practice
Families and kinds
instrumentalists
singers and vocalists
composers
conductors and bandleaders
traditional performers such as joruri chanters
Identifiers
ISNI 16 digits names
IPI name number numeric collective management
Standards and regulation
Copyright and neighbouring rights law
Collective management rules such as EU Directive 2014/26/EU
Failure modes and hazards
Misattributed credits
Unpaid royalties
Hearing damage and overuse injuries
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.musician-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Who the musician is.
Names and identifiers avoid confusion.
Names
Stage and legal names.
Names
Names used.
- Under which names does the musician perform? provenance
- Which identifiers identify them? provenance
Role
Instrument and genre.
Role
Instrument and genre.
- What instruments and genres? definition
- In which ensembles? provenance
Works Compositions and recordings.
Works and credits are the record.
Recordings
Discography.
Discography
Recordings.
- Which recordings feature them, and in what role? provenance
- Are credits accurate? boundary
Compositions
Works written.
Compositions
Compositions.
- Which works have they composed? provenance
- Who publishes them? provenance
Rights Royalties.
Rights provide income.
Rights
Performer and author rights.
Rights
Rights held.
- Which rights do they hold in this recording or work? provenance
- Which society collects royalties? provenance
Licensing
Permission to use.
Licensing
How to license.
- How can the music be licensed? action
- Is sampling cleared? boundary
Health Musicians health.
Musicians face occupational risks.
Hearing
Noise exposure.
Hearing
Hearing protection.
- Is their noise exposure managed? boundary
- Which rules apply to orchestras? provenance
Injury
Overuse.
Injury
Overuse injuries.
- Which injuries are common for this instrument? definition
- Where can specialist care be found? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should musical roles be separate entries?
- How should credits be linked to recordings?
- How should agents handle requests for unlicensed music?