mason_w's forum posts 5

Would it be possible to make it so we can list more specific genres on individual artist pages? On user profiles and band pages, we can add very niche subgenres, but all individual artists get are the very topmost categories. It's probably difficult to work out how specific the subgenres should be (especially with stuff like extreme metal) but I think the selection available on user pages and stuff is quite solid already. At the very least, please separate Folk, World, and Country!

Mods can you please add:

Name: Risson Pro Bass

Image: https://rvb-img.reverb.com/image/upload/s--YF_w6A00--/a_0/f_auto,t_supersize/v1678994680/fkfphypeftx10jullh7e.jpg

A crazy vintage amp head used by April Gerloff of Sprain. The only instance of it I've been able to find is a sold Reverb listing (see below) but the tone April gets from it is unlike any other I've heard. It has a matching 2x15 cabinet on the Reverb listing, and I'm pretty sure April used the same cab.

Reverb listing: https://reverb.com/item/67000183-risson-pro-bass-1980s-solid-state-head-and-matching-215-cab-vintage-and-rare-california-made-sounds-like-a-sunn?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=67000183

It's strange to me that user profiles can have genres as specific as Noise Pop and Psychedelic Folk, but artist pages are stuck with "Folk, World, and Country". Are there any plans to change this? Even just separating Folk, World, and Country would be an improvement.

Alright, it turns out the best solution for this is to just add the artist to MusicBrainz and then add the artist using that page as normal.

Bumping this thread to say I'm also having this issue. I have been trying to add the members of Sprain to the database, but there's very little I can do until the artist request forms are approved. Sprain are a notable band in experimental music circles, but the vocalist is the only one that has a page on musicbrainz. It's very strange that only admins are able to approve artist requests.