Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for songs they didn't write

Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by Pet_Ant on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:46AM (#26647983)

I'd say they are performers not artists. The girl running Photoshop is an artist, the HP LaserJet that prints it out isn't. We don't consider choir members to be artists, but if it's just one voice we assume they are?

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by jrace on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:11AM (#26648299)

The performance is the art. In your analogy printer = PA system.

Who doesn't consider choir members to be artists?

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by gamblor956 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:56AM (#26648855)

Members of the choir are performing artists. They make artistic choices related to the actual performance of the song, like how to sing the words written on the page.

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by hashkb on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:47AM (#26695705)

Members of the choir do not make those choices. The conductor does. The singers are the instrument in that case. Like a pipe in an organ. Their job is to blend and produce the sounds according to the interpretation of the conductor. Source: am a choir member. You will be fired if you interpret the music against the conductor's desires.

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by 1980phipsi on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:01AM (#26648187)

Now you're just getting into a war about what art is.

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by spoonjim on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @12:20PM (#26649180)

If Jascha Heifetz and Murray Perahia aren’t artists then your definition is theatrically absurd.

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