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The new Artist/Person table

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In this version the Artist and Person lookup tables have been merged into one table ("Artist/Person"). No longer do you have to maintain duplicate information in two separate tables!

We have added several new fields:

Alternate Names - Use this memo field for any alternate names.

Artist - Check this field is this is an artist. Only items marked as "artist" are shown in the Artist drop-down list in the Album and Track Edit windows. The name of artists are also shown in bold text in the Artist/Person Lookup View.

The program will automatically check this field for all artists added via the Artist fields.

Biography - In this memo field you can add the biography.

Birth Name - The birth name.

Birth/Formed Location - The birth (person), or formed (group), location.

Death Location - The death location.

Genre - The genre. If you use this field you can for example easily look up "blues artists" or "classical composers".

Personal Rating - You can rate artists. This allows you to, for example, create a dynamic playlist with tracks by your favorite (5 star) artists.

Type - The type of artist/person, for example Group, Solo Artist, Duo, Musician or Band Member.

You can set up a background color for each type. The background color is used to color code artists/persons in the Artist/Person Lookup View and in the Artist drop-down list in the Album and Track Edit windows.

10 custom fields - 2 text, 2 lookup, 1 memo, 1 date, 4 check boxes.

Here are some screenshots of the Artist/Person data entry window: