Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - FINIS

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#1
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - Round 1

Da Rules:

1) Welcome to the 2011 Tropical Island Music Artist Draft. This will be a draft of musical ARTISTS, not albums, not singles. Hence each round you will select a muscial artist, and be able to bring along their entire catalog of songs -- everything they ever produced. i.e. in Rnd1 you could select Britney Spears, in Rnd2 Vanilla Ice, and in Rnd3 Merle Haggard, and you would then own each and every soing those artists had produced, for eternity.

2) For the sake of Tropical Island draft continuity, as per usual you were flying along over the Pacific when suddenly an unlucky pelican with a head cold got sucked into the #2 engine, forcing you and various draft mates to have to bail out over a conveniently placed island chain that appears on no maps, is invisible to satellites, and gets really crappy cellphone service. In short you are marooned, each to his or her own island. Fortunately before you had to bail, you, having a great feel for what is important in an emergency situation, managed to grab a, um, solar powered CD player? and a handful of CDs from a conveniently placed box of CD? over which you all fought, grabbing your favorites on the way down? Something like that.

3) So what constitutes "being part of an artist's catalog"? The devil is in the details as they say:
a) any song released on an album, or as a single, under a particular artist's name is considered that artist's song (no duh), if a group is a duo, they count as a group. If one of them later goes solo, his/her solo work counts separately from their work in the duo.
b) a group's song belongs to the group, not any individual within the group. Merely being in a group, even as the lead singer, is not enough to make a song "your" song. David Lee Roth was the lead singer of Van Halen before he went solo, but the Van Halen albums are part of Van Halen's catalog, not David Lee Roth's. If you want his solo stuff, the Van Halen stuff does not count. Similarly obviously if you take Van Halen you don't get David Lee's solo stuff.
c) A group claims ownership of all songs released under their name, regardless of lineup changes. Some groups may only have 1 or 2 of the same people involved wiht them after 20 years together. As long as the group still calls itself by the original name, it still all counts as the same entity.
d) Duets (i.e. single songs where two separate artists come together, as opposed to duos, above) count for both artists -- so two drafters could potentially have the same song on their island in that instance.
e) songs with "featured" artists, whether in the hip hop tradition or otherwise, i.e. Snoop Dogg feat. Ethel Merman, count for the main artist, but not for the featured one.
f) if a band has always been known as ____ and the ______, i.e. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, then that group is essentially considered a solo act, and would count as part of Joan Jett's solo career
g) for this draft's purposes soundtrack or compilation albums are irrelevant, and each individual artist gets to claim their individual songs from those albums as part of the artist's catalog
h) so long as the lineup remains substantially similar, a band which changes its name is still considered the same group.
i) musical composers/classical music poses special problems, so here will be the rule: if the composer actually stood up in front of the orchestra and conducted the music him/herself, then those songs can be drafted as his/hers. We are going to call waving a little stick "performing" for purposes of this performing artists's draft. In the case of classical composers, we will stretch things even further by saying that if they wrote it, stood up in front of the orchestra waving their stick, and COULD/WOULD have recorded it had that capability been present, then its allowable. Functionally we will go ahead and use the "works" section from allmusic.com for a composer's songlist, but the underlying theory is that merely writing a song is not enough. You have to have gotten up and performed it, first, as your song, in order for it to count no matter the era. Hopefully that covers everything.

4) the draft shall consist of 20 rounds, with a serpentine drafting order (i..e 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2etc.)


Draft Order <--
1) NoBonus
2) Henkel
3) dukeswh
4) Prophetess
5) sackings7
6) kingsnation
7) webbfan
8) Capt. Factorial
9) Bricklayer
10) Jespher
11) uolj
12) pdxKingsfan
13) jalfa
14) Dime Dropper
15) William Blake
16) RookieOfTheDay
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#2
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

NoBonus
1.01 - The Beatles
2.16 - Simon & Garfunkel
3.01 - The Beastie Boys
4.16 - They Might Be Giants
5.01 - Cat Stevens
6.16 - Cheap Trick
7.01 - R.E.M.
8.16 - The Carpenters
9.01 - Daft Punk
10.16 - The Black Crowes
11.01 - The White Stripes
12.16 - Poison
13.01 - Badfinger
14.16 - The Ventures
15.01 - The Shins
16.16 - Barenaked Ladies
17.01 - Ben Folds Five
18.16 - The Fifth Dimension
19.01 - The Sex Pistols
20.16 - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
21.01 - Harry Connick, Jr.
22.16 - Fountains of Wayne
23.01 - Donovan
24.16 - B-52s
25.01 - Sir Mix-A-Lot
26.16 - The Byrds
27.01 - The Rentals
28.16 - The Innocence Mission
29.01 - Cibo Matto
30.16 - Bikeride

Henkel
1.02 - The Velvet Underground
2.15 - Otis Redding
3.02 - Elvis Costello
4.15 - Pixies
5.02 - Talking Heads
6.15 - Elliot Smith
7.02 - Cream
8.15 - Warren Zevon
9.02 - The Pretenders
10.15 - Patti Smith
11.02 - Frank Zappa
12.15 - The Hold Steady
13.02 - Bright Eyes
14.15 - Beach House
15.02 - Pavement
16.15 - Sleater Kinney
17.02 - The Mountain Goats
18.15 - John Lennon
19.02 - The Band
20.15 - Neko Case
21.02 - TV on the Radio
22.15 - Brian Eno
23.02 - St. Vincent
24.15 - Etta James
25.02 - David Byrne
26.15 - Atlas Sound
27.02 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
28.15 - Camera Obscura
29.02 - Belle & Sebastian
30.15 - The Zombies
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#3
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

dukeswh
1.03 - Metallica
2.14 - Aerosmith
3.03 - Ozzy Ozbourne
4.14 - Jimi Hendrix
5.03 - Billy Joel
6.14 - Godsmack
7.03 - Eminem
8.14 - Deep Purple
9.03 - Kiss
10.14 - Pink
11.03 - James Taylor
12.14 - Skid Row
13.03 - Oasis
14.14 - Anthrax
15.03 - Bread
16.14 - Celine Dion
17.03 - Robbie Williams
18.14 - Joe Satriani
19.03 - Steve Vai
20.14 - The Corrs
21.03 - Lifehouse
22.14 - James Ingram
23.03 - Creed
24.14 - Train
25.03 - Five for Fighting
26.14 - Danzig
27.03 - Alice Cooper
28.14 - Pantera
29.03 - Dream Theater
30.14 - Rob Zombie

Prophetess
1.04 - Rush
2.13 - Kenny Rogers
3.04 - AC/DC
4.13 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
5.04 - Danny Elfman
6.13 - Jan & Dean
7.04 - Cab Calloway
8.13 - Aretha Franklin
9.04 - Josh Groban
10.13 - Kate Bush
11.04 - Queen Latifah
12.13 - Howard Jones
13.04 - Stryper
14.13 - Janis Joplin
15.04 - Josh Turner
16.13 - Three Doors Down
17.04 - Richard Searles
18.13 - Jason Mraz
19.04 - Newsboys
20.13 - The Kimberly Trip
21.04 - The Traveling Wilburys
22.13 - 30 Seconds to Mars
23.04 - Andrew Lloyd Webber
24.13 - Wham!
25.04 - Will Smith
26.13 - The Andrews Sisters
27.04 - Adam Ant
28.13 - Bing Crosby
29.04 - Reba McEntyre
30.13 - LL Cool J
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#4
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

sackings7
1.05 - The Rolling Stones
2.12 - Tom Petty
3.05 - Creedence Clearwater Revival
4.12 - Stone Temple Pilots
5.05 - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6.12 - Rage Against the Machine
7.05 - Smashing Pumpkins
8.12 - Bon Jovi
9.05 - 2Pac
10.12 - Pat Benatar
11.05 - Bob Seger
12.12 - Disturbed
13.05 - Dropkick Murphy's
14.12 - Alan Jackson
15.05 - ZZ Top
16.12 - Rise Against
17.05 - The Offspring
18.12 - Audioslave
19.05 - The Tragically Hip
20.12 - Blue Oyster Cult
21.05 - Nelly Furtado
22.12 - Collective Soul
23.05 - Our Lady Peace
24.12 - Journey
25.05 - Motley Crew
26.12 - Bush
27.05 - Staind
28.12 - Nine Inch Nails
29.05 - Korn
30.12 - Lloyd Banks

kingsnation
1.06 - U2
2.11 - Fleetwood Mac
3.06 - The Who
4.11 - Stevie Wonder
5.06 - Dave Matthews Band
6.11 - Snow Patrol
7.06 - Dr. Dre
8.11 - Mariah Carey
9.06 - Alicia Keys
10.11 - Linkin Park
11.06 - The Roots
12.11 - Louis Armstrong
13.06 - David Gray
14.11 - The Four Tops
15.06 - Hans Zimmer
16.11 - Jimmy Cliff
17.06 - P.O.D.
18.11 - Shakira
19.06 - Brooks & Dunn
20.11 - Goo Goo Dolls
21.06 - Ray LaMontagne
22.11 - Adele
23.06 - Wailing Souls
24.11 - Robert Randolph & the Family Band
25.06 - Earth Wind & Fire
26.11 - Matchbox Twenty
27.06 - The Mavericks
28.11 - Mary J. Blige
29.06 - Anberlin
30.11 - Underoath
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#5
Draft Board

webbfan
1.07 - Michael Jackson
2.10 - The Beach Boys
3.07 - Phil Collins
4.10 - The Bee Gees
5.07 - Elton John
6.10 - The Eagles
7.07 - The Jackson Five
8.10 - The Mamas and the Papas
9.07 - The Monkees
10.10 - Chicago
11.07 - Garth Brooks
12.10 - Herman's Hermits
13.07 - Vince Gill
14.10 - John Denver
15.07 - Lionel Richie
16.10 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
17.07 - Neil Diamond
18.10 - Rod Stewart
19.07 - Diamond Rio
20.10 - Keith Urban
21.07 - Wings
22.10 - Gloria Estefan
23.07 - Abba
24.10 - Boz Scaggs
25.07 - Temptations
26.10 - The Commodores
27.07 - Average White Band
28.10 - Gladys Knight & the Pips
29.07 - Peter Frampton
30.10 - The Fray

Capt. Factorial
1.08 - Led Zeppelin
2.09 - Weird Al Yankovic
3.08 - Queen
4.09 - The Decemberists
5.08 - Beethoven
6.09 - Van Halen
7.08 - B.B. King
8.09 - Beck
9.08 - Cake
10.09 - Tori Amos
11.08 - Sting
12.09 - Duran Duran
13.08 - Heart
14.09 - Jimmy Buffett
15.08 - Ella Fitzgerald
16.09 - XTC
17.08 - Anton Barbeau
18.09 - Def Leopard
19.08 - Cracker
20.09 - Garbage
21.08 - INXS
22.09 - Metric
23.08 - Toad the Wet Sprocket
24.09 - Spoon
25.08 - Dire Straits
26.09 - Wilco
27.08 - Queensryche
28.09 - Apples in Stereo
29.08 - The Flaming Lips
30.09 - Extreme
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#6
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

Bricklayer
1.09 - Green Day
2.08 - Bruce Springsteen
3.09 - Social Distortion
4.08 - Guns 'n Roses
5.09 - Tina Turner
6.08 - Sheryl Crow
7.09 - The Cars
8.08 - Boston
9.09 - Flogging Molly
10.08 - Joan Jett
11.09 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
12.08 - 10,000 Maniacs
13.09 - Three Days Grace
14.08 - John Cougar Mellencamp
15.09 - Alanis Morissette
16.08 - Kelly Clarkson
17.09 - Joe Cocker
18.08 - The Cult
19.09 - Boyz II Men
20.08 - Shania Twain
21.09 - Bachman Turner Overdrive
22.08 - Lisa Loeb
23.09 - Billy Idol
24.08 - Mumford & Sons
25.09 - Don Henley
26.08 - Avril Lavigne
27.09 - The Jeff Healey Band
28.08 - The Doobie Brothers
29.09 - The Go Gos
30.08 - Stevie Nicks

Jespher
1.10 - Eric Clapton
2.07 - Paul Simon
3.10 - Bob Marley
4.07 - Pearl Jam
5.10 - Nirvana
6.07 - Counting Crows
7.10 - Frank Sinatra
8.07 - Jim Croce
9.10 - Tool
10.07 - Sublime
11.10 - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
12.07 - Jack Johnson
13.10 - No Doubt
14.07 - Cranberries
15.10 - Annie Lennox
16.07 - Van Morrison
17.10 - Johnny Lang
18.07 - Mary Chapin Carpenter
19.10 - Stevie Ray Vaughan
20.07 - Ben Harper
21.10 - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
22.07 - Tito & Taratula
23.10 - Sarah McLachlan
24.07 - Steve Miller Band
25.10 - Melissa Etherridge
26.07 - Live
27.10 - James Brown
28.07 - The Dixie Chicks
29.10 - Monty Python
30.07 - George Thorogood
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#7
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

uolj
1.11 - Nas
2.06 - The Black Eyed Peas
3.11 - Lauryn Hill
4.06 - Genesis
5.11 - Mos Def
6.06 - Tracy Chapman
7.11 - Santana
8.06 - Outkast
9.11 - Kanye West
10.06 - Jewel
11.11 - Maroon 5
12.06 - Air Supply
13.11 - Ray Charles
14.06 - Janet Jackson
15.11 - Snoop Dogg
16.06 - Chuck Berry
17.11 - Wyclef Jean
18.06 - Hootie & the Blowfish
19.11 - TLC
20.06 - Roy Orbison
21.11 - The Black Keys
22.06 - John Legend
23.11 - Notorious B.I.G.
24.06 - Arrested Development
25.11 - Boston Pops
26.06 - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
27.11 - Amy Winehouse
28.06 - Missy Elliot
29.11 - Al Green
30.06 - Rihanna

pdxKingsfan
1.12 - Elvis Pressley
2.05 - The Clash
3.12 - David Bowie
4.05 - Black Sabbath
5.12 - X
6.05 - Weezer
7.12 - The Misfits
8.05 - Tesla
9.12 - Stray Cats
10.05 - Black Flag
11.12 - The Supersuckers
12.05 - The Sonics
13.12 - Against Me!
14.05 - Steve Earle
15.12 - Wanda Jackson
16.05 - The Blasters
17.12 - Little Richard
18.05 - Husker Du
19.12 - Hank Williams III
20.05 - Gogol Bordello
21.12 - The Violent Femmes
22.05 - Judas Priest
23.12 - Reverend Horton Heat
24.05 - Big Sandy
25.12 - Street Dogs
26.05 - The Dead Kennedys
27.12 - Eddie Cochran
28.05 - Wayne "The Train" Hancock
29.12 - The Showcase Showdown
30.05 - Letters to Cleo
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#8
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

jalfa
1.13 - Tom Waits
2.04 - Radiohead
3.13 - Miles Davis
4.04 - Sufjan Stevens
5.13 - The Cure
6.04 - Modest Mouse
7.13 - Portishead
8.04 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
9.13 - Cat Power
10.04 - The Weakerthans
11.13 - NoFX
12.04 - Propagahndi
13.13 - Queens of the Stone Age
14.04 - Röyksopp
15.13 - Robyn
16.04 - Leonard Cohen
17.13 - Monster Magnet
18.04 - The National
19.13 - Joanna Newsom
20.04 - The Smiths
21.13 - Beirut
22.04 - Gluecifer
23.13 - At the Drive-Thru
24.04 - The Bamboos
25.13 - The Prodigy
26.04 - Bonobo
27.13 - Bon Iver
28.04 - Feist
29.13 - Jimmy Eats World
30.04 - Frittenbude

Dime Dropper
1.14 - Cold Play
2.03 - Johnny Cash
3.14 - Bob Dylan
4.03 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5.14 - Foo Fighters
6.03 - Jay-Z
7.14 - Muse
8.03 - Marvin Gaye
9.14 - Public Enemy
10.03 - Scala and Kolacny Brothers
11.14 - Kings of Leon
12.03 - Michael Buble
13.14 - The Kinks
14.03 - Whitney Houston
15.14 - Bryan Adams
16.03 - Buddy Holly
17.14 - The Strokes
18.03 - The Killers
19.14 - Brian McKnight
20.03 - The Dubliners
21.14 - Travis
22.03 - Lenny Kravitz
23.14 - The Fugees
24.03 - The Stereophonics
25.14 - Feeder
26.03 - A.R. Rahman
27.14 - Blur
28.03 - Ed Sheeran
29.14 - Two Door Cinema Club
30.03 - Game
 
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Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#9
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - DRAFTERS NEEDED

Draft Board

William Blake
1.15 - The Fall
2.02 - The Stooges
3.15 - Ramones
4.02 - Arcade Fire
5.15 - Sonic Youth
6.02 - Television
7.15 - The Cramps
8.02 - The Gun Club
9.15 - Blondie
10.02 - A Tribe Called Quest
11.15 - Okkervil River
12.02 - Can
13.15 - Soft Cell
14.02 - Wire
15.15 - Lou Reed
16.02 - Morphine
17.15 - Black Lips
18.02 - My Bloody Valentine
19.15 - Sun City Girls
20.02 - Love
21.15 - Johnny Thunders
22.02 - Joy Division
23.15 - Mercury Rev
24.02 - Deerhunter
25.15 - Low
26.02 - Galaxie 500
27.15 - Oblivians
28.02 - The Gories
29.15 - Ty Segall
30.02 - Les Rallizes Dénudés

RookieOfTheDay
1.16 - Pink Floyd
2.01 - The Doors
3.16 - Iron Maiden
4.01 - Yes
5.16 - Prince
6.01 - Depeche Mode
7.16 - Alice in Chains
8.01 - The Police
9.16 - Willie Nelson
10.01 - Madonna
11.16 - The Allman Brothers Band
12.01 - Soundgarden
13.16 - Scorpions
14.01 - Neil Young
15.16 - Megadeath
16.01 - Loreena McKennitt
17.16 - Primus
18.01 - UFO
19.16 - Jefferson Airplane
20.01 - Marty Robbins
21.16 - Yngwie Malmsteen
22.01 - Everly Brothers
23.16 - Jethro Tull
24.01 - John Williams (the classical guitarist)
25.16 - Jane's Addiction
26.01 - Ratt
27.16 - Symphony X
28.01 - Doc Watson
29.16 - King Diamond
30.01 - Grant Green
 
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#13
I don't come on these boards often. But I love the drafts you all do. I have never been in one. Can I join this one? I do love music.
 
#15
I wouldn't mind helping out by filling a spot but I'll be on vacation until the 18th and I doubt I'll have much of any Internet access. So if you're struggling to find that last person you can use me and I'll send a list to somebody before I leave.
 

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#18
I don't come on these boards often. But I love the drafts you all do. I have never been in one. Can I join this one? I do love music.
Alright, gotta be dedicated though. No problem not being a frequent poster before this and there is no discrimination in favor of long time posters, but you have to check in frequently enough to draft on time and agree to still be here in a month or two as the draft winds down -- nothing kills one of these things more than posters just disappearing and timing out all the time. So if you can do that -- show up here 20 times in the next couple of months to pick, then welcome to the draft.
 

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#20
I can think of some potential cases I have not covered with the rules above, but not of any particular examples of artists who would evade them. Suggestions?
 

Warhawk

The cake is a lie.
Staff member
#21
I can think of some potential cases I have not covered with the rules above, but not of any particular examples of artists who would evade them. Suggestions?
I think you got all the big ones. Trying to think of other situations - remixes? Should all be under the original artist. You have already covered soundtracks/compilations, duets, and bands / solo careers. Anything else?

And who is doing the randomization? I can if you want me to.....
 
#22
Looks good to me, as I mentioned before I'd suggest using allmusicguide.com as the reference for any discography disputes, it seems to follow the rules already outlined in giving credit.
 
#24
d) Duets count for both artists -- so two drafters could potentially have the same song on their island in that instance.
Just to be clear, this rule applies to one-time (or occasional) duets, rather than musical duos that basically formed a group, correct? That's how it appears to be set up at allmusic.com.

For example, Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis both get "Cruisin", but if you select Toni Tennille you don't also get her work with the Captain.
 

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#25
Just to be clear, this rule applies to one-time (or occasional) duets, rather than musical duos that basically formed a group, correct? That's how it appears to be set up at allmusic.com.

For example, Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis both get "Cruisin", but if you select Toni Tennille you don't also get her work with the Captain.
Correct -- the distinction between "duet" and "duo" is the aim.
 
#26
Just to be clear, this rule applies to one-time (or occasional) duets, rather than musical duos that basically formed a group, correct? That's how it appears to be set up at allmusic.com.

For example, Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis both get "Cruisin", but if you select Toni Tennille you don't also get her work with the Captain.
If you use rateyourmusic.com database you can immediately see if a certain artist was in a duo and go see their catalogue (for example http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/toni_tennille).
 
#27
If you use rateyourmusic.com database you can immediately see if a certain artist was in a duo and go see their catalogue (for example http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/toni_tennille).
Ahh... but that site lists Paltrow and Lewis together, which makes it harder to distinguish between duets and duos.

At allmusic.com I don't think they have a separate "artist" page for those two, even if they are listed as the performers on the song, so that indicates a duet rather than a duo.
 
#28
For whatever reason allmusic puts Huey Lewis and Huey Lewis and the News into one listing which is probably why Cruisin' was omitted. If that is the kind of entry that people want to pick nits about then I am just lost. We all know these sites aren't perfect - see IMDB and their wonky ratings system.
 
#29
For whatever reason allmusic puts Huey Lewis and Huey Lewis and the News into one listing which is probably why Cruisin' was omitted. If that is the kind of entry that people want to pick nits about then I am just lost. We all know these sites aren't perfect - see IMDB and their wonky ratings system.
I'm not sure what you mean. I think the allmusic listing matches the rules as specified here and is a good choice for a neutral "arbiter" or at least reference for any type of question like that. Cruisin' is listed under Huey Lewis' page and separately under Gwyneth Paltrow's page. That's how it is expected as it is a duet under our rules here.

I was pointing out that rateyourmusic.com might not be as good as allmusic, since it doesn't match the rules listed here in this case (it has a single artist page for the duet even though they only did a duet on the one song). Hope that's clearer.
 

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#30
A question has been raised via PM that has me scratching my head looking for solutions.

All of the above rules of course are aimed at popular music. The question raised is what to do if somebody wants to draft a composer such as Mozart (I think modern composers might be even more probelmatic for several reasons), who of course never recorded his own music, really was mostly jsut a songwriter, and yet has a definable catalog covered by thousands of entities worldwide.

Possibilities include:
1) just say nope, this is a Performing Artist draft, can't do composers
2) focus on the release/recording aspect, which would rule out pre-recording era composers. Classical music could then be acquired by drafting "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir" or some other group who had performed and released the piece in question, same as any other cover song.
3) allow composers as some sort of special case, the difficulty then being in defining what is a composer and how does that differ from a popular music artist writing a song that goes on to be sung by another -- under pop music rules that is the performing artist's song, not the songwriter's. Under classical music rules, the composer is the key, not the performer. Get around this by focusing on who performed it first? But then there still would not be an original "Mozart" recording to draft, just an infinite set of covers which otherwise belong to other artists/entities.

For how many people would the resolution of this question matter -- i.e. how many of you had thoughts of drafting classicla music or composers?
 
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