Hi there.
I'm still confused about how this works.
In my case I have iTunes 12, iPhone 5s and the latest generation iPod Classic (160GB).
I have compilations like the following:
-> (actual) Artist: Bel Canto
-> Radio Producer that created the compilation: John Smith
-> Compilation title: Blessed and Cursed.
What I need is to be able to "search" these songs by (actual) Artist ["Bel Canto" in this case], and by the creator for the Compilation ["John Smith" in this case], and by the title of the compilation ["Blessed and Cursed" in this case].
So when I want to listen to all the songs of all the compilations that John Smith has created/released, I want to be able to search with the keyword "John Smith", both in iPod and iPhone (and of course in iTunes, too) and get as a result all of his compilations.
And of course at the same time I want to be able to search and find all the songs of Bel Canto in my library on iTunes, iPod and iPhone.
Could someone advice me how to use the tags in my case to have the result I need?
Should I put "John Smith" at the "album artist" field and Bel Canto at the "artist" field ? But iPod classic does not have an "album artist" option at the menu !
Any ideas ?
I have read the related guide ( http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp ) but I am not sure how to proceed.