C# - Collection.Distinct() and Generics question...

[manwood]

I have a generic method that performs some basic sorting and removal of duplicates on some classes, but I cannot get the parameter to pass into the Distinct function working.

This is my class code that implements IEqualityComparer<T>:

    public class Artist : IEqualityComparer<Artist>
    {
        public Artist()
        {
        }
 
        public Artist(string name)
        {
            this.Name = name;
        }
 
        private string _name;
        public string Name
        {
            get { return _name; }
            set { _name = value; }
        }
 
        #region IEqualityComparer Members
 
        public CaseInsensitiveComparer comparer = CaseInsensitiveComparer.Default;
 
        public bool Equals(Artist x, Artist y)
        {
            if (comparer.Compare(x.Name, y.Name) == 0)
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
 
        public int GetHashCode(Artist obj)
        {
            return obj.ToString().ToLower().GetHashCode();
        }
 
        #endregion
    }

this is the generic method that performs a sort and removal of duplicates of Artist (and other classes):

        public static IEnumerable<T> CreateTypeCollection<T>(AudioFileCollection files, Func<AudioFile, T> mapFunc, Func<T, string> orderFunc) where T : IEqualityComparer<T>
        {
            Collection<T> collection = new Collection<T>();
            foreach (AudioFile file in files)
            {
                collection.Add(mapFunc(file));
            }
            return collection.Distinct(EqualityComparer<T>.Default).OrderBy(orderFunc);
        }

and this is the method call:

            _collection = LibraryBuilder.CreateTypeCollection<Artist>(AudioFileCollection, file => new Artist(file.Artist.ToLower()), artist => artist.Name);

everything works fine apart from this bit:

collection.Distinct(EqualityComparer<T>.Default).

i want to pass the 'Equals(Artist x, Artist y)' implementation into the Distinct() method but in a generic way. i cant get it working, any help is much appreciated.

:)