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      • ocharles would argue same artist
      • 2012-01-11 01148, 2012

      • hawke_
        monxton: IMO: same artist, use artist credits to mark it as “New” or not
      • 2012-01-11 01128, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I'd agree, but we can't use artist credits in relationships
      • 2012-01-11 01145, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: Do we need to?
      • 2012-01-11 01145, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (which I can see as a reason for some people to want to keep them separated until we can)
      • 2012-01-11 01151, 2012

      • reosarevok
        IMO, probably not
      • 2012-01-11 01152, 2012

      • reosarevok
        For this
      • 2012-01-11 01156, 2012

      • reosarevok
        But YMMV
      • 2012-01-11 01109, 2012

      • hawke_
        the Artist Credits (on recordings and tracks) should reflect how they were credited
      • 2012-01-11 01128, 2012

      • hawke_
        ARs should reflect the actual entity. Shit, I contradicted my opinion on Björk.
      • 2012-01-11 01136, 2012

      • reosarevok
        :p
      • 2012-01-11 01159, 2012

      • reosarevok
        So should we start using legal names for stuff like vocal relationships instead of performance names?
      • 2012-01-11 01116, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: IMO, they should be equivalent. Just like it doesn’t matter if the guy was credited as “Stéphane Grappelli” or “Stephane Grappelly”, the legal name refers to the same person.
      • 2012-01-11 01131, 2012

      • hawke_
        as the performance name
      • 2012-01-11 01105, 2012

      • kovacsur
        That's exactly why we need ACs for them, so we can credit the same entity
      • 2012-01-11 01129, 2012

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      • CallerNo6
        But if some works are listed under the performance name and some under the legal name? Would you split up the works list?
      • 2012-01-11 01132, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Not if we had ACs for it :p
      • 2012-01-11 01138, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (without it, I don't know)
      • 2012-01-11 01113, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (the Spanish works DB tends to use a pretty verbose NAME [NAME2 NAME3] SURNAME1 SURNAME2 anyway)
      • 2012-01-11 01120, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (extra names if applicable)
      • 2012-01-11 01147, 2012

      • hawke_
        kovacsur: IMO the thing to do is merge. You can’t do artist credits on recordings anyway, because they’re often credited slightly differently in different places
      • 2012-01-11 01149, 2012

      • kovacsur
        hawke_, in those cases it may be okay to merge. I'm talking about cases where the same person has used different pseudonyms and was credited under those names
      • 2012-01-11 01105, 2012

      • kovacsur
        so people looking at the credits on an album cover would find that pseudonym
      • 2012-01-11 01105, 2012

      • hawke_
        kovacsur: Right, so am I.
      • 2012-01-11 01121, 2012

      • kovacsur
        oh, okay, I thought you were talking about minor spelling differences
      • 2012-01-11 01135, 2012

      • hawke_
        kovacsur: If one disc has a “vocals by Björk” and one has "vocals: Björk Guaoiejfoawiejfdottir”
      • 2012-01-11 01139, 2012

      • CatCat
        --> --> --> [20:04] reosarevok I'd agree, but we can't use artist credits in relationships <-- <-- <--
      • 2012-01-11 01158, 2012

      • CatCat
        !!!! [20:15] kovacsur That's exactly why we need ACs for them, so we can credit the same entity !!!!
      • 2012-01-11 01100, 2012

      • hawke_
        you can’t AC the “vocals” AR correctly without splitting the recording
      • 2012-01-11 01103, 2012

      • kovacsur
        That's not a big problem, because people would still recognize the Bj�rk bit.
      • 2012-01-11 01103, 2012

      • CatCat
        ;)
      • 2012-01-11 01105, 2012

      • CatCat
        also
      • 2012-01-11 01109, 2012

      • hawke_
        and that’s a stupid reason to split the recording
      • 2012-01-11 01112, 2012

      • CatCat
        Now grooving to: Baz Luhrmann ~ The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular) (2:51) (from Moulin Rouge 2) (2001)
      • 2012-01-11 01123, 2012

      • hawke_
        kovacsur: Right, but it’s the same for any performance name vs. legal name
      • 2012-01-11 01103, 2012

      • kovacsur
        absolutely not, pseudonyms stored as performance names can be completely different from legal names, therefore unrecognizable
      • 2012-01-11 01124, 2012

      • hawke_
        …yes, exactly.
      • 2012-01-11 01143, 2012

      • reosarevok
      • 2012-01-11 01159, 2012

      • hawke_
        It doesn’t matter whether they’re recognizable, I’m saying that you can’t sanely use artist credits in ARs
      • 2012-01-11 01102, 2012

      • reosarevok
        First is the name used for all production (beatmaking, whatever) credits
      • 2012-01-11 01106, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Second for rapping
      • 2012-01-11 01112, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Usually in the same recording
      • 2012-01-11 01124, 2012

      • reosarevok
        It'd be nice not to need two artists for them :p
      • 2012-01-11 01110, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: And it’s not possible, without bringing back tracks as first-class entities that we can AR to
      • 2012-01-11 01132, 2012

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      • 2012-01-11 01155, 2012

      • kovacsur
        hawke_, it's not a bigger problem than normalizing recording titles. If different releases have contradicting aliases in the credits, we can pick the most common one or the one we find most "correct"
      • 2012-01-11 01149, 2012

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      • 2012-01-11 01153, 2012

      • ruaok
      • 2012-01-11 01112, 2012

      • hawke_
        kovacsur: Yes it is, because with recordings the title can be different on different releases
      • 2012-01-11 01124, 2012

      • hawke_
        i.e. MB allows it
      • 2012-01-11 01100, 2012

      • reosarevok
      • 2012-01-11 01132, 2012

      • reosarevok
        With the rels set, can I remove those UGLY credits from titles?
      • 2012-01-11 01139, 2012

      • reosarevok is not sure where we stood on this
      • 2012-01-11 01102, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: You definitely should
      • 2012-01-11 01121, 2012

      • hawke_
        At most those credits should be in the release title
      • 2012-01-11 01141, 2012

      • hawke_
        Not on every track
      • 2012-01-11 01108, 2012

      • hawke_
        IMO the release should be credited to the performers anyway, but that’s contradicting CSG
      • 2012-01-11 01124, 2012

      • hawke_
        Also, the recordings should be credited to the performers
      • 2012-01-11 01130, 2012

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      • 2012-01-11 01153, 2012

      • reosarevok
        :p
      • 2012-01-11 01101, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Yes, that's pretty much contradicting CSG
      • 2012-01-11 01141, 2012

      • hawke_
        the latter isn’t
      • 2012-01-11 01152, 2012

      • hawke_
        (recordings to performers)
      • 2012-01-11 01107, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        +1 (but you knew that)
      • 2012-01-11 01145, 2012

      • hawke_
        I love CSG. “Hey, the release itself puts the composer in the title and credits the release to the performers — clearly the proper solution is to swap that around! HERP!”
      • 2012-01-11 01140, 2012

      • reosarevok
        While I want to agree, the more I imagine a track / recording credit for performers, the less I like it :(
      • 2012-01-11 01143, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        oh, I meant recording->artist . I'd leave tracks/releases under composer.
      • 2012-01-11 01101, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        (or maybe some sort of AC)
      • 2012-01-11 01101, 2012

      • hawke_
        track, no. Recording, yes.
      • 2012-01-11 01111, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I mean, crediting it like that is much much cleaner than crediting it to "Symphony Orchestra Whatever, conductor: LongNameFooBar, piano: FooBarliciousLongName"
      • 2012-01-11 01126, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: Can I point out how completely useless http://musicbrainz.org/work/78389205-8ecf-3195-b3… is?
      • 2012-01-11 01135, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Yes
      • 2012-01-11 01136, 2012

      • hawke_
        (the performances section, specifically)
      • 2012-01-11 01141, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Clearly, it is
      • 2012-01-11 01156, 2012

      • reosarevok
        But we have the right data
      • 2012-01-11 01101, 2012

      • reosarevok
        We just have to display it
      • 2012-01-11 01115, 2012

      • hawke_
        We don’t know what data to display though
      • 2012-01-11 01117, 2012

      • hawke_
        or how to display it
      • 2012-01-11 01121, 2012

      • reosarevok
        performer as recording artist is one way
      • 2012-01-11 01124, 2012

      • reosarevok
        But not the only one
      • 2012-01-11 01133, 2012

      • hawke_
        Fortunately we have a convenient system for displaying it: artist credits. :-p
      • 2012-01-11 01155, 2012

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      • 2012-01-11 01155, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Except when it stops being convenient
      • 2012-01-11 01108, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (see my previous example... I'm not too sure that's convenient)
      • 2012-01-11 01108, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        convenient for editors who live on MB
      • 2012-01-11 01109, 2012

      • KeLopez
        O HEY
      • 2012-01-11 01102, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: Why is it any worse than putting it in the title, though?
      • 2012-01-11 01114, 2012

      • reosarevok
        hawke_, putting it in the title is equally bad
      • 2012-01-11 01125, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: IMO, putting it in the title is worse for many reasons
      • 2012-01-11 01128, 2012

      • reosarevok
        But at least it's in just one title :p
      • 2012-01-11 01131, 2012

      • hawke_
        1. doesn’t appear on the artist’s page
      • 2012-01-11 01134, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (not in every recording)
      • 2012-01-11 01144, 2012

      • hawke_
        2. doesn’t get displayed appropriately on the works page
      • 2012-01-11 01150, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (except in ugly, ugly cases like this one)
      • 2012-01-11 01155, 2012

      • hawke_
        3. doesn’t link to the relevant artist MBIDs
      • 2012-01-11 01101, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Indeed
      • 2012-01-11 01105, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I do agree there's an issue
      • 2012-01-11 01116, 2012

      • reosarevok
        ACs are one way of solving it (not too good IMO)
      • 2012-01-11 01121, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Titles are another (even worse)
      • 2012-01-11 01136, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I can't believe there's no practical way to leverage relationships for it
      • 2012-01-11 01109, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: Two problems with relationships: 1. you have to flag it as “classical” which is pretty arbitrary and has a lot of grey area
      • 2012-01-11 01126, 2012

      • hawke_
        2. you have to somehow get it to display how you want it to.
      • 2012-01-11 01147, 2012

      • hawke_
        (As I say, we already have a system for getting a list of artists to display like you want, and it’s called “Artist Credits”)
      • 2012-01-11 01119, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        but take for example Kronos Quartet. there'd likely be ARs for the individuals, but not an AR saying "Kronos Quartet peformed Foo Sonata"
      • 2012-01-11 01137, 2012

      • reosarevok
        That's also a good point
      • 2012-01-11 01139, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        (of course, that could be added)
      • 2012-01-11 01142, 2012

      • hawke_
        CallerNo6: Some argue that the group should also be credited with a “performed” ar
      • 2012-01-11 01114, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        hawke_: yeah, I wouldn't mind if that were codified formally
      • 2012-01-11 01127, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I would, I think
      • 2012-01-11 01136, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        er, "guideline-ified"
      • 2012-01-11 01145, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        oh?
      • 2012-01-11 01151, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I wouldn't mind a 3-part relationship, though, "X performed instrument on Y as part of Z"
      • 2012-01-11 01134, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        why not simply [ensemble] performed [work]?
      • 2012-01-11 01158, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        (simplest case)
      • 2012-01-11 01153, 2012

      • CallerNo6 is probably missing somethin obvious
      • 2012-01-11 01140, 2012

      • hawke_
        Anyway, this doesn’t solve the problem of getting classical credits displayed sanely
      • 2012-01-11 01147, 2012

      • reosarevok
        How isn't that data duplication?
      • 2012-01-11 01157, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (if the members are also linked independently)
      • 2012-01-11 01141, 2012

      • hawke_
        reosarevok: Because you don’t know if all the current members of the group performed it, nor if the set of people performed it together but not as a part of the group
      • 2012-01-11 01159, 2012

      • hawke_
        e.g. maybe someone was sick that day
      • 2012-01-11 01113, 2012

      • hawke_
        or maybe they just played together without considering it “the group”
      • 2012-01-11 01150, 2012

      • hawke_
        What’s *practically* wrong with just moving what’s in the title over to the artist credit, anyway?
      • 2012-01-11 01120, 2012

      • hawke_
        Other than contradicting CSG, I can’t think of anything
      • 2012-01-11 01127, 2012

      • hawke_
        The end result is the same length
      • 2012-01-11 01158, 2012

      • reosarevok
        You mean as Composer (Lenghty Performer Info)?
      • 2012-01-11 01116, 2012

      • hawke_
        I mean as Composer (Exactly What’s In The Title Now Only Linked To the People)
      • 2012-01-11 01131, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Yeah, we mean the same :p
      • 2012-01-11 01136, 2012

      • reosarevok
        I wouldn't oppose that for the RG
      • 2012-01-11 01148, 2012

      • reosarevok
        So it shows everywhere
      • 2012-01-11 01155, 2012

      • reosarevok
        But I guess other people might
      • 2012-01-11 01101, 2012

      • reosarevok
        You're welcome to try
      • 2012-01-11 01120, 2012

      • reosarevok
        For release / tracks / recordings... I don't like it, but I think that's obvious
      • 2012-01-11 01128, 2012

      • reosarevok
        For *release* though I could be convinced
      • 2012-01-11 01129, 2012

      • hawke_
        Too many people following the rules because they’re The Rules… :-/
      • 2012-01-11 01136, 2012

      • hawke_
        I mostly only care about it for recordings
      • 2012-01-11 01140, 2012

      • reosarevok
        :p
      • 2012-01-11 01157, 2012

      • hawke_
        (To make the works page useful)
      • 2012-01-11 01157, 2012

      • reosarevok
        That would give us a better work page
      • 2012-01-11 01105, 2012

      • reosarevok
        But give us a disastrous release page
      • 2012-01-11 01111, 2012

      • hawke_
        How so?
      • 2012-01-11 01112, 2012

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      • 2012-01-11 01122, 2012

      • gioele
        hi
      • 2012-01-11 01123, 2012

      • hawke_
        Remember tracks != recordings
      • 2012-01-11 01137, 2012

      • reosarevok
        hi gioele
      • 2012-01-11 01141, 2012

      • CallerNo6
        hmmm. When I brought up something similar (ACs that looked something like (feat. xxx), the main objection (iirc) was that it would be too language specific.
      • 2012-01-11 01142, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Oh, recordings but no tracks
      • 2012-01-11 01148, 2012

      • reosarevok
        Ok, then it's just impractical
      • 2012-01-11 01152, 2012

      • reosarevok
        (right now)
      • 2012-01-11 01159, 2012

      • gioele
        changing apostrophes: should this pass? http://musicbrainz.org/edit/16218174