4. The differences between 'is based on', 'arrangement of', 'instrumental cover recording'? I've seen discussions on the forum but still don't know the common practice
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yyoung
In my understanding, instrumental cover is simply the original recording with the vocal track replaced with instruments; 'is based on' may only takes the melody and ideas, and the whole style or genre is likely changed
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yyoung
5. Various Artists or artist credits? I've seen tracks and releases credited as VA and also credited by listing artists names, which is better?
2021-08-01 21303, 2021
yyoung
s/also/others
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kepstin
there sometimes multiple different title variations printed on cover art, so there's a judgement call on what exactly to use
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kepstin
for a blu-ray containing a bonus cd, the release is the blu-ray release as a whole - the audio CD is just one medium in it
2021-08-01 21354, 2021
kepstin
i wouldn't add the media that's not relevant to musicbrainz, just the audio disk, but you can set the media position etc. based on all the discs in the release
2021-08-01 21328, 2021
kepstin
VA vs artist credits is another judgement call - on a release level if they couldn't fit the list of artists on the spine, you should consider using VA :)
2021-08-01 21330, 2021
kepstin
VA should generally be avoided on a track level, artist credits or other special purpose artists would be preferred. For example, [dialogue] as the artist on a drama track.
2021-08-01 21351, 2021
kepstin
i think you've got the idea of the 'is based on', and 'instrumental cover' down. The work-work 'arrangement of' relation is specifically for making a work for an arrangement where that arrangement itself has been recorded multiple times.
2021-08-01 21350, 2021
kepstin
(the arrangement of rel came from the classical music space, where someone would make an arrangement of a work for e.g. a specific set of instruments, and publish the sheet music for it)
2021-08-01 21301, 2021
yyoung
<there sometimes multiple different title variations printed on cover art> I'm confused when seeing a case where the title on cover art is in English, while the release title is changed to match Japanese name on Amazon
2021-08-01 21313, 2021
yyoung
<just the audio disk, but you can set the media position etc> Yes, but what if there's no official name for the disc since it's not release independently? As in my example above, the descriptive title is from official website but it is too long and hard to distinguish, maybe it's better to add an alias to indicate which volume of Blu-ray it's in?
2021-08-01 21336, 2021
atj
Any Spanish speakers who can assist with capitalisation? "Deixa Tudo Fluir (Guerrinha’s Deixa o Órgão Solar mix)" should be "Deixa tudo fluir (Guerrinha’s deixa o órgão solar mix)"?
2021-08-01 21338, 2021
atj
sorry, Portugese!
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VxJasonxV
Has anyone else ever complained that recording search is really horrible? It seems to be particularly bad since this last release. I've never understood why it's search results are so bad. The closest match (by length, artist, etc.) is so rarely the first result despite all of that information being able to be seeded.
2021-08-01 21308, 2021
VxJasonxV
Specifically, Add Release -> Recording search. Not just top level site search.
2021-08-01 21353, 2021
atj
VxJasonxV: I think it's a common observation. Not surprising there are so many duplicate recordings...
