Re: [mb-style] RFV: Improve Guidelines on Merging Recordings

2012-11-23 Thread lorenz pressler
[...] refused to let me merge 2 recordings because they had different AcoustIDs but all the literature I read said they were the same. I tested the process and pointed out that it was possible those IDs were erroneously added [...] please keep in mind that lukz asked lots of people to

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Improve Guidelines on Merging Recordings

2012-11-07 Thread lorenz pressler
3. Versions of a release that are mastered in audibly different ways should use separate recordings.4. If audio restoration is used to create remastered audio from an earlier recording, a track containing the remastered audio should use a recording specific to that remaster. isn't 3)

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Improve Guidelines on Merging Recordings

2012-11-07 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 05.11.2012, 12:53 Uhr, schrieb Kuno Woudt k...@frob.nl: So I would prefer to just give tracks proper MBIDs again (and disable re-use of tracklists by different releases). Having those ids, I would be far less opposed to seeing recordings merged. i once suggested moving all the mastering

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Improve Guidelines on Merging Recordings

2012-10-31 Thread lorenz pressler
2012/10/31 Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net Academic to you, but not to everyone. For example, someone studying the Loudness War would have interest in tracking the changes of different remasters over time. isn't that the meaning of academic? Frederic Da Vitoria davito...@gmail.com:

Re: [mb-style] Discussion: on the attributes for the orchestra relationship

2012-10-29 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 29.10.2012, 02:32 Uhr, schrieb SwissChris swissch...@gmail.com: Let's get rid of them ;-) +1 ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Artist disambiguation comments

2012-09-26 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 25.09.2012, 00:07 Uhr, schrieb Frederic Da Vitoria davito...@gmail.com: Do you mean there is currently a way to switch them off? I couldn't find any. no, i just meant there is no need for a switch to toggle display for the dis.comment on ARs (imho), just disabling display completely on

Re: [mb-style] Artist disambiguation comments

2012-09-24 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 23.09.2012, 16:01 Uhr, schrieb Frederic Da Vitoria davito...@gmail.com: Good point, the instrument could be useful. But then wouldn't trumpet or bassoon be enough? Or should we request to be able to switch on and off the disambiguation comments in ARs? just switch them off completely

Re: [mb-style] [CSG] conductor credit

2012-09-06 Thread lorenz pressler
concering sortorder i like soloist, orchestra, conductor that's also the most common order on my releases (mainly DG). and i'm against reintroducing cond., we have ARs to attribute roles. best, lorenz. ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-148: CSG Language/German

2012-08-14 Thread Lorenz Pressler
It could be nice to include a table of keys done. -- regards, lorenz pressler ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

[mb-style] RFC STYLE-148: CSG Language/German

2012-08-13 Thread Lorenz Pressler
/Symphonie Instead of Symphonie you should use Sinfonie. -- mit freundlichen gruessen, lorenz presslermailto:l...@gmx.at ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-148: CSG Language/German

2012-08-13 Thread Lorenz Pressler
this RFC will expire on 2012/8/21 -- mit freundlichen gruessen, lorenz presslermailto:l...@gmx.at ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-148: CSG Language/German

2012-08-13 Thread Lorenz Pressler
So now it's a suffix? :) since even prefix is wrong: changed to Präposition/preposition -- mit freundlichen gruessen, lorenz presslermailto:l...@gmx.at ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org

Re: [mb-style] Spokenword

2012-05-19 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 18.05.2012, 17:38 Uhr, schrieb Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net: On 05/18/2012 10:21 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: magnificently non-descriptive. Does anyone know if it's intended to be used for spokenword, the art form, or for spoken word stuff, as in, anything from a speech to a

Re: [mb-style] Should radio edit and similar go in recording title or annotation?

2012-04-02 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 02.04.2012, 22:36 Uhr, schrieb Philip Jägenstedt phi...@foolip.org: http://musicbrainz.org/edit/16971109 reminded me of this issue, which I haven't understood since the introduction of NGS. One the one hand, disambiguation comments aren't used for tagging (right?) so moving information

Re: [mb-style] Should radio edit and similar go in recording title or annotation?

2012-04-02 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 02.04.2012, 23:17 Uhr, schrieb Philip Jägenstedt phi...@foolip.org: afair: recording - disamig. comment only tracklist - if its on the tracklist then it should be included in the trackname Is this documented anywhere, and is it how everyone is actually editing? Is no one using the

Re: [mb-style] Should radio edit and similar go in recording title or annotation?

2012-04-02 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 03.04.2012, 00:29 Uhr, schrieb Andii Hughes gnu_and...@member.fsf.org: There is ETI that should remain in the title; remix and edit titles. i agree ofc! -- ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org

Re: [mb-style] RFV-348: CSG Recording/Artist Credits

2012-02-08 Thread lorenz pressler
and test it and if it works out fine introduce it to the main server. until then only style updates to release/track and works should be made. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFV-348: CSG Recording/Artist Credits

2012-02-07 Thread lorenz pressler
, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Pre RFC for release RG titles

2012-02-03 Thread lorenz pressler
pabouk wrote I think the only reason why editors do not add ARs is not just the tedious procedure in MB web UI but also the fact that they simply do not have the required information at the track level. For example in which tracks an artist sung in which tracks an artist played certain

Re: [mb-style] Pre RFC for release RG titles

2012-02-01 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 31.01.2012, 05:32 Uhr, schrieb David Gasaway d...@gasaway.org: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 09:03, lorenz pressler l...@gmx.at wrote: why should i bother adding composer at work lvl if i can do it at release lvl? Here is the practical problem I see with playing too much with track ACs

Re: [mb-style] Pre RFC for release RG titles

2012-02-01 Thread lorenz pressler
already used regexp to extract this from the title field where this performer had been allowed to add. and then write it into a custom ID3 tag so that you can sort your releases in your personal music collection after this field? -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] Pre RFC for release RG titles

2012-02-01 Thread lorenz pressler
that this should be used to split composer/performers. however i'm fine with ANY character, i just think we should keep it as short as possible (2 chars max) btw, its ALT+0183 (on my windoes machine) best, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] Pre RFC for release RG titles

2012-01-29 Thread lorenz pressler
all composers of all works on the release into one new field that can be mapped to album-artist. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [mb-style] RFC-348: Artist Credits for Recordings

2012-01-29 Thread lorenz pressler
the old CSG performer disambiguation (add performers to the title of the release and releasegroup) does not apply anymore. this is about recording AC so release or releasegrp is irrelevant. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz

Re: [mb-style] Pre RFC for release RG titles

2012-01-29 Thread lorenz pressler
ARs attached to the recording or to the release, if that would be changed this could work. however ARs don't allow for 'is credited as' and i think this is important at release level. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing

Re: [mb-style] (no subject)

2012-01-28 Thread lorenz pressler
, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Work type for movements?

2012-01-26 Thread lorenz pressler
movement is a hierarchy/sorting description not a work type. these should not be mixed up. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [mb-style] Work type for movements?

2012-01-26 Thread lorenz pressler
it anymore). best, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Work type for movements?

2012-01-26 Thread lorenz pressler
of other work to filter a works list by full works only, they would be filtered out. sry, i think you are over-structuring this, making things needlessly complicated. humongous amount of additional stress to the editors for minimal benefit imho. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC: CSG for track titles

2012-01-26 Thread lorenz pressler
a recording) some recordings have multiple works attached some releases have one work for multiple recordings but yes, having to maintain all these title-lvls with different formatting rules will be quite bothersome. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] RFC-347: CSG update for NGS

2012-01-25 Thread lorenz pressler
like some fancy artist fields that are linked to ARs with special flags but do we really want to continue with pre-NGS guidelines until that we will eventuall have the for every gerne ideal structured database? -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] RFC-347: CSG update for NGS

2012-01-19 Thread lorenz pressler
anyone (or did i miss something?) but it will improve the way data is displayed in lists. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [mb-style] RFC-347: CSG update for NGS

2012-01-19 Thread lorenz pressler
just read through it again and i'm quite satisfied with the changes. +1 -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFC-347: CSG update for NGS

2012-01-13 Thread lorenz pressler
for picking this up again hawke! i hope this leads to long awaited and needed changes in this area. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Add étude to the work type list

2012-01-10 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 10.01.2012, 14:34 Uhr, schrieb Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren reosare...@gmail.com: So, what do people prefer here, Study or Étude? It's ready for RFV, except that I need to know what name to use! :) Étude! -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Add étude to the work type list

2012-01-08 Thread lorenz pressler
+1 -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Percussion and string instruments

2011-12-17 Thread lorenz pressler
this RFC. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFC: recordings: remove remaster from the 'should not be merged' list

2011-12-11 Thread lorenz pressler
://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-style/2011-November/014077.html -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Recording times

2011-12-10 Thread lorenz pressler
it is unreliable but then you should (i guess you should?) exactly the same unreliable data as recording time. makes no sense to me and just adds addidtional work to the editor. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list

Re: [mb-style] RFC: recordings: remove remaster from the 'should not be merged' list

2011-12-10 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 09.12.2011, 10:16 Uhr, schrieb Frederic Da Vitoria davito...@gmail.com: 2011/12/8, Frederic Da Vitoria davito...@gmail.com: Sorry, when I think of it more carefully, I realize that session is not the correct word either. edit, version or mix. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] Recording times

2011-12-09 Thread lorenz pressler
media. you can't measure it exactly and it will be probably only an aproximation, so what? how can i enter the time of a vinyl only release then? cheers, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFC: recordings: remove remaster from the 'should not be merged' list

2011-12-08 Thread lorenz pressler
hi again, thx for the great input and sry i didn't have the time to respond earlier. my RFC here was rather vague and resulted because of my irritation about what a MBrecording is, how it is handled and what it should be ideally. right now MBrecordings are mastering events. (guideline: don't

[mb-style] RFC: recordings: remove remaster from the 'should not be merged' list

2011-11-04 Thread lorenz pressler
, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Cover relationship Recording-Recording

2011-10-06 Thread lorenz pressler
. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Cover relationship Recording-Recording

2011-10-05 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 06.10.2011, 00:31 Uhr, schrieb Paul C. Bryan pbr...@anode.ca: On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 03:57 +0200, lorenz pressler wrote: Am 05.10.2011, 03:15 Uhr, schrieb Paul C. Bryan pbr...@anode.ca: +1 to us simply answering the question, What is a cover? a cover is a performance (MBrecording

Re: [mb-style] Cover relationship Recording-Recording

2011-10-04 Thread lorenz pressler
of this song but it still remains a cover-version of this song. i don't know if you just want to enter too much detail where there's not much more detail to add. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Cover relationship Recording-Recording

2011-10-03 Thread lorenz pressler
be a pain to fix them. also that would be a new candidate for relationship clusters ;P -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz

Re: [mb-style] Cover relationship Recording-Recording

2011-10-03 Thread lorenz pressler
) [ http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/4779 ] ..they (and MB) miss the single released in dec '62 though (unsourced wikipedia info) -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

Re: [mb-style] Proposing to remove all test data from the live data set

2011-09-23 Thread lorenz pressler
in for tracing MB data is a very weak argument. style-guidelines make MB date very 'unique' and easy spotable even on a subset of our data. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

Re: [mb-style] CSG Featured Performer and Composer to Classical RGs

2011-09-02 Thread lorenz pressler
be derived from the AC and AR already (if classical AC proposal [i think it's ready for RFC^^] gets offical and ARs are correctly set). best, -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

[mb-style] performing and recording/performance date

2011-08-30 Thread lorenz pressler
differ (using pre-recorded parts) however i dunno if precise data that much granularity is widely available. if it is available you can set it and it would override the inherited date. thoughts? -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Merging conductor and choirmaster

2011-08-28 Thread lorenz pressler
. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] pre-RFC: CSG for works, part II: Subtitles instrumentation

2011-08-26 Thread lorenz pressler
on the radio very often. i think they should stay part of the tracktitle if there is no other better 'name' for that work-subpart. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

Re: [mb-style] Sidebar links

2011-08-25 Thread lorenz pressler
there and it is quite frequent used by labels. i guess it can't be that hard to just fetch the favicon of every domain we link. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-20 Thread lorenz pressler
the idea but there are some serious issues connected. i would move this discussion elsewhere and not let it influence CSG AC right now. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-20 Thread lorenz pressler
the main artists there is a real gain of information here! it's kind of a clumsy implementation of the featured artist attribute we are discussing here as a yet to come maybe better solution in the future. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-20 Thread lorenz pressler
guess ;P -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-19 Thread lorenz pressler
i too think that AC on recording lvl should just list performers! -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-19 Thread lorenz pressler
will happen if there's more than one composer? I was thinking about Mozart's requiem +Xüssmayr similar stuff. i'm sure it will be no problem to join them or create multi-value field. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-19 Thread lorenz pressler
and/or are linked to works? i'm pushing it up constantly :P -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC - CSG - Artist Credit

2011-08-19 Thread lorenz pressler
heard one single good argument why we shouldn't include performers into AC. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC CSG Release title Featured Artists

2011-08-18 Thread lorenz pressler
, no matter whats printed on the cover. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC CSG Release title Featured Artists

2011-08-18 Thread lorenz pressler
by symphonick. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFC-327: Featured Artists

2011-07-18 Thread lorenz pressler
them to the Track-Level -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] RFC-327: Featured Artists

2011-07-18 Thread lorenz pressler
. should not be part of the tracktitle in most occasions. if the feat. artist is not in parentheses and written in the same size/style as the rest of the track i would keep it in the tracktitle. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Bandcamp label?

2011-07-17 Thread lorenz pressler
do see your point and now i agree of not adding the distributor to the label field. however i'm still in favour of giving (especially independent) artists to link to several shops/distribution channels. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] Bandcamp label?

2011-07-16 Thread lorenz pressler
]. if a there is a 'real' label behind the bandcamp release, its still possible to add both companys into the label column. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org

Re: [mb-style] RFC-327: Featured Artists

2011-07-15 Thread lorenz pressler
the data should be modified to fit into the title/artist table; otherwise, whats the point in having an artist column on tracklevel, a one-dimensional array would suffice. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz

Re: [mb-style] policy on merging of recordings

2011-07-12 Thread lorenz pressler
bearable to listen to. so maybe we should credit sound/balance/mixing/mastering (? i don't know the exact differences..) engineers on a fuzzy release lvl for these kind of releases to inhibit that recordings get stained by these ARs? -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] With in artist credits

2011-07-12 Thread lorenz pressler
Am 12.07.2011, 10:17 Uhr, schrieb jacobbrett jacobbr...@hotmail.com: My rationale for lowercase is that with is akin to extra title information [1]; it is not part of an artist's title, but acts as descriptive text. +1 -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A

Re: [mb-style] [instrumental] [cover] performance

2011-07-11 Thread lorenz pressler
it for classical music, but would you use it for jazz? Seems not natural to me... it seems most people think that way; only on a few jazz pieces i came across {cover} is used. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz

[mb-style] policy on merging of recordings

2011-07-10 Thread lorenz pressler
; however having 50+ recordings seems wrong to me too. [1] http://musicbrainz.org/work/07191344-5675-4bb6-bd0c-cdd5431ba063 -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http

Re: [mb-style] policy on merging of recordings

2011-07-10 Thread lorenz pressler
, but i'm not sure if its better for data-quality to have lots of recordings that should be just a few, or to have a few recordings where there might have been some mis-merges included. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing

Re: [mb-style] Partial performances of aggregate works

2011-06-30 Thread lorenz pressler
that are/may be attached to the work is definitely not leading to a better data quality. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Use of ‘fancy’ punctuation characters

2011-06-16 Thread lorenz pressler
it, but a lot of work and a lot of problems coming up just because of a pedantic approach to implement everthing thats most correct. usability typographical correctness -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style

Re: [mb-style] Use of ‘fancy’ punctuation characters

2011-06-16 Thread lorenz pressler
this data here will/can be used for. you are limiting usability for the fuzzy feeling of beeing nerdy. -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman

[mb-style] [CSG] joined movements in works

2011-06-10 Thread lorenz pressler
like to link it to the 2 seperate works and delete the joined one. [1] http://musicbrainz.org/work/22dd7c60-dee2-3936-a097-abb955898793 -- lorenz pressler PGP 0x92E9551A ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org

Re: [mb-style] feat. style and track/recording artist

2011-06-07 Thread lorenz pressler
i think in your edit-discussion you came to an agreeable solution for a future guideline. - on recording lvl: move all (feat. X) to artist credits - on release lvl: as close to cover/sleeve as possible (feat. X in tracktitel included) imho it's a pity not to use these new artists credit

Re: [mb-style] feat. style and track/recording artist

2011-06-06 Thread lorenz pressler
Simon Austin-3 wrote: I think a decision needs to be made... I've seen a few cases of tracklists already changed from Song (feat. Y) by X to Song by Y feat. X. yes i like that and i thought that was one of the reaseons NGS happened. artist credits are just perfect to move the 'feat. X' to

Re: [mb-style] Release Country: What's preferred, Europe or all countries we can find even small evidence for?

2011-05-28 Thread lorenz pressler
Simon Austin-3 wrote: Multiple countries per release date with matching cat #/barcode (as mentioned in the bug nikki linked to) would work. Like how labels now work. +1 i guess imho release country is often just indeterminable. i use the origin of the release label (or sometimes artist)

Re: [mb-style] Works and remixes/covers

2011-05-25 Thread lorenz pressler
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Re: [mb-style] Works and remixes/covers

2011-05-20 Thread lorenz pressler
and vice versa you can say the work of a cover where lyrics where added still has no lyrics. perfect solution imho would be an additional lyrics field on recording lvl. however i guess i could live with an own work-entry and work-work relationships in these cases although i personally won't credit

Re: [mb-style] CSG: Less VA?

2011-05-20 Thread lorenz pressler
how big has the percentage of (tracks by n)/(totaltracks) [or (playtime by n)/(total playtime)] to be to justify an entry in the relase artist field? eg. Being John Malkovich score http://musicbrainz.org/release/15d15e38-08a2-4843-8af9-993dd5b399f5 is currently filed under Carter Burwell but has

Re: [mb-style] CSG: Use release artist ( group) field for performers

2011-05-20 Thread lorenz pressler
composer has moved to work and performer to recording level as far as is i understood so is there no more way to mark these artist in their position on release level? i hoped it would be possible with NGS to let the user pick (for tagging purposes) which artist (performer, conductor, composer)

Re: [mb-style] CSG: Use release artist ( group) field for performers

2011-05-20 Thread lorenz pressler
symphonick wrote: Sounds like a Picard issue to me? To be able to select which recording AR(s) should be used for tagging (regardless of whether you tag from recording names or release traclist?) not exactly. i don't want to have to set for every album i tag the appropriate fields. i

Re: [mb-style] Works and remixes/covers

2011-05-18 Thread lorenz pressler
caller#6 wrote: Do you disagree with the concept of Derivative Works [1]? How many of the items listed under Distinctiveness should be removed? i think a derivate work has to earn it's status of an own work and (as Frederic said) this would have to be decided for each derivate work. and i

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Classical Release Artist Style#Mixed recitals by a performer or group

2010-01-16 Thread lorenz pressler
Andrew Conkling-2 wrote: That seems clear enough, though I think we should change the verbiage a bit. This should definitely cover the So-and-so's Greatest Hits type releases though, which would certainly be a good thing. I think the gray areas would be fewer, and the concerto examples

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Classical Release Artist Style#Mixed recitals by a performer or group

2010-01-16 Thread lorenz pressler
Andrew Conkling-2 wrote: Each release belongs to a release group, has a release title, and consists of one or more tracks. Each release has one release artist who is the primary artist associated with that release and can have that same artist, or various different artists, associated with

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Classical Release Artist Style#Mixed recitals by a performer or group

2010-01-15 Thread lorenz pressler
Dave Smey wrote: Well, I would have no problem putting this under the soloist, or indeed any mixed recital of concertos that feature a single, consistent soloist (so no Brahms Triple Concerto). I'd have no problem putting a collection of pieces for solo instrument and piano (with mixed

[mb-style] RFC: Classical_Style_Guide#Other_Style_Guidelines correction

2010-01-15 Thread lorenz pressler
minor correction (typo?) http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Classical_Style_Guide#Other_Style_Guidelines Common Names example: 'Sinfonie in e-moll, Op. 95 Aus der Neuen Welt: II. Largo' where it should be 'Sinfonie in E-moll, Op. 95 Aus der Neuen Welt: II. Largo' just statet two points above this

Re: [mb-style] Classical Release Artist Style

2010-01-14 Thread lorenz pressler
Rupert Welch wrote: In this case, CRAS is quite clear and unambiguous - single artist or performer. If people choose to add an interpretation that is not written in the guideline, or go back through the edit history of each guideline to find one they prefer, this makes the voting

[mb-style] RFC: Classical Release Artist Style#Mixed recitals by a performer or group

2010-01-14 Thread lorenz pressler
proposed change: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Mixed_recitals_by_a_performer_or_group reason why: i have same serious trouble with http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Classical_Release_Artist_Style#Mixed_recitals_by_a_performer_or_group CRAS#Mixed_recitals_by_a_performer_or_group since the guideline and

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Classical Release Artist Style#Mixed recitals by a performer or group

2010-01-14 Thread lorenz pressler
symphonick wrote: I wouldn't want to be too specific about performers in big fonts on cover-sleeves, so I'd remove name is printed big on the sleeve from the RFC [...] The reasons for this are: everything doesn't come with sleeves nowadays + I want to avoid any kind of indication of a

[mb-style] Classical Release Artist Style

2010-01-13 Thread lorenz pressler
i edited and added quite some classical stuff over the last months and rawfuk pointed out a mistake i made quite often during this time (see edit #11778002). but since now nobody noticed or at least there where different ways of interpreting the rules. subject: Mixed recitals by a performer or

Re: [mb-style] Audiobook Style Proposal, Mark I

2010-01-07 Thread lorenz pressler
Pavan Chander wrote: So then why not include the story/bookname only in the cases where that kind of disambiguation is necessary? fine with me, i just wanted to keep it simple. lorenz. -- View this message in context: