[mb-style] Composition/Performer/Production ARs at Release or Track level? - PROPOSAL

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Bram has said just exactly what I wanted to say. A release-level AR means
that the person or group had the relationship for some or all of the
release, just as the track-level AR means they had the relationship for some
or all of the track.  

I think you can take it a step further: saying "Ringo is drummer for the
Beatles"  means Ringo played the drums somewhere in the band's career.
He/she may not be the only drummer, doesn't necessarily play every song,
maybe only in the last 10 albums or something, but being drummer was a role
played by the artist as a member of the band.

I was on the verge of writing this down in
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistRoleInheritance .  I'm a newly-arrived MB
contributor. That page was very influential for me. Now I see that it misled
me.  I think that it's important that it be rewritten to reflect whatever
our new consensus turns out to be.


Bram van Dijk wrote:
> 
> It is very intuitive actually, now that I think about it a bit more.
> 
> take the example of a "performed drums" AR:
> 
> A track-level AR means that the artist played the drums somewhere in the 
> track. He/she may not be the only drummer, doesn't necessarily play the 
> whole song, maybe only in the last 10 seconds or something, but a drum 
> was played by the artist.
> 
> A release level AR means that the artist played the drums somewhere in 
> the release. He/she may not be the only drummer, doesn't necessarily 
> play on each track, but a drum was played by the artist.
> 
> All this inheritance stuff only complicates matters. The only reason I 
> can see to put AR's that apply to all tracks at the release level is to 
> have a lower total number of AR's with the same information.
> Of course, it also used to be very time consuming to add them to every 
> track, but thankfully it isn't anymore.
> 
> Bram
> ....
> 

        --Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada
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