[mb-style] Guest performances again

[Chris B]

On 02/03/2008, Philip Jägenstedt <philip at foolip.org> wrote:
> I'm a bit confused about guest performance AR:s again. The helper text
>  on the AR editing page reads "This attribute indicates a 'guest'
>  performance where the performer is not usually part of the band."
>
>  Should this be understood to mean that whenever a performer isn't part
>  of a band (or isn't the artist him/herself in case of an individual
>  artist) but has credits for some performance, then it is a guest
>  performance?

as i understand it, yes

If that were the case then we'd have "guest drums
>  performed by Drummer Guy" on as good as every pop artist release which
>  doesn't have a regular band. This doesn't seem very reasonable.

to me that seems reasonable :) however there is also the situation
where pop artists have their own band they use in the studio/for
touring, in which case i would say such artists aren't guests, but
they would need a 'supporting musician' AR to the pop artist to
clarify what's going on.

>
>  So, is "guest" only for when the artist is credited as a guest?

no... i hope not, anyway, as that's not really workable

>
>  Two very specific questions:
>
>  1. Does "featuring" imply guest?

yes (of course they also get (feat. x) as well)

>  2. In a duet between artist A and artist B released by artist A
>  without any special credit given on the cover (but probably "vocals"
>  in liners), is artist B performing "guest lead vocal" or just "lead
>  vocal"?

in that situation i would say guest lead vocal, unless it's credited
as, for example, "Queen & David Bowie" in the tracklist, in which case
it's a new collab artist