[mb-style] FeaturingArtistStyle clarification (was: Re: RFC: Change BoxSetNameStyle)

[Andrew Conkling]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Brian Schweitzer <
brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> > "If one artist can be considered the primary artist, file the
> track/release
> > under the primary artist, add AdvancedRelationships of the
> > PerformanceRelationshipClass to link to the secondary artists, and
> append
> > the name of the secondary artists to the TrackTitle/ReleaseTitle."
> >
> > and then...
> >
> > "Do not add any secondary artist to the track title."
> >
> > What's the difference there?
>
> Only one I see is that, if the composer is the "primary artist", using
> composer-as-artist style, then all performers would seem to become
> "secondary", and thus the "only use ARs" provisions would
> automatically kick in...


But the first part says that "if one artist can be considered the primary
artist [the composer], ...add AdvancedRelationships of the
PerformanceRelationshipClass to link to the secondary artists, and append
the name of the secondary artists [the performers] to the
TrackTitle/ReleaseTitle."

These two sections seem to contradict each other.
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