[mb-style] RFC: FeaturingArtistStyle amendment

[Lauri Watts]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Brian Schweitzer
<brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, while we're talking about FAS, I don't want to drag this discussion
> off-course, but this sounds as good a time to ask it as any...  Now that we
> have ARs, which afaik we didn't when SG5 led to the current FAS, is there
> any reason we ought to keep (feat.) at all, rather than migrating to be a
> checkbox option on the performance ARs?  Ie, instead of:
> "Foo Bar (feat. Tom Smith)" - AR: vocals performed by Tom Smith, performed
> by Alice Jones, performed by Ed Wood
> we take advantage of a checkbox option, giving:
> "Foo Bar" - AR: featuring vocals performed by Tom Smith, performed by Alice
> Jones, performed by Ed Wood
> (or some such wording)?

While that has merit, I would prefer to see this as a separate
discussion entirely, it'll just derail this one.

I agree that there's no reason for this to not apply to classical
music.  If they're actually listed as featured on the cover (not deep
in the booklet or other liners) let it apply, as is, if they're not,
put them in AR's.

-- 
Lauri Watts