[mb-users] Singer/songwriter covering their own songs?

[Philip Jägenstedt]

I have added composition ARs, but a relationship between the original
song and the "cover" would be nice, something like "is the earliest
recording of". Such and AR will certainly cause more confusion that in
alleviates though.

Given that whatever relationships we make, there will always be some
things that don't fit the template, what about a relationship which
can defined by the user? This could be used for things that fall
between the cracks, like "parodies", "borrows lyrics from" or other
things which don't fit the mold. Just like "non-album tracks", use
should generally be discouraged and only be the last resort. Any
opinions?

-- Philip

On 7/11/07, Aaron Cooper <cooperaa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/11/07, Philip Jägenstedt <philip at foolip.org> wrote:
> > Greetings all!
> >
> > A singer/songwriter composes a song for another artist, which that
> > other artist records and releases. Later, the singer/songwriter
> > records and releases that same song him/herself. Is this version to be
> > considered a cover of the first release?
> >
> > I think this is a pretty common situation. I'm facing it right now
> > with Guang Liang
> > (http://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b89c374-e0f1-4aa1-9f08-d56cfdd644f6.html)
> > who has re-recorded some of his own songs in this manner.
> >
> > Should "is a cover of" AR be entered for such tracks? It doesn't fit
> > very well what might generally be considered a cover.
>
> I agree.  I don't think the cover AR is appropriate in either
> direction.  I think what you'll have to end up doing is just making
> sure the composition ARs are correct.
>
> -Aaron
>
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