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

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2007/8/31, Philip Jägenstedt <philip at foolip.org>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm bringing this up again because I'm not very satisfied with the
> current solution (just setting composition ARs).
>
> There is clearly a relationship between a song which was recorded both
> by artist A and artist B. If anyone but artist B is the composer then
> "cover" seems the appropriate AR. But for that case where artist B is
> the composer, the cover AR feels wrong in every way. Would people
> oppose using the "is a later version of" AR for these cases, which is
> normally used for the same song by the same artist.  The phrasing of
> the AR quite fits the purpose, but perhaps such use would be frowned
> upon.
>
> I have taken the liberty to set "is a later release of" ARs for some
> recordings of songs which were composed by artist B, recorded by
> artist A+B, released by artist A and only later included on some
> compilation album by artist B. Two such cases, again with 光良 as the
> exampl):
> http://musicbrainz.org/release/14fca242-1476-4bbd-8613-911992f71941.html
>
> In some manner of thinking, if "is a later release of" AR can be set
> between different artists in corner cases, then so could "is a later
> version of". What do you all think?
>

I don't like this idea because I feel it means using an AR in another
meaning than what it actually meant. We must distinguish technical (physical
in a way) meaning from linguistically aesthetic considerations. I understand
that "cover" sounds wrong, but technically, it is just that: a later
recording by an artist different from the original performer. I feel it
would to better to use the "cover" AR and use some presentation trick to
display the AR with a different wording if the performer is the composer.
Thus, the "cover" AR would keep it's "technical" meaning. Another way could
be to create a new AR just for this case, but is it worth it?

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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