LordSputnik wrote > If you were to replace the words "audio track" with "recording", you'd get > the following: > > "In MusicBrainz, a recording is a set of one or more recordings, which may > have been mixed or edited, but have not been mastered. > > A recording is any captured sound, including (but not limited to) > instrumental and vocal performances and existing recordings." > > A recording can't be both of those things, which is why a separate term is > used. Especially since, in MusicBrainz, a recording is already closer to > the former idea than the latter.
Well, that exposes the circularity. As you say: "An audio track is any captured sound, including (but not limited to) instrumental and vocal performances and existing recordings" "An audio track is ... any captured sound" "Any captured sound... [includes] existing recording" Therefore: "An audio track ... [includes] existing recording" Therefore: "A recording is a set of one or more [things that include] existing recordings" -- View this message in context: http://musicbrainz.1054305.n4.nabble.com/RFC-STYLE-208-New-Recordings-Guidelines-tp4651054p4652195.html Sent from the MusicBrainz - Style mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
