RE: [mb-style] Setting DJs as owners of Remix CDs

2006-07-27 Thread Stefan Kestenholz
I am a firm believer in the ReleaseArtist should be the DJ mixer. Especially when it is as blatant as being the artist on the cover of the CD. Almost any music store you walk into has these releases under the DJ who mixed them. I just like to bring it to attention that its dangerous

Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread MLL
Mmmmh you didn' let me lurk very long did you ? :) Moreover, I have my main PC going in pieces, so I'll try be concise. (FYI mangled refers to the discussion at the bottom of http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/CapitalizationStandardFrench) First, I want to precise that french is my mother tongue,

Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread Nikki
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 06:22:28PM -0600, Beth wrote: I think it Is a mistake to simplify if there are standard rules known. After all, we could easily say, it's easier not to fight through artist intent with an artist that has all their name in lowercase (matchbox twenty) or Japanese tracks

RE: [mb-style] Setting DJs as owners of DJ mix CDs

2006-07-27 Thread mud crow
Yes, if they are obviously credited as such, like the Tiesto releases. But not if the DJ mix is just a minor credit or guest appearance, such as the Gatecrasher series, Tunnel Trance Force series, DJ Networx series and other releases similar.

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
Though I am a classical lover and I like it that MB uses the composer for artist in classical, I am not so sure we should make a difference between clasical soundtracks and other soundtracks. I'd prefer a general rule. I am not sure classical users will check the soundtracks to see if some of

Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
On 7/27/06, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it Is a mistake to simplify if there are standard rules known. [...] I think we need to respect the language and artist for each demographic and culture if infact we are going to respect any. I absolutely agree with this. The problem is that

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Lauri Watts
On 7/26/06, Arturus Magi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/25/06, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The albums that are usually called in Japanese Image Albums and in Hollywood Music inspired by This is pretty common, they can be both instrumental (when inspired from the score) and/or pop/rock

RE: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Beth
I appreciate your thoughts, and I know I opened that sort of by stating what the general rules are and how they are generally categorized. I will keep this for the next phase be assured. Right now though, I am just seeking a common ground on what different types of soundtracks there are, and how

Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread Nikki
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:13:00AM +0200, Mangled wrote: Personally I much prefer standard sentence case because it's much simpler Being simpler doesn't make it good, or even better. Argument discarded, says the prosecutor :D When did I say that it makes it good or better? I simply stated

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Lauri Watts
On 7/27/06, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree they merit mentioning, and I will include them, but I will need your help on that, since I know nothing about them. Basically in case I didn't make it clear, I want to define this so we can then say, this should apply to the soundtrack style,

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Chris Bransden
On 27/07/06, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone else have any more types of soundtracks? I know they can be added later. Just figured I'd get as many outlooks as I could before drawing up the wiki for it. not sure if it really counts, but perhaps deserves a mention:

RE: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread Beth
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nikki Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:51 AM To: MusicBrainz style discussion Subject: Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules) snip Again, to me, the fact some/most people don't

RE: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Beth
Can you go into a little more detail? How is it a concept album of the soundtrack? Is it because it was inspired by the movie? Such as Boiled in Lead's Gypsy is inspired by a book? What is the theme, I am sorry, I am unfamiliar with this. Is it similar to what Lauri defined? Thanks Chris, sorry

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Chris Bransden
On 27/07/06, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you go into a little more detail? How is it a concept album of the soundtrack? Is it because it was inspired by the movie well, there is no movie :) the basically made a soundtrack album to a movie that doesn't exist (or at least, only in their

Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread Nikki
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 07:57:48AM -0600, Beth wrote: I didn't say that the rules are wrong. However, there is no point in deciding on rules that nobody except a couple of people use. I disagree, why else did we have such a discussion on latin, and I feel if there are rules in place before

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Thomas Tholén
Also there are the actual game discs which sometimes have cd-player-playable music tracks on them. There are loads of them in the database, usually with a quite massive datatrack as track one, and then some music tracks at the end. //[bnw] Citerar Bogdan Butnaru [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On

Re: FW: [mb-style] What defines a Soundtrack?

2006-07-27 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
Just like me, to forget the most common case :) -- Bogdan Butnaru — [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think I am a fallen star, I should wish on myself. – O. On 7/27/06, Thomas Tholén [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also there are the actual game discs which sometimes have cd-player-playable music tracks on

Re: [mb-style] Is french silly? :p (French capitalization rules)

2006-07-27 Thread Arturus Magi
On 7/27/06, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [beth] Nikki, sorry, you have extreme knowledge on the Japanese artists, many of us don't. In my opinion your instance here is looking at this in the same light many of us see the Japanese guidelines. I believe this was specifically speaking in terms of