Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines - Rev. 2

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Crocker
On 11 April 2013 03:31, Music Brainz Music Information < musicbrainz.r...@ncf.ca> wrote: > I can't agree with the intent of Audio Channels. While of course > recordings with different numbers of channels with "sound different", I > still don't feel it's a productive use of our time replicating > r

Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines - Rev. 2

2013-04-10 Thread Music Brainz Music Information
I can't agree with the intent of Audio Channels. While of course recordings with different numbers of channels with "sound different", I still don't feel it's a productive use of our time replicating relationships across two or more instances of a recording because they have different channels.

Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines - Rev. 2

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Crocker
I’m liking it, it’s getting there. Don’t be disheartened but I’ve got quit a few suggestions! Hope they help. I would reorganise the sections so that you lead the reader from the simple case to the complex: Different performances; Different recordings of the same performance; Remixes and remaster

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Rights society relationship (STYLE-209)

2013-04-10 Thread Rachel Dwight
I almost forgot: this needs to be extended to artists as well. In the PRO search engines I've been to they usually list songwriters' affiliation, if any. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Nikki wrote: > Although rights societies aren't technically labels, there are a bunch > en

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Rights society relationship (STYLE-209)

2013-04-10 Thread Rachel Dwight
+1, though I'd really like these to be a category in and of themselves. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Nikki wrote: > Although rights societies aren't technically labels, there are a bunch > entered as labels already, which we deliberately don't delete so that > people can s

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-205: Remove indication in conductor guidelines to use chorus master for choral conductors

2013-04-10 Thread David Gasaway
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Tom Crocker wrote: > I would change the link phrases for chorus master because I think they're > a little clunky: > Artist *was chorus master on* > Release > Release

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-205: Remove indication in conductor guidelines to use chorus master for choral conductors

2013-04-10 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Tom Crocker wrote: > I would change the link phrases for chorus master because I think they're > a little clunky: > Artist *was chorus master on* > Release > Release

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-205: Remove indication in conductor guidelines to use chorus master for choral conductors

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Crocker
I would change the link phrases for chorus master because I think they're a little clunky: Artist *was chorus master on* Release Release *has chorus master *Artist

[mb-style] RFC: Rights society relationship (STYLE-209)

2013-04-10 Thread Nikki
Although rights societies aren't technically labels, there are a bunch entered as labels already, which we deliberately don't delete so that people can subscribe to them, e.g. the ones listed on http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Label/Non-Labels Some people have already been putting the information i

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-205: Remove indication in conductor guidelines to use chorus master for choral conductors

2013-04-10 Thread jonitis
+1 From: Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎10‎, ‎2013 ‎7‎:‎44‎ ‎PM To: MusicBrainz Style Discussion Hi! I'm restarting this RFC, because as suggested, I've made changes to the Chorus Master page too. What do people think of http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/C

Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines - Rev. 2

2013-04-10 Thread LordSputnik
I've just done today's new draft of the guideline. I've added a section on audio channels (although this was really hard to word clearly), and updated the remixes and remasters section. Link: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:LordSputnik/Proposals/Style/Recording I haven't said anything about a t

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-205: Remove indication in conductor guidelines to use chorus master for choral conductors

2013-04-10 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Hi! I'm restarting this RFC, because as suggested, I've made changes to the Chorus Master page too. What do people think of http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Chorus_Master_Relationship_Type and http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Conductor_Relationship_Type ? (I've also added an

Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines

2013-04-10 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
An other example of remix called "remaster": Jethro Tull's Lcomotive Breath. 2013/4/10 Frederic Da Vitoria > 2013/4/8 symphonick > >> corner case - something has been called a remaster but it's actually a >> remix? I think we can assume that most of the time a mix is a mix and a >> remaster is

Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines

2013-04-10 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2013/4/8 symphonick > corner case - something has been called a remaster but it's actually a > remix? I think we can assume that most of the time a mix is a mix and a > remaster is a remaster. > People in charge of commercial matters are bound to make this kind of improper semantic shift. Remixe

Re: [mb-style] RFC: STYLE-208 - New Recordings Guidelines

2013-04-10 Thread LordSputnik
Just to let you all know, I'll be updating the guideline in a few hours time, to try to fix the issues you've brought up. Thanks for commenting, I'll let you know when it's ready! -- View this message in context: http://musicbrainz.1054305.n4.nabble.com/RFC-STYLE-208-New-Recordings-Guidelines-t