Re: [mb-users] Artist vs. Artist and His Orchestra

This is an interesting subject...

> I would also like to see the complete discography of an artist regardless
>> of the various groups he has been part of. Or to be able to see the solo
>> releases as well as the group releases. How about if an artist has "is a
>> member of"  ARs, adding those releases underneath the solo releases?
>>
>> For example, if you go to Paul McCartney 's release page, you would first
>> see His solo releases and then followed by the Beatles releases.
>>
>>
> I like the general idea, but I'd only want to see releases where the
> artist actually performed. I mean putting all releases by The Beatles on
> Paul McCarney's page would be fine, but not displaying the entire LSO
> discography on every member's page.
>
>
I agree.  I've thought about this possibility before, when we were working
on NGS.  Using the member of AR would break pretty easily, I think.  If Tom
Foo is in the band Bar from 1990 to 1994, and they release an album Zip in
1992, you might assume pretty safely that Tom Foo performed on Zip.  99% of
the time, you're likely correct, though there are exceptions [1].  However,
if that album then is re-released in 2000, just using member of, then the
2000 re-release wouldn't show on Tom Foo's page, because 2000 wouldn't be
between 1990 and 1994.

What I think could work, though, is using the performance ARs, as I think
you're suggesting symphonick.  You could also extend it to any of the
performance and engineering ARs: remixed by, engineered, etc.  That would
certainly make the releases/release groups tabs more useful for all the
engineers, remixers, DJs, etc. who currently have blank pages, with all the
relevant stuff for them instead buried on the ARs tab.

Brian

[1] Example: Nirvana's Bleach; first released on 1989-06-01, used versions
performed by Dale Crover (member only in 1988-01), rather than versions
performed by Chad Channing (1988-05 – 1990-06).  Using member of would
display Bleach on Channing's page, not Crover's.  Using performance ARs
would instead correctly show it on Crover's page.

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