History:Narrator Relationship Type Proposal

Relationship Type "Narrator"

Link Phrases

• artist narrated album or track
• album or track was narrated by artist

Description

This one could be useful for audiobooks, spoken children's stories and classical releases.

This AdvancedRelationshipType is part of the PerformanceRelationshipClass.

Relationship Attributes

"additional"

There is no guideline yet how the additional flag might be used for "narrated" relationships. (AdditionalRelationshipAttribute)

Examples

• Wish Upon a Star: All-Time Children's Favorites
• Peter and the Wolf
• J.K. Rowling

Discussion

Live albums often have introductions spoken by someone on the stage or other spoken parts. Example: Once in Agony. Should this relationship also be used for this? --Shepard

• Maybe we can also add IntroductionRelationshipType? * artist introduced album or track * album or track has an introduction by artist ** OR album or track was introduced by artist To answer your question: it feels a bit weird to call what you are describing "narrating", but I'd have no problem with people using the NarratorRelationshipType... (if you don't think the terminology is a bit awkward) --azertus

Historical discussion

This could be useful for audiobooks, but also for other albums like this one: http://www.musicbrainz.org/showalbum.html?albumid=175913

something like this:

• artistX narrated albumY
• albumY has narration by artistX

Seconded by ClutchEr2 in the original discussion.

--azertus