When did Music Features become popular?

**Frownland** · 11-08-2021, 10:35 AM

It used to be done more in concerts where bands sharing the bill play a bit together.

bob_32_116 · 11-08-2021, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko

I mean, yeah, sure, „feat.” is always justified, if there’s multiple performers on a track, I guess.

Though I think it isn’t needed really.
If someone makes a guest appearance on your track, you can just put that person’s name in the credits on the album.
If someone co-writes with you a track (as was the case with that Gotye song) you can release it as a one-off single („Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye & Kimbra”), and not put it on your album to boost sales.
Just like you’d do in the good old days.

[That’s another thing entirely, but I’m also a strong believer in not putting singles on albums. Just make up your mind, goddamit!]

I don't want to buy singles - at least not in physical form. I'd rather "non-album singles" were not a thing. By all means release it as a single for those who only want that song, but include it on an album as well, I say.

As for "like you'd do in the good old days", I'm not sure what era you are talking about, but my recollection of the 1960s and 1970s was that most singles also appeared on albums. Indeed, they were often seen as a means to entice people to buy the album. For me, that was an effective strategy, because radio stations in the 1960s rarely played album cuts, and there were many occasions when I heard a single, liked it, and was thereby encouraged to check out the album to decide if it was worth buying.

Remember, the original rationale for releasing and buying albums was as a budget package of songs, since it was possible to produce an album with, say, twelve songs, for less than six times the cost of a two-sided single. It was only later on, beginning in the late 60s or early 70s, that we started to see the album considered as a p[roduct in itself.

Mucha na Dziko · 11-08-2021, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bob_32_116

As for "like you'd do in the good old days", I'm not sure what era you are talking about

I was refering to the artist featuring, not the singles
Sorry for bad composition

Mucha na Dziko · 11-08-2021, 12:20 PM

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I don't want to buy singles - at least not in physical form. I'd rather "non-album singles" were not a thing. By all means release it as a single for those who only want that song, but include it on an album as well, I say.

I strongly believe an album should be a full composition. Like a painting or a book. You don't sell just the nicest part of a painting in order to make someone buy the whole thing later on. The same with books - you don't sell compilations of "Just The Best Bits" from a novel.

Tristan_Geoff · 11-08-2021, 01:44 PM

Kurtis Blow featured your mom

Mucha na Dziko · 11-08-2021, 01:56 PM

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Kurtis Blow featured your mom

My mom?

Tristan_Geoff · 11-08-2021, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko

My mom?

No, your mom

Mucha na Dziko · 11-08-2021, 03:29 PM

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No, your mom

I think I'm missing the joke

SGR · 11-08-2021, 03:56 PM

I thought it all started with Cher and Gregg Allman?

bob_32_116 · 11-08-2021, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko

I strongly believe an album should be a full composition. Like a painting or a book. You don't sell just the nicest part of a painting in order to make someone buy the whole thing later on. The same with books - you don't sell compilations of "Just The Best Bits" from a novel.

That's a very noble philosophy, but I'm not sure it's shared by all musicians or their record companies.

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