 Ok . Let 's use an APC album as an example. eMOTIVe . APC did a song called " Imagine . " If you view the credits for the song you 'll find various bits of info . Generally speaking the writers name appears in parenthesis next to the track . The performer info may or may not be listed in the album credits . If you see performer info it may be broken down to instruments . For example ... " Billy Howerdel - Guitars and Back @-@ up Vocals . Josh Freese - Drums and percussion , etc ... Or it may be a given that the people who performed on this project / album / track are the band in question . So it will just say " B Howerdel - guitars , Josh Freese - drums , M J Keenan - vocals , etc . ... But Writing credits are different . Next to " Imagine " you 'll see the name John Lennon . Because he wrote the song . You may want to sit down for the next bit . Ready ? John Lennon didn 't perform or sing or play on the APC version of " Imagine . " He didn 't produce it , direct it , co @-@ produce it , or grab us Latte 's during the recording of it . Why ? Because he 's dead. he just wrote it . And we performed a version of it . If you visit the Project Credits of this site now , you 'll start to see what we mean . Hope that helps . 
