Another detailed MusicBrainz instrument tree fleshed out - this time bagpipes/dūdas/gaida, etc etc… untangling different but similar instruments from around the world is very interesting and very complex, it turns out!
As part of some side project using #golang I implemented the musicbrainzws2 package. It wraps the #MusicBrainz web service and search API into a Go friendly interface.
The package is I think rather feature complete, but likely there are bugs and in the current state I reserve the freedom to change the interface at any time as I see fit. But maybe you want to give it a try if you need to access the MB API with Go.
Are you interested in music playlists? Come test ListenBrainz Radio! No login required.
Rob has been finessing all kinds of bits and pieces for a long time now, and you should be able to get some pretty complex stuff working in there. Feedback and code contributions very welcome.
Ah, the lead up to Google Summer of Code (GSoC). Weeks of excitement, and the promise of a bright future. And lots of time to absolutely torpedo your chances of working with MetaBrainz or your open-source organisation of choice. Here’s how.
#strawberry music player has the best support for musicbrainz and listenbrainz that i've found. some stuff still wouldn't read… it turns out they were ALAC files that are only somewhat compatible with ID3v2.4. songs with multiple artists would vanish. transcoded to flac, sorted. #ListenBrainz#MusicBrainz@metabrainz
Coucou le fédivers, en sauvegardant mes CD j'ai créé un compte #MusicBrainz. De temps en temps, un album manque et je l'ajoute. Pour ceux qui ont un compte, ça vous dirait de passer ces modifications en revue ? (Pour ceux qui ne savent pas, MusicBrainz a un système de revue par les pairs et a un logiciel de tag trop cool, picard.)
MusicBrainz Picard is really good, open source and cross-platform. If your music folder is a chaotic mess of unsorted, untagged files, give it a try, it works like magic.
for last.fm users dragging their feet like me, because all those 'smart' quotes blow up your last.fm stats: there's an option to dumbify them. i wish i had known this a year earlier #MusicBrainz#LastFM#picard#unicode
Use arcane technology to find your favourite artist and explore their related artists. Watch the pretty colours. Listen to the music. Race your friends from Napalm Death to Britney Spears. Increase the web size and gasp as the artists jiggle into each other. Or simplify your life by exploring a web size of 0.