Re: [mb-users] Retrieving contributors to a recording to create artist playlists

Use picard to tag your music.

David


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Michael Schuerig <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I've started looking at MusicBrainz a couple of days ago with a specific
> aim. I'd like to create playlists for artists containing all recordings
> (in my collection) they play on.
>
> I'm mostly interested in rock and jazz, but I think it would be at least
> as interesting do for classical music.
>
> An example. Let's say I want to create a playlist with recordings by
> Steve Morse. Luckily, I remember that at one time or another, he
> published albums under his own name and he was part of the Dixie Dregs,
> Kansas, Deep Purple, and Flying Colors. I'd have to look at the CDs to
> find the details.
>
> I'd rather query MusicBrainz. As far as I can tell, the MB data model
> can represent the information I'm looking for. However, I have no idea
> if the actual data is nearly detailed enough to make my idea workable.
> Also, I've made a few attempts at queries such as this one
>
> http://www.musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording/e9863849-4bb5-4709-bcf6-
> f79e08f09ed5?inc=artist-credits+recording-rels
>
> and I'm not quite sure how to get the information I want even if it is
> indeed there.
>
> Regarding the general approach, I'm considering to retrieve contributor
> data for each recording in a collection once and then cache it locally.
>
> Any thoughts, recommendations?
>
> Michael
>
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