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[[MusicBrainz]] is not unique as a database of music information. |
[[MusicBrainz]] is not unique as a database of music information. For a comprehensive list, see [[wikipedia:List_of_online_music_databases|wikipedia]]. This page lists some and indicates if crosslinking is possible. |
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For an exhaustive list of databases that can be linked to from [[MusicBrainz Entity|entities]] see the [[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type/Whitelist|whitelist]].<span style="float:both;">__TOC__</span> |
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== General Purpose == |
== General Purpose == |
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!Advanced Relationship |
!Advanced Relationship |
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|[[wikipedia:|Wikipedia]] |
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|Wiki-based free general interest encyclopedia |
|Wiki-based free general interest encyclopedia |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|Creative Commons |
|Creative Commons |
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|[[Link Wikipedia And MusicBrainz|Yes]] |
|[[Link Wikipedia And MusicBrainz|Yes]] |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/ Discogs] |
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|[[FreeDB]] |
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|Commercial site, switched to a public domain license for its data in early 2008 |
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|Open version of [[WikiPedia:CDDB|CDDB]]. MusicBrainz supports importing [[FreeDB]] data |
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|Free |
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|GPL |
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|No |
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|[http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs] |
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|Commercial site, switched to a public domain license for its data in early 2008. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|Public Domain |
|Public Domain |
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|[[rt:04a5b104-a4c2-4bac-99a1-7b837c37d9e4|artists]], [[rt:99e550f3-5ab4-3110-b5b9-fe01d970b126|release groups]], [[rt:4a78823c-1c53-4176-a5f3-58026c76f2bc|releases]], [[rt:5b987f87-25bc-4a2d-b3f1-3618795b8207|labels]] |
|[[rt:04a5b104-a4c2-4bac-99a1-7b837c37d9e4|artists]], [[rt:99e550f3-5ab4-3110-b5b9-fe01d970b126|release groups]], [[rt:4a78823c-1c53-4176-a5f3-58026c76f2bc|releases]], [[rt:5b987f87-25bc-4a2d-b3f1-3618795b8207|labels]] |
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|[ |
|[https://musicmoz.org/ MusicMoz] |
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|Directory of all things music, edited by volunteers. Imports data from MusicBrainz. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|[ |
|[https://musicmoz.org/xml/license.html Link] |
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|[[MusicMoz Relationship Type|Yes]] |
|[[MusicMoz Relationship Type|Yes]] |
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|[ |
|[https://www.allmusic.com/ Allmusic] |
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|Commercial site. Part of content is freely available. |
|Commercial site. Part of content is freely available. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|[[rt:6b3e3c85-0002-4f34-aca6-80ace0d7e846|artists]], [[rt:a50a1d20-2b20-4d2c-9a29-eb771dd78386|release groups]], [[rt:54482490-5ff1-4b1c-9382-b4d0ef8e0eac|recordings]], [[rt:ca9c9f46-11bd-423a-b134-9109cbebe9d7|works]] |
|[[rt:6b3e3c85-0002-4f34-aca6-80ace0d7e846|artists]], [[rt:a50a1d20-2b20-4d2c-9a29-eb771dd78386|release groups]], [[rt:54482490-5ff1-4b1c-9382-b4d0ef8e0eac|recordings]], [[rt:ca9c9f46-11bd-423a-b134-9109cbebe9d7|works]] |
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|[https://rateyourmusic.com/ Rate Your Music] |
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|[[Gracenote]] (formerly CDDB) |
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|Metadata database build around ratings and reviews. Good genre and location/date data. (RYM) |
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|Commercial site. Inspired MusicBrainz to start by stealing all the public data |
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|Free |
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|Proprietary |
|Proprietary |
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|No |
|No |
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|[http:// |
|[http://amazon.com Amazon] |
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|Often has incorrect release dates, doesn't always mark imports as such* |
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|Metadata database allowing users to rate and review albums. Commercial site. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|Proprietary |
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|No |
|No |
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|[ |
|[https://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] |
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|International network of library holdings |
|International network of library holdings |
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|Free |
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|[https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/ext-ref/worldcat-org/terms.html Link] |
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|[[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type|Yes]] |
|[[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type|Yes]] |
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|[ |
|[https://openlibrary.org/ Open Library] |
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|Internet Archive's project for books |
|Internet Archive's project for books and audiobooks |
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|Free |
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|[https://openlibrary.org/developers/licensing Link] |
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|[[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type|Yes]] |
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|[http://www.gnudb.org/ gnudb.org] |
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|CDDB/free.db successor |
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|Free |
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|[https://gnudb.org/privacy.php Link] |
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|No |
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|[http://opencdindex.com/ Open CD Index] |
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|CDDB/free.db successor |
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|Free |
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|GPL |
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|No |
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|[http://www.cdarchiv.de CDArchiv] |
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|CDDB/free.db successor (in German), supports the Hitbase application |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[[wikipedia:Sound Credit|Sound Credit]] |
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|Music credits platform for capturing metadata in DDEX RIN format. Provides an [https://sound.credit/home online database]. |
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|Free |
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|Proprietary |
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|No |
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|[http://viaf.org/ VIAF] |
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|Links person name entries of national libraries. Should contain everyone that has released a work. |
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|Free |
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|[[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type|Yes]] |
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|[https://jaxsta.com/ Jaxsta] |
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|Aggregator of content-owner supplied music data via DDEX. Free tier allows 5 searches/month. |
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|Paid |
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|No |
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|[https://www.getdigitaldata.com/GD3.aspx GD3] |
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|Commercial CD/DVD metadata lookup site |
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|Paid |
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|Proprietary |
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|No |
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|[[Gracenote]] |
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|Commercial site. Inspired MusicBrainz to form, by stealing public data. (formerly CDDB) |
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|Paid |
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|Proprietary |
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|No |
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|[http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/ SoundtrackCollector] |
|[http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/ SoundtrackCollector] |
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|Database of movie soundtracks |
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|Movie soundtrack database. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|No |
|No |
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|[https://vgmdb.net/ VGMdb] |
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|Database of videogame music |
|Database of videogame music |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|[[rt:0af15ab3-c615-46d6-b95b-a5fcd2a92ed9|artists]], [[rt:8a2d3e55-d291-4b99-87a0-c59c6b121762|labels]], [[rt:6af0134a-df6a-425a-96e2-895f9cd342ba|releases]] |
|[[rt:0af15ab3-c615-46d6-b95b-a5fcd2a92ed9|artists]], [[rt:8a2d3e55-d291-4b99-87a0-c59c6b121762|labels]], [[rt:6af0134a-df6a-425a-96e2-895f9cd342ba|releases]] |
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|[https://www.metal-archives.com/ Encyclopaedia Metallum] |
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|Database of |
|Database of heavy metal (and related) music (aka The Metal Archives) |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|[http://www.sa-cd.net/ SA-CD.net] |
|[http://www.sa-cd.net/ SA-CD.net] |
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|Database |
|Database of Super Audio CDs |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|No |
|No |
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|[http://www.45cat.com/ 45cat] |
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|Database of 7" vinyl |
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|Free |
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|[[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type|Yes]] |
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|[https://www.lddb.com/ LaserDisc Database] |
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|Database cataloging all LaserDiscs. Also has HD DVD, CED, VHD and D-VHS releases. |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[http://www.songtitle.info/ Songtitle.info] |
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|Database of US television advert music |
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|[http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/ Encyclopédisque] |
|[http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/ Encyclopédisque] |
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|Database of French 7" |
|Database of French 7" vinyl |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|No |
|No |
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|[https://www.soundamental.org/ Soundamental] |
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|Database of French singles and albums. Has [[Release_Catalog_Number|catnos]] and [[Barcode|barcodes]] |
|Database of French singles and albums. Has [[Release_Catalog_Number|catnos]] and [[Barcode|barcodes]]. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|No |
|No |
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|[https://samplerinfos.de/ SamplerInfos] |
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|[http://www.45cat.com/ 45cat] |
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|Database of German samplers and compilations |
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|Global database for 7" vinyl |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[https://www.pmdb.org.taipei/ 臺灣流行音樂資料庫] |
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|Database of Taiwan popular music |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[[Other_Databases_Relationship_Type|Yes]] |
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|[http://www.allmusic.hu/ allmusic.hu] |
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|Database of Hungarian music |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[https://www.muzic.net.nz/ muzic.net.nz] |
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|Database of New Zealand music |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[https://www.audioculture.co.nz/ AudioCulture] |
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|Database of New Zealand music (focused on biographies and pictorials) |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[http://www.liederenbank.nl/ Nederlandse Liederenbank] |
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|Database of Dutch music''.'' Source for origin of (old) works. [[jira:STYLE-762|Crosslinking requested]]. |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[http://www.coversproject.com/ The Covers Project] |
|[http://www.coversproject.com/ The Covers Project] |
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|Database of cover songs (songs performed by an artist other than the original performer). Uses MusicBrainz data. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|No |
|No |
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|[https://www.secondhandsongs.com Second Hand Songs] |
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|Database of cover songs containing artists, songs and covers (80K originals, 640K cover songs and 3166 songs with samples - 2018-10-27) |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|[[rt:79c5b84d-a206-4f4c-9832-78c028c312c3|artists]], [[rt:0e555925-1b7d-475c-9b25-b9c349dcc3f3|releases]], [[rt:b80dff64-9560-445a-b824-c8b432d77a52|works]] |
|[[rt:79c5b84d-a206-4f4c-9832-78c028c312c3|artists]], [[rt:0e555925-1b7d-475c-9b25-b9c349dcc3f3|releases]], [[rt:b80dff64-9560-445a-b824-c8b432d77a52|works]] |
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|[https://cover.info/ coverinfo.de] |
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|Database that lists more than 50K cover songs and samples. Interface in German, but there is also a English user guide. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|No |
|No |
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|[https://www.whosampled.com/ WhoSampled] |
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|Database of samples, covers and interpolations |
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|Metamuse is an ever expanding database of cover songs and remixes by major and independent record label artists from around the world. Watch videos, rate and comment on song versions by different artists. |
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|Free |
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|No |
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|[http://www.whosampled.com WhoSampled] |
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|Details of samples, covers and interpolations |
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!Advanced Relationship |
!Advanced Relationship |
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|[https://imslp.org/ International Music Score Library Project] |
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|Holds the [http://imslp.org/wiki/ Petrucci Music Library], an internet-based collaborative music score library |
|Holds the [http://imslp.org/wiki/ Petrucci Music Library], an internet-based collaborative music score library (IMSLP) |
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|Free |
|Free |
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|Public Domain |
|Public Domain |
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|Yes (as "[[rt:0cc8527e-ea40-40dd-b144-3b7588e759bf|has score]]") |
|Yes (as "[[rt:0cc8527e-ea40-40dd-b144-3b7588e759bf|has score]]") |
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|[https://musopen.org/ MusOpen] |
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|Online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. Offers free music and sheet music downloads. |
|Online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. Offers free music and sheet music downloads. |
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|Free |
|Free |
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== Open Data == |
== Open Data == |
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* Last.fm: |
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*:[http://www.last.fm/ http://www.last.fm/] - ''currently uses [[MusicBrainz]] data'' |
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!Site |
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* Open Directory: |
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!Description/Notes |
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*:[http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/ http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/] - ''also lists other directories at [http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Directories/ http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Directories/]'' |
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! width="75px" |Access |
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!License |
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!Advanced Relationship |
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|[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm] |
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|Currently uses [[MusicBrainz]] data (?) |
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|Free |
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|[https://curlie.org/en/Arts/Music Curlie] |
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|Open Directory, also lists other directories [https://curlie.org/en/Arts/Music/Directories/ here] |
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|Free |
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== Data |
== 'Free' Data == |
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Free as in "Free beer, if you drink it in my bar". |
Free as in "Free beer, if you drink it in my bar". |
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* [http://www.gnod.net/ GnoD]: |
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*: ''nifty little engine that deals with relating artists to each other; the database doesn't appear to be publicly available, but the service is free and in a very usable state'' |
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!Site |
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* [http://www.webmusicdb.com/ Web Music Database]: |
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!Description/Notes |
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* [http://www.music-city.org/ Music City]: |
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*: ''"Collaborative" music and artists DB. Has content from Amazon and no copyright statement (see also [http://www.music-city.org/forum.php?thread=3 thread in their forum]). Beta. Does not seem to be very active as of June 2005.'' |
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!License |
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!Advanced Relationship |
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|[http://www.gnod.net/ GnoD] |
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|Engine that relates artists to each other; the database doesn't appear to be publicly available |
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|Free |
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== Other == |
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*[https://www.upcdatabase.com/ UPC Database]: ''Database of [[Barcode]]s including music CDs (as well as DVDs, nappies and other assorted goods).'' |
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*[http://www.bpmdatabase.com/ BPMDataBase]: D''atabase of dance music tracks with their bpm for DJs'' - Slowly dying in 2008 due to spam submissions and no non-spam submissions. |
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== Others == |
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*[https://www.kompaktkiste.de/ Wolf's Kompaktkiste]: ''A personal database of Wolf's CD and record collection, with scans. Largely electronic, with jazz other genres as well.'' |
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The following is still unsorted |
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* Music Plasma: [http://www.musicplasma.com/ http://www.musicplasma.com/] - ''very pretty related artist mapping database with audio clips; very little documentation so not sure where their data comes from'' |
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* UPC Database: [http://www.upcdatabase.com/ http://www.upcdatabase.com/] - ''database of [[Barcode|BarCode]]s including music CDs (as well as DVDs, nappies and other assorted goods)'' |
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* Daz.com - ''Seems to mainly source data from freedb'' |
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* [[BPM Data Base|BPMDataBase]]: [http://www.bpmdatabase.com/ http://www.bpmdatabase.com/] - ''database of dance music tracks with their bpm for DJs'' - Slowly dying in 2008 due to spam submissions and no non-spam submissions. |
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* Wolf's Kompaktkiste: [http://www.kompaktkiste.de/ http://www.kompaktkiste.de/] |
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* The Free Track Info Xchange: [http://www.threetix.net http://www.threetix.net] - ''works with the Microsoft Deluxe CD Player, and also has a "universal" data converter (PLC)'' |
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* CDArchiv: [http://www.cdarchiv.de http://www.cdarchiv.de] - ''German site, database supports the Hitbase application'' |
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* [http://viaf.org/ VIAF] - VIAF is a database that links the person name entries of national libraries together. It should contain every person that has ever released a work. |
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(please add any more you know of) |
(please add any more you know of) |
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The above are all general purpose music databases that we have considered working with (well, not Gracenote!). There are probably hundreds of specialist ones like: |
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* [[Christian Music Place|ChristianMusicPlace]]: [http://www.christianmusic.org/cmp/artists/ http://www.christianmusic.org/cmp/artists/] |
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Examples of a more tightly-focused database that is crying out to be built on top of a [[MusicBrainz]] foundation: |
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* Sample FAQ: [http://the-breaks.com/ http://the-breaks.com/] - ''tells you "who sampled what from who", irregularly updated and with a hand-tooled vibe but very interesting'' |
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* Commercial Breaks & Beats: [http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk/ http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk/] - ''UK television advert music database'' |
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* Songtitle.info: [http://www.songtitle.info/ http://www.songtitle.info/] - ''US television advert music database'' |
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* Some random guy's CD collection: [http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/h-son/cd/info.html http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/h-son/cd/info.html] |
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I think a certain type of person would love to have their CD collection info on the web, all nicely hyperlinked and with daft statistics. Maybe listing recent additions to the collection on their weblog like people list books they're currently reading or what they're currently listening to in iTunes. |
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==Defunct Databases== |
==Defunct Databases== |
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* [http://www.echocloud.net/ Echo Cloud]: D''atabase of related artists (if you like xxx then you might like yyy) based on crawling P2P networks'' - Down as of 2008-03 |
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* [http://slicks.ulyssis.org/coverdb/ Cover Songs Database]: S''imilar to above, but also tracks usage in samples'' - Down as of 5/24/07 |
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* [http://recommender.ipsi.fhg.de/music/cds.aspx Music Recommender]: D''atabase of related CDs (if you like xxx then you might like yyy) based on crawling music playlists -'' Down as of 2008-03 |
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* [http://www.moodlogic.com/ MoodLogic]: P''roprietary, fingerprint based mood and genre matching'' "Effective March 3, 2008, Macrovision announces the end of life (EOL) of the Moodlogic..." |
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* [[Mood Logic|MoodLogic]]: |
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* [[Music Match|MusicMatch]]: ''Database taken offline in September, 2007, when Yahoo! aquired them. Yahoo! has since discontinued the [[Music Match|MusicMatch]] software and database completely.'' |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[http://www.moodlogic.com/ http://www.moodlogic.com/] - ''proprietary, fingerprint based. mood and genre matching'' "Effective March 3, 2008, Macrovision announces the end of life (EOL) of the Moodlogic music management and recommendation software." |
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* [http://www.music-city.org/ Music City]:''"Collaborative" music and artists DB. Has content from Amazon and no copyright statement (see also [http://www.music-city.org/forum.php?thread=3 thread in their forum]). Beta.'' - Inactive as of 2005-06 |
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* [http://www.christianmusic.org/cmp/artists/ ChristianMusicPlace]: ''Christian music site'' |
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* [[Music Match|MusicMatch]]: Their database was taken offline in September, 2007, when Yahoo! aquired them. Yahoo! has since discontinued the [[Music Match|MusicMatch]] software and database completely. |
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* [http://www.threetix.net The Free Track Info Xchange]: ''Works with the Microsoft Deluxe CD Player, and also has a "universal" data converter (PLC)'' |
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* Daz.com: ''Seems to mainly source data from freedb'' |
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* [http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk/ Commercial Breaks & Beats]: ''UK television advert music database'' |
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* [http://www.tracktype.org/ TrackType.org]: ''Formerly freedb2.org'' |
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* [http://www.webmusicdb.com/ Web Music Database]: |
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* FreeDB: ''Successor to CDDB, redirects to [https://gnudb.org/ gnudb.org] since 2020'' |
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* Metamuse: ''Database of cover songs and remixes -'' Possibly offline as of 2018-10 |
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* [http://english.digibit.es/products/sonata-db/ SonataDB]: ''Commercial database for classical music'' - Seems to be offline as of 2023-01 |
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* [http://www.musicplasma.com/ Music Plasma]: V''ery pretty related artist mapping database with audio clips; very little documentation so not sure where their data comes from'' - Seems to be offline as of 2023-01 |
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* [http://the-breaks.com/ Sample FAQ]: ''Tells you "who sampled what from who", irregularly updated and with a hand-tooled vibe but very interesting'' - Seems to be offline as of 2023-01 |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Other Databases Relationship Type/Whitelist]] |
*[[Other Databases Relationship Type/Whitelist]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:List of online music databases|List of online music databases on Wikipedia]] |
*[[Wikipedia:List of online music databases|List of online music databases on Wikipedia]] |
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*[[User:Colbydray/NonEnglishReleaseDatabases]] |
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About amazon's [Import] label not being trustworthy, here is the smoke-proof to check whether the IMPORT is bogus or not on .fr. Switch the tld to .de: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00004UH7R |
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Check what they have as a label, in this case: Label: France (Megaphon Importservice) => it comes from france, and the [Import] is on .fr is bogus. |
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Latest revision as of 07:50, 15 January 2023
MusicBrainz is not unique as a database of music information. For a comprehensive list, see wikipedia. This page lists some and indicates if crosslinking is possible.
For an exhaustive list of databases that can be linked to from entities see the whitelist.
General Purpose
Site | Description/Notes | Access | License | Advanced Relationship |
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Wikipedia | Wiki-based free general interest encyclopedia | Free | Creative Commons | Yes |
Discogs | Commercial site, switched to a public domain license for its data in early 2008 | Free | Public Domain | artists, release groups, releases, labels |
MusicMoz | Directory of all things music, edited by volunteers. Imports data from MusicBrainz. | Free | Link | Yes |
Allmusic | Commercial site. Part of content is freely available. | Free | Proprietary | artists, release groups, recordings, works |
Rate Your Music | Metadata database build around ratings and reviews. Good genre and location/date data. (RYM) | Free | Proprietary | No |
Amazon | Often has incorrect release dates, doesn't always mark imports as such* | Free | No | |
WorldCat | International network of library holdings | Free | Link | Yes |
Open Library | Internet Archive's project for books and audiobooks | Free | Link | Yes |
gnudb.org | CDDB/free.db successor | Free | Link | No |
Open CD Index | CDDB/free.db successor | Free | GPL | No |
CDArchiv | CDDB/free.db successor (in German), supports the Hitbase application | Free | No | |
Sound Credit | Music credits platform for capturing metadata in DDEX RIN format. Provides an online database. | Free | Proprietary | No |
VIAF | Links person name entries of national libraries. Should contain everyone that has released a work. | Free | ||
Jaxsta | Aggregator of content-owner supplied music data via DDEX. Free tier allows 5 searches/month. | Paid | No | |
GD3 | Commercial CD/DVD metadata lookup site | Paid | Proprietary | No |
Gracenote | Commercial site. Inspired MusicBrainz to form, by stealing public data. (formerly CDDB) | Paid | Proprietary | No |
Thematic
Site | Description/Notes | Access | License | Advanced Relationship |
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SoundtrackCollector | Database of movie soundtracks | Free | No | |
VGMdb | Database of videogame music | Free | artists, labels, releases | |
Encyclopaedia Metallum | Database of heavy metal (and related) music (aka The Metal Archives) | Free | No | |
SA-CD.net | Database of Super Audio CDs | Free | No | |
45cat | Database of 7" vinyl | Free | Yes | |
LaserDisc Database | Database cataloging all LaserDiscs. Also has HD DVD, CED, VHD and D-VHS releases. | Free | No | |
Songtitle.info | Database of US television advert music | |||
Encyclopédisque | Database of French 7" vinyl | Free | No | |
Soundamental | Database of French singles and albums. Has catnos and barcodes. | Free | No | |
SamplerInfos | Database of German samplers and compilations | Free | No | |
臺灣流行音樂資料庫 | Database of Taiwan popular music | Free | No | |
allmusic.hu | Database of Hungarian music | Free | No | |
muzic.net.nz | Database of New Zealand music | Free | No | |
AudioCulture | Database of New Zealand music (focused on biographies and pictorials) | Free | No | |
Nederlandse Liederenbank | Database of Dutch music. Source for origin of (old) works. Crosslinking requested. | Free | No |
Covers
Site | Description/Notes | Access | License | Advanced Relationship |
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The Covers Project | Database of cover songs (songs performed by an artist other than the original performer). Uses MusicBrainz data. | Free | No | |
Second Hand Songs | Database of cover songs containing artists, songs and covers (80K originals, 640K cover songs and 3166 songs with samples - 2018-10-27) | Free | artists, releases, works | |
coverinfo.de | Database that lists more than 50K cover songs and samples. Interface in German, but there is also a English user guide. | Free | No | |
WhoSampled | Database of samples, covers and interpolations | Yes |
Classical
Site | Description/Notes | Access | License | Advanced Relationship |
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International Music Score Library Project | Holds the Petrucci Music Library, an internet-based collaborative music score library (IMSLP) | Free | Public Domain | Yes (as "has score") |
MusOpen | Online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. Offers free music and sheet music downloads. | Free | Public Domain | No |
Open Data
Site | Description/Notes | Access | License | Advanced Relationship |
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Last.fm | Currently uses MusicBrainz data (?) | Free | ||
Curlie | Open Directory, also lists other directories here | Free | No |
'Free' Data
Free as in "Free beer, if you drink it in my bar".
Site | Description/Notes | Access | License | Advanced Relationship |
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GnoD | Engine that relates artists to each other; the database doesn't appear to be publicly available | Free |
Other
- UPC Database: Database of Barcodes including music CDs (as well as DVDs, nappies and other assorted goods).
- BPMDataBase: Database of dance music tracks with their bpm for DJs - Slowly dying in 2008 due to spam submissions and no non-spam submissions.
- Wolf's Kompaktkiste: A personal database of Wolf's CD and record collection, with scans. Largely electronic, with jazz other genres as well.
(please add any more you know of)
Defunct Databases
- Echo Cloud: Database of related artists (if you like xxx then you might like yyy) based on crawling P2P networks - Down as of 2008-03
- Cover Songs Database: Similar to above, but also tracks usage in samples - Down as of 5/24/07
- Music Recommender: Database of related CDs (if you like xxx then you might like yyy) based on crawling music playlists - Down as of 2008-03
- MoodLogic: Proprietary, fingerprint based mood and genre matching "Effective March 3, 2008, Macrovision announces the end of life (EOL) of the Moodlogic..."
- MusicMatch: Database taken offline in September, 2007, when Yahoo! aquired them. Yahoo! has since discontinued the MusicMatch software and database completely.
- Music City:"Collaborative" music and artists DB. Has content from Amazon and no copyright statement (see also thread in their forum). Beta. - Inactive as of 2005-06
- ChristianMusicPlace: Christian music site
- The Free Track Info Xchange: Works with the Microsoft Deluxe CD Player, and also has a "universal" data converter (PLC)
- Daz.com: Seems to mainly source data from freedb
- Commercial Breaks & Beats: UK television advert music database
- TrackType.org: Formerly freedb2.org
- Web Music Database:
- FreeDB: Successor to CDDB, redirects to gnudb.org since 2020
- Metamuse: Database of cover songs and remixes - Possibly offline as of 2018-10
- SonataDB: Commercial database for classical music - Seems to be offline as of 2023-01
- Music Plasma: Very pretty related artist mapping database with audio clips; very little documentation so not sure where their data comes from - Seems to be offline as of 2023-01
- Sample FAQ: Tells you "who sampled what from who", irregularly updated and with a hand-tooled vibe but very interesting - Seems to be offline as of 2023-01
See also
- Other Databases Relationship Type/Whitelist
- List of online music databases on Wikipedia
- User:Colbydray/NonEnglishReleaseDatabases
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About amazon's [Import] label not being trustworthy, here is the smoke-proof to check whether the IMPORT is bogus or not on .fr. Switch the tld to .de: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00004UH7R
Check what they have as a label, in this case: Label: France (Megaphon Importservice) => it comes from france, and the [Import] is on .fr is bogus.