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by CharlesW 363 days ago
> MusicBrainz has an amazing database, but a huge amount of stuff from bandcamp/beatport isn't there. Why wouldn't you automatically import that?

This is why Harmony is life-changing. Ideally, it would become an official MusicBrainz project and be integrated into the site, and into Picard.

For example, here's what happens when I search for a Brandcamp release by its Bandcamp URL: https://harmony.pulsewidth.org.uk/release?url=https%3A%2F%2F...

By clicking the "Import into MusicBrainz" button at the bottom, you can very quickly (usually ~2 minutes, once you get over the MusicBrainz learning curve) add this release as a new "release group", or as a new release in an existing group.
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rendaw 363 days ago
So that's bandcamp->musicbrainz, and then picard can get it from musicbrainz as usual? I assume you need an account. That sounds great though, I guess the point is to have someone in the loop to sanity check things?
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CharlesW 363 days ago
> So that's bandcamp->musicbrainz, and then picard can get it from musicbrainz as usual?

Exactly, using Harmony for the Bandcamp→MusicBrainz bit. You just paste the MusicBrainz URL into Picard's search box (upper right-corner of window) immediately after you've submitted.

> …I guess the point is to have someone in the loop to sanity check things?

I'm honestly not sure what the rationale might be for having a human editor in the loop for sources like Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, etc.

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