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Re:Ask HN: What dataset do you think is useful to you but no... by sampkola on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:07AM (#23506957)
Hi! I am part of the team trying to build these tools. Have you checked out https://last.fm. I think its possible to associate musicbrainz data with last.fm data. Can you share more details on how you plan to use this data?
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Re:Ask HN: What dataset do you think is useful to you but no... by steerpike on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:19AM (#23508071)
Sure. Couple of points:

* Lastfm has an API but it's not great and an API is different to a dataset. I want to have the data available in my own DB, not have to make requests for whatever I might need.

* You can't get youtube links from the lastfm API, you have to crawl the tracks pages.

* The tags on lastfm are a folksonomy not a fixed taxonomy like musicbrainz

I have used [music-map](https://www.music-map.com/) and last.fm together to make a [playlist generator](http://playlist.hallofbrightcarvings.com.au) but I'd like to be able to do the same kind of thing without having to crawl third party sites. I'd also like to know that there was a music database of listenable music that was kept up to date.

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