Tech Question - Matching Songs w/ Genres

georgetharlowe · 04-06-2017, 06:32 AM

Hi Music Banter Community

I have a large list of songs and artists (about 250K+ entries). And I’d like to populate this table with their corresponding genres and years.

Because everything is text, I can’t use CD-based meta data to pull the results.

It’s also tough to find the “earliest’ release dates since many songs are re-released every few years.

I can often find this information by hand on sites like Discogs, AllMusic, iTunes, and MusicBrainz.

But I was wondering if there was an easier way to populate my list with the most accurate genre/year data?

Thanks in advance,

-George

04-06-2017, 06:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
georgetharlowe Groupie Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 2	Tech Question - Matching Songs w/ Genres Hi Music Banter Community I have a large list of songs and artists (about 250K+ entries). And I’d like to populate this table with their corresponding genres and years. Because everything is text, I can’t use CD-based meta data to pull the results. It’s also tough to find the “earliest’ release dates since many songs are re-released every few years. I can often find this information by hand on sites like Discogs, AllMusic, iTunes, and MusicBrainz. But I was wondering if there was an easier way to populate my list with the most accurate genre/year data? Thanks in advance, -George