[mb-users] the 'Music' in MusicBrainz

[Ben]

I tend to look at MusicBrainz as a metadata repository for audio  
content, which (to me) is inclusive of audio without musical  
instruments.

I completely agree that non-music audio is different in use and  
audience from musical data, but holding metadata for it is still a  
problem I have. :) Anyway, it seems to me that the same set of tools  
are just as useful for musical audio as for non-musical audio, and  
therefore MusicBrainz is not a bad place to store such metadata.

On Feb 3, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Jan van Thiel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is was wondering what you think of the word 'Music' in MusicBrainz.
> Actually, all non-music in MusicBrainz, especially the audiobooks and
> some spokenword releases (e.g. language courses, speeches by
> politicians).
>
> I don't think they deserve a place in 'Music'Brainz. I think the
> reason they're here is because they're all released on CD and hence
> were (auto)imported from freedb/with Picard.
>
> Of course, all spokenword releases (e.g. cabaret) that are have some
> music on it seem to have its rightful place on MusicBrainz.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan (zout)
>
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