For slightly more legible output wrap with =musicbrainz-format=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(musicbrainz-format (musicbrainz-browse "release-group" "artist" "410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61" "album|ep"))
+(musicbrainz-format
+ (musicbrainz-browse "release-group"
+ "artist"
+ "410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61"
+ "album|ep"))
#+END_SRC
-A more interactive approach could start with =(musicbrainz-search "artist" "Autechre")= or =(musicbrainz-search-artist "Autechre")= Which returns the MBID required for the lookup → =410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61=
+A more interactive approach could start with =(musicbrainz-search "artist" "Autechre")= or =(musicbrainz-search-artist "Autechre")= Which returns an MBID required for the lookup =410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61=
-The MBID can be checked if needed, with =(musicbrainz-mbid-p "410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61")=
+The MBID can be used for specific lookups (and checked if needed using =musicbrainz-mbid-p= )
-The MBID can then be used for specific lookups…
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-lookup "artist" "410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61" "releases")
#+END_SRC
| Autechre | electronic music duo | Group | [[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61][410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61]] |
-
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-lookup-artist-releases "410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61")
#+END_SRC
| [untitled] | [[https://musicbrainz.org/recording/83730176-89ec-41a5-a4b6-476998f6291c][83730176-89ec-41a5-a4b6-476998f6291c]] |
-
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-search-label "Warp")
#+END_SRC
-#+RESULTS:
| Warp | 46f0f4cd-8aab-4b33-b698-f459faf64190 |
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-search-label "Music" 5)
#+END_SRC
-#+RESULTS:
| 100 | Sony Music | global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment (1991 ongoing) | 9e6b4d7f-4958-4db7-8504-d89e315836af |
| 96 | [no label] | Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases (ongoing) | 157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176 |
| 91 | Polydor | worldwide imprint, see annotation (1913-04-02 ongoing) | ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2 |
(musicbrainz-artist-to-mbid "Autechre")
#+END_SRC
-=410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61=
+returns =410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-mbid-p "410c9baf-5469-44f6-9852-826524b80c61")
** ambiguity
-from the docs…
+From the docs…
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John Williams, the soundtrack composer and conductor, has an artist MBID of 53b106e7-0cc6-42cc-ac95-ed8d30a3a98e
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(musicbrainz-disambiguate-artist "John Williams")
+(musicbrainz-disambiguate-artist "John Williams" 3)
#+END_SRC
+| | Artist: John Williams | MBID |
+| 100 | John Williams, American score composer | [[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53b106e7-0cc6-42cc-ac95-ed8d30a3a98e][53b106e7-0cc6-42cc-ac95-ed8d30a3a98e]] |
+| 94 | John Williams, classical guitarist | [[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b8a38a9-a290-4560-84f6-3d4466e8d791][8b8a38a9-a290-4560-84f6-3d4466e8d791]] |
+| 92 | John Williams, English A&R executive, producer, songwriter... | [[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb5d7680-0c00-4b0c-b6eb-9605ff77723d][eb5d7680-0c00-4b0c-b6eb-9605ff77723d]] |
+
+There are several “Bad Seeds”
+
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-artist-to-mbid "Bad Seeds")
#+END_SRC
-=7feb02f2-51fa-422d-838e-2c14ecb4c7b8= → Tomorrows Bad Seeds
+Which returns the MBID =7feb02f2-51fa-422d-838e-2c14ecb4c7b8= for “Tomorrows Bad Seeds”, however…
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(musicbrainz-disambiguate-artist "Bad Seeds" 7)