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What a great article!
If you've bounced off MusicBrainz Picard before but want to give it another go, check out this comprehensive description and walkthrough (even translated to the language to your choice it is very good 👌) -a
🟠️ Et un nouvel article tout chaud sur le blog! 😁️

Aujourd'hui je vous parle de #MusicBrainz et de #Picard (rien à voir avec les surgelés 😝️), un combo permettant de faciliter l'étiquetage de sa collection musicale!

➡️ blog.flozz.fr/2025/10/13/d...

Bonne lecture! 😄️

#musique #music #application #app
De l'importance de bien taguer sa musique, découverte de MusicBrainz Picard
Dans l'article précédent, je vous avais expliqué comment je me procurais de la musique pour mon cloud musical. Aujourd'hui on va parler de l'étape d'après : l'étiquetage. Une fois qu'on a récupéré de ...
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-10-11.0

An update to block calls from a specific 'vibe-coded' app that has contributed to server issues in the last day or two.
Blunt force until we finish better emergency caching mechanisms! Apologies if you have experienced delays -a

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Friends don't let friends not track and backup their Spotify listening history with listenbrainz.org!

Owning your own data is not just for nerds. It's only a few clicks and means having control of your past history, future playlist generation, and the ability to change platforms if you need to. -a
Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-10-06

Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!

Agenda: Reviews
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-10-06.0

After implementing Funkwhale, GSoC student mAmanullah7 has now added #Navidrome BrainzPlayer support! Open source self-hosters rejoice!
There's also a bunch more great lil user-facing tweaks and updates, check 'em at the link -a

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#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-09-29

Back after a break for the summit!
Of particular note, we are looking for book/data nerds to test and feed back on new beta #BookBrainz API: api.bookbrainz.org 👀

Agenda: Reviews
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Pointless data of the day.

MB entities with the most tags:
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MB entities with the most ratings:
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A lot of it is spam, but even spam can be nutritious... I imagine? Has anyone actually had spam? Is it a US thing? - a
MetaBrainz Summit 25 starts... right now! Sep 15-19 in Barcelona & online.

We would love for you to join us remotely. If you are reading this, you are qualified to attend. Congratulations! Read on for more information.

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You are invited to MetaBrainz Summit 25 – MetaBrainz Blog
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Who would have thought I'd be coming back later to mark this event as cancelled

(everybody) -a
A screenshot of the Fyre Festival 2 event editor on MusicBrainz, with the "this event was cancelled" checkbox checked.
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-09-09.0

Backend fixes, and that Stats > Artist Evolution graph should be a little less crazy now -a

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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-09-06.0

Fixes and refactors, with a couple of more interesting looking PR's nestled in there. libre.fm archive importer and a daily activity heatmap fix for those in tricky time zones (raises hand). Hit the link for the changelog -a

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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-09-03.0

HOLY UPDATE #3!
More GSoC magic. Check out your stats page for a new Music by Decade graph, and a wild Artist Evolution graph! The Internet Archive/@archive.org has also been added as a default playback source. -a

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A mockup of a open ListenBrainz ‘box’ with a screenshot of the new artist evolution graph popping out, with the Internet Archive logo, with text: “new release v-2025-09-03.0”.
#GSOC2025 🎉

Jade Ellis built a replacement for BrainzBot’s archival function – a chat archiver that natively understands and preserves Matrix’s rich features:
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GSoC 2025: Building Libretto, a Matrix Archiver – MetaBrainz Blog
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#GSOC2025 🎉

Shaik Junaid developed the basis for a centralized notification management system for all MetaBrainz services, implementing REST APIs hosted on MetaBrainz:
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GSoC 2025: MetaBrainz Notification System – MetaBrainz Blog
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#GSOC2025 🎉

Suvid Singhal developed a file-based listening history importer for ListenBrainz, allowing users to import Spotify extended histories and ListenBrainz backups/exports:
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GSoC 2025: Importing Listening History Files in Listenbrainz – MetaBrainz Blog
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#GSOC2025 🎉

Mohammad Amanullah implemented Funkwhale and Navidrome support for BrainzPlayer (ListenBrainz' in-site player):
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GSoC 2025: Integrate music streaming from Funkwhale & Navidrome – MetaBrainz Blog
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-08-30.0/.1

HOLY UPDATE #2!
Another GSoC project: You can now import your Spotify extended streaming history export into LB! Check it out: listenbrainz.org/settings/imp...
+ a lil hotfix -a

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A mockup of a open ListenBrainz ‘box’ with a screenshot of the new Spotify history import feature popping out, with the Spotify logo, with text: “new release v-2025-08-30.0”.
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-08-27.0

HOLY UPDATE!
GSoC projects are suddenly real! Genre activity graph, #Funkwhale player integration, search bar rejig, and laying the code groundwork for the next big update... yeow -a

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A mockup of a open ListenBrainz ‘box’ with a screenshot of one of the new genre activity graph popping out, with the Funkwhale logo, with text: “new release v-2025-08-27.0”.