Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge….List of online music databases.
| Database | Encyclopaedia Metallum |
|---|---|
| Services | A heavy metal encyclopedia with information, complete discography, links, images, and reviews. |
| No. of tracks | ~1,900,000 |
| No. of releases | ~265,000 |
| No. of artists | ~102,000 bands, ~535,000 artists |
What is music database?
MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. MusicBrainz aims to be: The ultimate source of music information by allowing anyone to contribute and releasing the data under open licenses.
Where can I find information about a song?
Songfacts is a searchable database of song information where you can find out the stories behind the songs, get the lyrics, and watch the videos.
Where can I get music data?
Here are some of the best music data APIs and their most common use cases:
- Shazam. Identify any song, discover, artists, lyrics, videos & playlists with the Shazam API.
- TheAudioDB.
- Deezer.
- Mourits Lyrics.
- iTunes.
- Spotify.
- LastFM.
- 30,000 radio stations and music charts.
How do I find the metadata of a song?
There are plenty of apps to tag MP3s and you can use any of them to edit your files’ metadata and add in the missing information.
- MusicBrainz Picard (Free)
- MP3Tag (Free)
- Frigate3 (Paid)
- The GodFather (Free)
- ID3 Tag Editor (Free)
- Music Tag (Paid)
- TigoTago (Free)
- EasyTAG (Free)
Is there a site that rates music?
RateTheMusic gives YOU the power to directly influence what music plays on your favorite radio station! By joining RateTheMusic (it’s free!), you’ll be a part of the radio and music industry’s #1 national testing service for music, which artists, record labels, radio stations and other media count on.
How do I find out the artist of a song?
Shazam will identify any song in seconds. Discover artists, lyrics, videos & playlists, all for free. Over 1 billion installs and counting!
How do I find artists streams?
I’ve looked up the best ways to check this and wrote about it here. To check Spotify streams, visit the artist’s Spotify profile and see the songs listed under the “Popular” section. Artists can check their Spotify streams for any of their songs by signing up and logging into Spotify For Artists.
What is meta data on a song?
Music metadata, more specifically, is the collection of information that pertains to a song file, such as Artist Name, Producer, Writer, Song Title, Release Date, Genre or Track Duration, to name a few.
What songs are public domain?
Sometimes music megacorps screw up and songs like The Beatles’ “Love Me Do” become public property. “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”. “House of the Rising Sun”. “Happy Birthday”. “Love Me Do” (Europe and Canada only) Though the European Union and Canada have extended copyright protection from 50 to 70 years, the copyright on the original recording of “Love “Rockin’ Robin”. “That’s All Right”.
How to find that song?
Identify Song by singing it to the App/Service. This is probably the most convenient option to identify a song.
What are the best songs?
Quattro (World Drifts In)
Where can I find CC0 music?
The Internet Archive is a non-profit online library offering public access to vast CC0 music, movies books and images. Depending on your video editing project, you can find old time radio shows, recordings of live concerts (our favorite), poetry readings, and music uploaded by users.
