MusicBrainz facts for kids

MusicBrainz is like a giant online library for music! It's a huge database that collects information about musicians, bands, and all the songs and albums they've ever made. It also helps connect all this information together. Think of it as a super smart music encyclopedia that's always growing.

MusicBrainz and Your Music

MusicBrainz helps you organize your digital music collection. Many music programs can use the information from MusicBrainz to automatically add details to your songs. This includes things like the song title, artist name, album name, and even the year it was released. It makes your music library neat and easy to search.

How MusicBrainz Works

The MusicBrainz database stores lots of details about music. It keeps track of:

• Artists: This includes bands, singers, and composers.
• Recordings: These are the actual songs or pieces of music.
• Releases: This means albums, singles, or EPs.
• Relationships: It shows how artists are connected to their songs, or how different versions of a song are related.

All this information is open for anyone to use. This means that many different music apps and programs can connect to MusicBrainz to get accurate music data.

Programs That Use MusicBrainz

Many computer programs and apps use MusicBrainz to help you manage your music. These are often called "client software." They can help you identify songs, organize your files, and add missing information.

Here are some popular programs that work with MusicBrainz:

• Amarok: A music player for computers that use the KDE desktop.
• Banshee: A music player that works on many different computer systems.
• Clementine: Another music player that runs on various operating systems.
• CDex: A program for Microsoft Windows that helps you copy songs from CDs to your computer.
• Foobar2000: A music player and library for Windows, with a special part that connects to MusicBrainz.
• Jaikoz: A program written in Java that helps you edit music tags for many songs at once.
• Mp3tag: A popular Windows program for editing song information (metadata) and organizing music files.
• MusicBrainz Picard: This is the official program from MusicBrainz. It's great for organizing your music by album and adding correct information to your song files. It works on many different computers.
• puddletag: A program for editing music tags that works on Unix-like systems.
• Rhythmbox: A music player often used on Unix-like systems.
• Sound Juicer: A program for GNOME desktop environments that helps you copy songs from CDs.

See also

In Spanish: MusicBrainz para niños