#musicbrainz

https://musicbrainz.org/relationship/d3fd781c-5... ahh, I guess the guideline here answers my question

I've gotta remember to check the wiki more, heh

ok so here's a bit of a weird case

"Down by the Salley Gardens" is a poem with no tune. "The Moorlough Shore" is a traditional song. One composer decided to set those words to that tune, and it caught on.

Lots of other people have made other arrangements of it since then (those words and that tune). But do they owe that to the first person that put them together, or are they just other arrangements alongside it?

i.e. when someone new arranges that song with those lyrics, is it a recording of the first work that combined them? or a new work that also combines them? or a new work that is a later version of the first work that combines them...

RavenWorks is not here anymore, but it seems like Down by the Salley Gardens in the db already reflects this: https://musicbrainz.org/work/575c72d5-7aa7-3b3d...

Some interesting music data for y'all nerds. Spotify turned 10 on Sunday.

And how the music industry's total revenue by source, compared from 2007 to 2017: https://www.statista.com/chart/15701/music-indu...

so does bandcamp, tidal etc count as Digital or Streaming

Yaniel: yes

:D

guessed as much

Bandcamp is usually a normal download (with possible streaming)

Tidal I'd link as streaming to the generic digital release, unless it's a Tidal exclusive or something, in which case it still belongs in there even if it's streaming only

(and still as digital)

I feel like I see more and more artists switching to Bandcamp though

I noticed recently Death Cab for Cutie was on there, which was surprising

I'm not sad that bandcamp isn't more popular, because if it was more popular, it'd get bought out by some megacorp and turned to total shit.

darwin: But that's not really a criticism of Bandcamp as it is capitalism. :P

The model of distribution, especially with high-quality digital audio files, is why I am a fan of Bandcamp

yeah I mean I buy a bunch of DJ music at beatport, where they don't even keep your purchases in a library, and where lossless costs $1.50 more per track for some reason

so I gotcha.

lossless takes more space

I'm in operations, and I understand that disk space is essentially free in their business.

There is no cost-based justification for such a dramatic price difference.