en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/group/Get+Your+Damn+Tags+Right/journal The Last.fm group journal for Get Your Damn Tags Right. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/PiresMachine/journal/2009/07/12/2v2imw_flac_%28free_lossless_audio_codec%29 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:31:58 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/PiresMachine/journal/2009/07/12/2v2imw_flac_%28free_lossless_audio_codec%29 FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio format similar to MP3, but it is a lossless encoding format, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. Being a lossless compression format, FLAC does not remove any data from the audio stream, as lossy encoding formats such as MP3, AAC, and Vorbis do.

FLAC is unique as it is the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, and is not patented. When we say that FLAC is free it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. It also means that all the source code is available under open-source licenses. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.

The FLAC format was first programmed Josh Coalson. FLAC has been specifically designed for efficient compression and packing of audio data, unlike general lossless algorithms such as ZIP and gzip. While ZIP may compress a CD quality audio file by 10 - 20 percent, FLAC achieves compression rates of 30 - 50 percent for most music, with significantly greater compression for voice recordings. Lossy codec formats can achieve compression ratios of 80% or more by discarding data from the original stream. The main strength of FLAC compared to other lossless codecs is its ability to be streamed and decoded instantly, whatever may be the compression level.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has taken up the FLAC format for its Euroradio network for the distribution of high quality Internet audio.


Features

Lossless: The encoding of audio (PCM) data incurs no loss of information, and the decoded audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder. Each frame contains a 16-bit CRC of the frame data for detecting transmission errors. The integrity of the audio data is further insured by storing an MD5 signature of the original unencoded audio data in the file header, which can be compared against later during decoding or testing. If the original audio data is lost or damaged, a FLAC copy of the audio tracks guarantees that an exact copy of the original data can be recovered at any time. An exact restoration from a lossy archive (like the MP3 format) of the original audio data is impossible. A FLAC file can optionally be created when ripping a CD. If a CD is read and ripped into the FLAC format, the FLAC file can later be burned into an audio CD that is a perfect replica of the original audio CS data, including track order, pregaps, and CD-Text. However, additional data present on some audio CDs such as lyrics and CD+G graphics are beyond the scope of a FLAC file and most ripping programs, and the data will not be stored.

Fast: FLAC is asymmetric in favor of decode speed. Decoding requires only integer arithmetic, and is much less compute-intensive than for most perceptual codecs. Real-time decode performance is easily achievable on even modest hardware. Technical specifics in the framed architecture also allow it to be error resistant, in that each frame has the information it needs to decode itself. If a frame is corrupted, the data lost in the stream is a mere blip. This differs from other types of lossless formats where the entire stream would essentially become corrupted.

Hardware support: Because of FLAC's free reference implementation and low decoding complexity, FLAC is currently the only lossless codec that has any kind of hardware support.

Streamable: Each FLAC frame contains enough data to decode that frame. FLAC does not even rely on previous or following frames. FLAC uses sync codes and CRCs (similar to MPEG and other formats), which, along with framing, allow decoders to pick up in the middle of a stream with a minimum of delay.

Seekable: FLAC supports fast sample-accurate seeking. Not only is this useful for playback, it makes FLAC files suitable for use in editing applications.

Flexible metadata: New metadata blocks can be defined and implemented in future versions of FLAC without breaking older streams or decoders. Currently there are metadata types for tags, cue sheets, and seek tables. Applications can write their own APPLICATION metadata once they register an ID.

Suitable for archiving: FLAC is an open format, and there is no generation loss if you need to convert your data to another format in the future. In addition to the frame CRCs and MD5 signature, flac has a verify option that decodes the encoded stream in parallel with the encoding process and compares the result to the original, aborting with an error if there is a mismatch.

Convenient CD archiving: FLAC has a cue sheet metadata block for storing a CD table of contents and all track and index points. For instance, you can rip a CD to a single file, then import the CD's extracted cue sheet while encoding to yield a single file representation of the entire CD. If your original CD is damaged, the cue sheet can be exported later in order to burn an exact copy.

Error resistant: Because of FLAC's framing, stream errors limit the damage to the frame in which the error occurred, typically a small fraction of a second worth of data. Contrast this with some other lossless codecs, in which a single error destroys the remainder of the stream.

Channels: Another feature of FLAC is that it can handle up to eight channels of audio for preserving surround sound recordings. FLAC is also a good choice for archiving audio CDs, as one can always use the FLAC file later to convert to future formats. A further advantage of FLAC is that it supports replaygain, a technique for ensuring that recorded sound files play at the same volume level.


Pros

* Portable to many systems
* Source open and freely licenced
* Hardware support (PhatBox, Kenwood MusicKeg, Rio Karma, etc. See below)
* Streaming support
* Extremely fast decoding
* Supports multichannel and high resolution streams
* Supports Replay Gain
* Supports cue-sheet (with some limitations)
* Gaining wide use as successor to Shorten

Cons

* Compresses less efficiently than other popular modern compressors (Monkey's Audio, OptimFROG)
* Higher compression modes slow, for little gain over the default setting.


Software that supports:

FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, UNIX (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.

Players
* Apollo
* Cog — for Mac OS X
* foobar2000
* JRiver Media Center
* LAMIP
* MediaMonkey
* MPlayer
* MythTV
* QCD (plugin)
* VLC
* VUPlayer
* Winamp
* Windows Media Player and other directshow-based players (MPC, TCMP, RadLight) (with Illiminable's directshow filters or CoreFLAC)
* Xine
* XMMS
* XMplay

Converters

* dBpowerAMP Music Converter / Audio Player / CD Writer
* MediaMonkey Music Manager / Audio Player / CD Writer
* GX:Transcoder Music converter

CD writers/rippers

* Ahead Nero Burning Rom
* Arson
* burnatonce
* Burrrn Audio CD burner
* Exact Audio Copy CD Ripper
* CDex CD ripper
* CD Wave
* MediaMonkey - MediaMonkey CD ripper/writer




Links:

Flac: http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html#flac_options_tag

Lossless comparison: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison & http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/comparison/lossless/index.asp?Sort=Compression&Desc=0

Last.fm group: http://www.lastfm.pt/group/The+Sound+Quality

With all of the advantages of FLAC, this is a happy trade off for many audiophiles.


Thanks!

PiresMachine]]> http://www.last.fm/user/PiresMachine/journal/2009/07/12/2v2imw_flac_%28free_lossless_audio_codec%29#comments http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/09/29/26zj1i_correct_tags%2C_part_c Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:26:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/09/29/26zj1i_correct_tags%2C_part_c ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ
ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ

Thanks to ando_hades & Champ213 for the unicode English names of bands, very inspirational :D!

..::C::..
C-ute - °C-ute
Cao Ge → 曹格
Capsule - ｃａｐｓｕｌｅ
Casiss → カシス～casiss～
Celine Dion → Céline Dion
Chariots - c h a r i o t s
Charlotte → しゃるろっと
chatmonchy → チャットモンチー
Cheer Chen → 陳綺貞
Chelsea → ＣＨＥＬＳＥＡ
Cheon Sang Ji Hee → 천상지희
Chiba Saeko → 千葉紗子
Chieco Kawabe → 河辺千恵子
Chieko Kawabe → 河辺千恵子
Chihiro Onitsuka → 鬼束ちひろ
Chinatsu Wakatsuki - 若槻千夏
Chisaki Hama - 浜千咲
Chisato Okai - 岡井千聖
Chise Nakamura - 中村知世
Choi Kang ChangMin - 최강창민
Choi Sung-Hee - 바다
Cinnamon → ｃｉｎｎａｍｏｎ
Clavier → Clavier～クラビア～
Codomo A → 秘密結社コドモA]]> http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/09/29/26zj1i_correct_tags%2C_part_c#comments http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/04/23m6bo_correct_tags%252C_part_%2523_%2528non-alphabetical%2529 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:13:18 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/04/23m6bo_correct_tags%252C_part_%2523_%2528non-alphabetical%2529 Here's the first part of a 27 part series, covering all the tags that I can think of!
I will update as I feel the need, please comment to have things added and/or corrected, thanks!

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ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ

香奈 → MOON -香奈-
[13] → 「13」
Aya → 「あゃ」 (For the J-rock band... Not the female singer)
[FIGURE;] → 【FIGURe:】
Anti-Feminism → ∀NTI FEMINISM
73Shiki → 七三式
13 → １３
/\ucifer → Λucifer]]> http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/04/23m6bo_correct_tags%252C_part_%2523_%2528non-alphabetical%2529#comments http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/12/241713_correct_tags%2C_part_b Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:42:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/12/241713_correct_tags%2C_part_b ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ
ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ

Thanks to ando_hades & Champ213 for the unicode English names of bands, very inspirational :D!

..::B::..
Babamania → ババマニア
Babydoll - Ｂａｂｙｄｏｌｌ
Babylon → バビロン
Bada → 바다
Bae Seul Gi - 배슬기
Bana → 葉菜
Baroque → バロック
Battle → 배틀
Beau → ｂｅａＵ
Be=Luna - Be≒Luna
Belle - 벨르
Beni Arashino → 安良城紅
Berry → ｂｅｒｒｙ (for the indies J-rock band)
Berryz Koubou → Berryz工房
Beruier Noir → Bérurier Noir
Betty → ベティ
Bi → 비
Bis → ｂｉｓ
Blood → ＢＬＯＯＤ
Blood Funk → 血惊
Bloody Mary - Ｂｌｏｏｄｙ Ｍａｒｙ
Blue Oyster Cult → Blue Öyster Cult
Blumchen → Blümchen
Boukun Kaigi → 暴君会議
Branch - ＢＲＡＮＣＨ
Break Tragedy → 终端悲剧
byul → 별]]> http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/12/241713_correct_tags%2C_part_b#comments http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/04/23m79g_correct_tags%2C_part_a Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:45:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/04/23m79g_correct_tags%2C_part_a Part 2 out of 27

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ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ

Thanks to ando_hades & Champ213 for the unicode English names of bands, very inspirational :D!

Please comment to have artists correct tags added/corrected, thanks

..::A::..
A → エース
Aaron Kwok → 郭富城
Abe Asami → 安倍麻美
Abe Natsumi → 安倍なつみ
Acid - ＡＣｉＤ (For the VK band)
Actue Veil - Act∫ue veil
A-Do → 阿杜
Adolf - ＡＤＯＬＦ
Agatsuma Hiromitsu → 上妻宏光
AGE OF EP - AGE-OF-EP
Agnus~Dei → Agnus÷Dei
Ai Kago → 加護亜依
Ai Outsuka → 大塚愛
Ai Otsuka → 大塚愛
Ai Takahashi → 高橋愛
Aikaryu → 藍華柳
Aikawa Nanase → 相川七瀬
AILE → ＡＩＬＥ
アイオリア - Aioria
Aiorosu → アイオロス
Aki → Ａｋｉ
Aki Hoshino - ほしのあき
Akihabara shounendan dennou romeo → 秋葉原少年団☆電脳ロメオ
Akino Arai → 新居昭乃
Akira - 諦〜アキラ〜 (J-Rock band)
Akira Kobayashi → 小林旭
Akiyama Rina - 秋山莉奈
Alan - ａｌａｎ
Alan Kuo → 柯有倫
Alice Nine → アリス九號.
Aliene Ma'riage → Aliene Maφriage
Alizee → Alizée
Alumi Land - アルミ國土
Amano Tsukiko → 天野月子
Amaterase → 天照
Ami Tokito - 時東ぁみ
Amuro Namie → 安室奈美恵
An Cafe → アンティック-珈琲店-
And → アンド
Ando Yuko → 安藤裕子
Andre → André (For the Armenian singer)
Anemone → アネモネ
Angel Dust → ANGEL+DUST
Angela Zhang → 張韶涵
Angelika Varum → Анжелика Варум
Angelo - Ａｎｇｅｌｏ
Anna Tsuchiya → 土屋アンナ
Anson Hu → 胡彥斌
Antic Cafe → アンティック-珈琲店-
Antonio Jose → Antonio José (Spanish singer)
Anubis - ＡＮＵＢＩＳ
Anzu Sayuri → 杏さゆり
Aoi Sora → SO-LA
Aragaki Yui - 新垣結衣
Arai Akino → 新居昭乃
Arashi → 嵐
Arashiro Beni → 安良城紅
Arc ~Otona ninaritakunai kodomo tachi~ → Arc ～大人になりたくないコドモ達～
Aria - ＡＲＩＡ (J-R&B singer)
Arihara Kanna → 有原栞菜
Arisawa Takanori → 有澤孝紀
Arishima Moyu & Nakanishi Tamaki → 有島モユ & 仲西環
Asakura Daisuke → 浅倉大介
Asami Abe → 安倍麻美
Asami Yuma - 麻美ゆま
Asano Masumi → 浅野真澄
Ash → Ａｓｈ
Asuka Hayashi → 林明日香
Atena & Robikerottsu → アテナ＆ロビケロッツ
Atsushi Sakurai → 櫻井敦司
Attic - ａｔｔｉｃ
Aucifer → Λucifer
Aurora → ＡＵＲＯＲＡ
Azur:Musee → Azur:Musée
Azur Musee → Azur:Musée
Aya → 亜矢 (For the female J-rock singer)
AYABIE → 彩冷える/アヤビエ
Aya Kamiki → 上木彩矢
Aya Kiguchi → 木口亜矢
Aya Matsuura → 松浦亜弥
Aya Ueto → 上戸彩
ayaka - アヤカ
Ayaka Hirahara → 平原綾香
Ayaka Kimura - アヤカ
Ayano Tsuji → つじあやの
Ayumi Hamasaki → 浜崎あゆみ
Ayumi Ito - 伊藤亜由美
Ayumi Lee - 이 아유미
Azusa Yamamoto - 山本梓]]> http://www.last.fm/user/akuma2636/journal/2008/08/04/23m79g_correct_tags%2C_part_a#comments http://www.last.fm/user/nglekhoi/journal/2009/07/10/2uxsdd_%5Bautomated_suggest_script%5Dofficial_list_and_vietnamese_list Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:40:15 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/nglekhoi/journal/2009/07/10/2uxsdd_%5Bautomated_suggest_script%5Dofficial_list_and_vietnamese_list 1.Feature :

To suggest correction for artist, in traditional way we must enter each artist page, click on “Suggest a correction” , insert the right name of the singer and click Submit. Instead of that way, we can use Script Auto Suggest.

Pros:

+ Quick
+ Economical, just pay for 15 mins* electric’s fee
*:test with vietnamese list
Cons:

* Have to install so many programs – Already have EXE version for Windows, so that it’s not necessary to install ActivePerl
* The list maker must be very careful, because a fail item can damage the artists – We already have soft to make the list from rowaasr13.

2. Principles :

* Script will base on a list to suggest – Now listing approximate 250 Vietnamese artists and lot of artists from rowaasr13's official list .
* Merge’s principle: When that artist (wrong) has got a certain amount of suggests, last.fm's system will automatically merge with artist (right), and the artists (wrong) in the library will automatically change into artist (right). The more of suggests, the more possible to merge artist.

3. How to Run Script :

+ If you use Windows, just run lastfm_submit_votes.exe , no need to install ActivePerl
+ Script window will appear, insert last.fm’s usename, then press enter, password of last.fm then enter
**The password blank will not be shown as asterisk, so that, don’t use it in public

+ Waiting for a minutes, the script will take the available list and auto suggest for you.

--------------Download--------------
***Official List from rowaasr13 (script + update 26/06/2009) ***
Download here : http://tinyurl.com/mc7en3
***+++Vietnamese List (script + exe + full update 10/7/2009) +++***
Download here : http://tinyurl.com/mff3rf (3.3 MB)


Thanks to :
rowaasr13 : script author, official list, list maker software
The Auto-Correct Correction Brigade group .
last.fm
internet]]> http://www.last.fm/user/nglekhoi/journal/2009/07/10/2uxsdd_%5Bautomated_suggest_script%5Dofficial_list_and_vietnamese_list#comments http://www.last.fm/user/lancerocke/journal/2009/04/15/2neo2l_proper_or_acceptable_artist_tags Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:34:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lancerocke/journal/2009/04/15/2neo2l_proper_or_acceptable_artist_tags List of proper or acceptable tags for commonly misstagged artists.

Some artist may be acceptable alternatives.

These are the proper names or acceptable alternatives for the following artists:

proper-Richard & Linda Thompson
proper-Smashing Pumpkins
proper-Big Pun
proper-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra
proper-GusGus
proper-QueenAdreena (Queen Adreena is an acceptable alternative)
proper-Bob Dylan & The Band (Bob Dylan and The Band is an acceptable alternative)
proper-The Dutchess & the Duke (The Dutchess and the Duke is an acceptable alternative)
proper-Jackson 5 (The Jackson 5 is an acceptable alternative)
proper-The Notorious B.I.G. (Notorious B.I.G. is an acceptable alternative)
proper-Ink Spots (The Ink Spots is an acceptable alternative)
Martha & The Vandellas, Martha and The Vandellas, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas are all valid
Nat 'King' Cole, Nat "King" Cole, Nat King Cole are all valid
proper-Elvis Costello and the Attractions
proper-Leak Bros.
proper-Carter Family
proper-Bangles
proper-Andrews Sisters
acceptable alternative-The Mama's and the Papa's
proper(for some albums)-Tyrannosaurus Rex
proper(for some albums)-O(+>
proper-1/2 Japanese (Half Japanese is an acceptable alternative)
proper(for some albums)-Dr. John, the Night Tripper
Agamenón or Agamenon are both officially recognized as acceptable
Daryl Hall & John Oates and Hall & Oates are both officially recognized as acceptable
Mohammed El-Bakkar and His Oriental Ensemble or Mohammed El-Bakkar are both officially recognized as acceptable
Mase or Ma$e are both officially recognized as acceptable
proper or acceptable alternative-Pretty Things
proper(for some albums)-Snoop Doggy Dogg
proper or acceptable alternative-Big Pun
proper(for some albums)-Snoop Doggy Dogg
proper or acceptable alternative-Noreaga
acceptable alternative-M.B. (Maurizio Bianchi)
Joséphine Baker and Josephine Baker are both officially recognized as acceptable
proper for album 'A Woman A Man Walked By'-PJ Harvey & John Parish
proper for Dance Hall at Louse Point-John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey
proper-Ketil Bjørnstad, David Darling, Terje Rypdal & Jon Christensen
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini and Giacomo Puccini are both valid
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky and Igor Stravinsky are all valid
proper-Four Tops
proper and acceptable- (for Fela Kuti):
-- Fela Ransome-Kuti and His Highlife Rakers
--The Highlife Jazz Band
--Fela Ransome-Kuti and Koola Lobitos
--Fela Ransome-Kuti and His Koola Lobitos
--Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet
--Koola Lobitos featuring VC 7
--Fela Ransome-Kuti plays with The Koola Lobitos
--Fela Ransome-Kuti and Nigeria '70
--Fela Ransome-Kuti and His Africa '70
--Fela Ransome-Kuti and His Africa 70
--Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa '70
--Fela Ransome-Kuti and Africa '70
--Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70
--Fela & The Africa 70
--Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa '70
-- Fẹla Ransome Kuti & the Afrika 70
--Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa 70
-- Fẹla and Afrika 70
-- Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70 with Ginger Baker
acceptable-Thee Milkshakes
proper-Raymond Scott & Secret 7 (Raymond Scott and the Secret 7 is an acceptable alternative)
acceptable-Joséphine Baker or Josephine Baker
acceptable-Buzzov•en
acceptable-Ima Robot. or Ima Robot
proper-DÅÅTH
proper-Tape-beatles
proper-SleepResearch_Facility
proper-Marina & the Diamonds

If you do come across an artist that is commonly mistagged please feel free to upload this graphic to the mistagged artist's last.fm page]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lancerocke/journal/2009/04/15/2neo2l_proper_or_acceptable_artist_tags#comments http://www.last.fm/user/Pluto88/journal/2009/09/22/311v9n_lady_gaga%27s_debut_album%3A_how_have_you_tagged_it%3F Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:43 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Pluto88/journal/2009/09/22/311v9n_lady_gaga%27s_debut_album%3A_how_have_you_tagged_it%3F As you can see, Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga has become a very popular artist here on Last.fm with her debut album The Fame. There are so many versions of the album: The Fame (International Version), The Fame (Revised International Version), The Fame (Revised UK version), The Fame (US version) and The Fame (Canadian Version). I think it's a shame that Last.fm hasn't put just a standard version of it. There are people that have tagged it only as The Fame and it is the version with a big number of plays and listeners (13.842.442 plays, 295.570 listeners to date).
So, how have you tagged it? What do you think about this?]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Pluto88/journal/2009/09/22/311v9n_lady_gaga%27s_debut_album%3A_how_have_you_tagged_it%3F#comments http://www.last.fm/user/Michahh/journal/2010/03/10/3h8et7_finally%21%21%21_removed_mis-tagged_songs%21_%3A-%29 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:43:16 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Michahh/journal/2010/03/10/3h8et7_finally%21%21%21_removed_mis-tagged_songs%21_%3A-%29 Wow, I finally managed to remove all mis-tagged songs from my last.fm music library. I always thought I just have to live with them, but now I found out that you can remove all artists and songs just by going to your music library and click on the "x" that appears either on the artist photo, or on the right side next to each song in the list of songs for each artist.
So I got rid of all artists I had once tagged with "XXX feat. XXX" for example, or of songs like "S.H.E" which should of course be "S.H.E." and more stuff like that which bothers people who have no life. :-)

Now I can go to sleep happily. :-)

Am I the only one who didn't know that this is possible??]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Michahh/journal/2010/03/10/3h8et7_finally%21%21%21_removed_mis-tagged_songs%21_%3A-%29#comments http://www.last.fm/user/Aman/journal/2008/06/05/20egby_counting_tracks_in_real_time%3F Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:18:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Aman/journal/2008/06/05/20egby_counting_tracks_in_real_time%3F I just had a bit of an idea for a way to improve the statistical tracking of Last.FM.

A lot of people post specific track count milestones in their profiles. In other words, people will often post what song they played as their 10,000th track, or 50,000th track, or so on. I myself have recently started to do this as well. However, I have no knowledge of any easy way to obtain this information. It always involves finding out EXACTLY how much tracks have been played on your profile, and then scanning back in your "recently played" list until you finally hit the specific track you're looking for.

Would it not be easier if, in the "recently played" list, we had the ability to know EXACTLY which track was that magical number? I think it may be a good idea for the Last.FM team to implement, at the very least, a milestone system that divides the "recently played" list by every 50, 100, 500, 1000, etc., tracks played. Even better would be a system that shows EACH TRACK'S UNIQUE "TRACKS PLAYED" NUMBER.

If enough people respond positively to this idea, I may approach the Last.FM development team myself with the idea. Please share your thoughts, concerns, and comments here so that I (and, potentially, the Last.FM team) have a clear understanding of everyone's viewpoints on this matter.

Best,
-Andrew]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Aman/journal/2008/06/05/20egby_counting_tracks_in_real_time%3F#comments