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Welcome to Sonata 🎵

Sonata is a Discord bot that brings RateYourMusic ratings and music discovery features to your Discord server. Connect with your community, share your favorite albums, and explore music tastes together!

📋 Features

  • Retrieve information about music releases.
  • Check user profiles and statistics.
  • Explore ratings within your Discord server.

🚀 Getting Started

Start by linking your Last.fm account to enable automatic track detection:

!setlastfm your_lastfm_username

This allows commands to automatically use the track you're currently listening to.

2. Import Your Ratings

Then, import your ratings from RateYourMusic:

  1. Go to RateYourMusic Export
  2. Click "Begin export..." and download your CSV file
  3. Use the import command with your CSV file attached:
!importratings

Warning

Depending on the number of ratings you have, the import process may take a while. Please be patient and do not try to re-run the command while the import is still in progress.

3. Explore Commands

Now you're all set! Check out the available commands.

Here are some commands to get you started:

Command Description
!profile View your rating statistics
!release OK Computer Get information about an album
!artistratings Radiohead See all your ratings for an artist
!bestratedreleases View the server's top-rated albums
!lyrics Get lyrics for your current track
!samples Discover samples in your current track
!aoty View best albums of the year

Data privacy

All rating data is stored locally on the bot's instance. No data is shared with third parties beyond the API calls to fetch public music information.