101 Ways to Use Discogs (An Ambitious Post)

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  1. Buy rare vinyl
  2. Buy hard to find CD’s
  3. Take your music collection with you wherever you go
  4. Read and write album reviews
  5. Create a list of the best arctic ambient
  6. Keep track of what you have
  7. Keep track of what you don’t have
  8. Get auto-notified when something you want becomes available for sale
  9. Explore a variety of music by combining genres and styles
  10. Create your top 100 list of best albums
  11. Create another list of most interesting album artwork
  12. Submit your band’s albums and profile
  13. Submit releases not found in the Discogs database
  14. Take Discogs with you on your mobile phone to garage sales, records shops, etc
  15. Read and write artist reviews
  16. Watch music videos
  17. Create a list of The Greatest Hip-Hop Producers on Planet Earth
  18. View the entire discography of a particular label that you like
  19. Sell your vinyl, CD’s and more with a couple clicks
  20. Rate the albums you have in your collection
  21. Give people a link to your collection so they can see what you have
  22. Correct release data provided by others
  23. Fill in missing information left out on artist profiles and releases
  24. Create of a list of The Greatest MC’s on Planet Earth
  25. Explore a variety of music by combining genres and decades
  26. Connect with other music lovers
  27. Export your collection for safe keeping
  28. Learn about your favorite artist
  29. Discover albums you didn’t know existed
  30. Create a list of bands that you have seen live
  31. Create a list of bands that you want to see live
  32. Discover aliases of artists you didn’t know about
  33. Get album artwork for your digital collection
  34. Create a list of Moby’s guest appearances and collaborations
  35. Discuss music with other music lovers in the forums
  36. Join in on a group discussion about your favorite genre of music
  37. Find out about new releases from your favorite artists
  38. Learn about the most expensive records out there
  39. Get the value of your collection
  40. Correct artist info provided by others
  41. Upgrade your knowledge about music
  42. Keep private notes about items in your collection
  43. Add videos to releases and artists from YouTube
  44. Become a full-time record collector
  45. Create a list of vibraphonists
  46. Own your own record shop by selling on the marketplace
  47. Download MP3’s and WAV’s from the Discogs Digital store
  48. Explore a variety of music by combining genres, styles and formats
  49. Subscribe to your artist’s RSS feed for updates on new releases
  50. Use the Discogs API to access raw artist, release and label data
  51. Find out what those records sitting on your shelf are worth…
  52. Buy rare cassettes
  53. Explore a variety of music by searching for Hip-Hop on Vinyl from 1989
  54. Correct label info provided by others
  55. Create a list of the Top 100 Most Wanted Acid House 12“s