various updates related to music collection

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 and to run it: =exiftool -@ use_json.args <takeout_dir>=
+* beet
+=beet= is a media library management system for music. The main documentation is [[https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html][here]].
+** search
+By album
+#+begin_src shell
+tahoe:~ beet ls album:henry
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - I Had a Dream, Joe
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - Straight to You
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - Brother, My Cup Is Empty
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - Christina the Astonishing
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - When I First Came to Town
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - John Finn’s Wife
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - Loom of the Land
+Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream - Jack the Ripper
+#+end_src
+
+All the albums from 2023
+#+begin_src shell
+tahoe:~ beet ls year:2023 -a
+ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT - "Darling the Dawn"
+Big ‡ Brave - Nature Morte
+boygenius - the record
+Ky - Power Is The Pharmacy
+OM - Gebel Barkal / Version
+Joni Void - Everyday Is The Song
+#+end_src
+** Update
+Modify the year for an album:
+#+begin_src shell
+tahoe:~ beet modify path:/data/fast/music/Nick\ Cave\ \&\ the\ Bad\ Seeds/B-Sides\ \&\ Rarities,\ Part\ I year=2005
+Modifying 56 items.
+Nick Cave & Dirty Three - B-Sides & Rarities, Part I - Time Jesum Transeuntum et Non Riverentum
+  year: 2021 -> 2005
+Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan - B-Sides & Rarities, Part I - What a Wonderful World
+  year: 2021 -> 2005
+...
+Really modify, move and write tags? (Yes/no/select) yes
+#+end_src