diff --git a/lib/models/music_brainz.rb b/lib/models/music_brainz.rb
index fb9c325..74ac0b6 100644
--- a/lib/models/music_brainz.rb
+++ b/lib/models/music_brainz.rb
@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@ module MusicBrainz
   @@last_query_time = 0
   @@query_interval = 1.5 # Min: 1.0 Safe: 1.5
   
+  WEB_SERVICE_URL = 'http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/'
+  USER_AGENT = "gem musicbrainz (https://github.com/magnolia-fan/musicbrainz) @ " + Socket.gethostname
+  
   def self.query_interval= sec
     @@query_interval = sec.to_f
   end
+  
+  def self.load resourse, params = {}
+    url = WEB_SERVICE_URL + resourse.to_s.gsub('_', '-') + '/' + (params[:id].to_s || '')
+    params.delete(:id) unless params[:id].nil?
+    url << '?' + params.map{ |k, v|
+      k.to_s + '=' + (v.is_a?(Array) ? v.map{ |_| _.to_s.gsub('_', '-') }.join(',') : v.to_s)
+    }.join('&') unless params.empty?
+    self.get_contents url
+  end
+  
+private
 
-  def self.load url
-    sleep @@query_interval - (Time.now.to_f - @@last_query_time) if Time.now.to_f - @@last_query_time < @@query_interval
+  def self.get_contents url
+    time_passed = Time.now.to_f - @@last_query_time
+    sleep @@query_interval - time_passed if time_passed < @@query_interval
     response = nil
     5.times do
       begin
-        response = open(url, "User-Agent" => "gem musicbrainz (https://github.com/magnolia-fan/musicbrainz) @ " + Socket.gethostname)
+        response = open(url, "User-Agent" => USER_AGENT)
         @@last_query_time = Time.now.to_f
       rescue => e
         return nil if e.io.status[0].to_i == 404
diff --git a/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb b/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb
index a362169..fa1ef67 100644
--- a/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb
+++ b/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 module MusicBrainz
-  class Artist  
+  class Artist < MusicBrainz::Base
     attr_accessor :id, :type, :name, :country, :date_begin, :date_end
     @release_groups
   
     def release_groups
       if @release_groups.nil? and not self.id.nil?
         @release_groups = []
-        Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load(
-          'http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?artist=' + self.id
-        )).css('release-group').each do |rg|
+        Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load(:release_group, :artist => self.id)).css('release-group').each do |rg|
           @release_groups << MusicBrainz::ReleaseGroup.parse_xml(rg)
         end
       end
@@ -16,19 +14,19 @@ module MusicBrainz
     end
   
     def self.find mbid
-      res = MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/' + mbid)
+      res = MusicBrainz.load :artist, :id => mbid
       return nil if res.nil?
       @artist = self.parse_xml(Nokogiri::XML(res))
     end
   
     def self.parse_xml xml
       @artist = MusicBrainz::Artist.new
-      @artist.id = xml.css('artist').attr('id').value
-      @artist.type = xml.css('artist').attr('type').value unless xml.css('artist').nil? or xml.css('artist').attr('type').nil?
-      @artist.name = xml.css('artist > name').text
-      @artist.country = xml.css('artist > country').text unless xml.css('artist > country').empty?
-      @artist.date_begin = xml.css('artist > life-span > begin').text unless xml.css('artist > life-span > begin').empty?
-      @artist.date_end = xml.css('artist > life-span > end').text unless xml.css('artist > life-span > end').empty?
+      @artist.id = self.safe_get_attr(xml, 'artist', 'id')
+      @artist.type = self.safe_get_attr(xml, 'artist', 'type')
+      @artist.name = self.safe_get_value(xml, 'artist > name')
+      @artist.country = self.safe_get_value(xml, 'artist > country')
+      @artist.date_begin = self.safe_get_value(xml, 'artist > life-span > begin')
+      @artist.date_end = self.safe_get_value(xml, 'artist > life-span > end')
       @artist
     end
     
@@ -45,16 +43,14 @@ module MusicBrainz
     
     def self.search name
       artists = []
-      xml = Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load(
-        'http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query='+ CGI.escape(name).gsub(/\!/, '') +'~&limit=50'
-      ))
+      xml = Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load(:artist, :query => CGI.escape(name).gsub(/\!/, '') + '~', :limit => 50))
       xml.css('artist-list > artist').each do |a|
         artist = {
           :name => a.first_element_child.text,
           :weight => 0,
-          :desc => (a.css('disambiguation').text unless a.css('disambiguation').empty?),
-          :type => a.attr('type'),
-          :mbid => a.attr('id')
+          :desc => self.safe_get_value(a, 'disambiguation'),
+          :type => self.safe_get_attr(a, 'type'),
+          :mbid => self.safe_get_attr(a, 'id')
         }
         aliases = a.css('alias-list > alias').map{ |item| item.text }
         if aliases.include? name
diff --git a/lib/models/music_brainz/base.rb b/lib/models/music_brainz/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bfeb4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/models/music_brainz/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module MusicBrainz
+  class Base
+    def self.safe_get_attr xml, path, name
+      xml.css(path).first.attr(name) unless xml.css(path).empty? or xml.css(path).first.attr(name).nil?
+    end
+    
+    def self.safe_get_value xml, path
+      xml.css(path).first.text unless xml.css(path).empty?
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/musicbrainz.rb b/lib/musicbrainz.rb
index 5314f1c..f6ce6a9 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainz.rb
+++ b/lib/musicbrainz.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require "nokogiri"
 require "cgi"
 
 require "models/music_brainz"
+require "models/music_brainz/base"
 require "models/music_brainz/artist"
 require "models/music_brainz/release_group"
 require "models/music_brainz/release"