TuneUp Solves Music Metadata Mess
As consumers gather ever larger download libraries, most contain incorrect metadata and cover art. TuneUp is designed to fix the problem by enabling users to clean up their music collections via an iTunes plug-in that automatically fixes mislabeled song information, finds cover art, shows upcoming concerts, and delivers related videos, bios, news, and recommendations.
I’m not privy to TuneUp business plan, butall this detail about my collection and tastes offers limitless possibilities for marketers. Imagine the power of positioning a mention for a hot new dance release inside the collection of a proven dance music collector?
TUNEUP DETAILS: The first version runs…
as a companion to iTunes, the world’s most popular music software.
While TuneUp is currently available for iTunes for Windows only, the
Mac version is currently undergoing testing for a fall launch. The
company plans to expand support to other mainstream music players as
well. A full-featured, free version of TuneUp is available with 500
"cleans" and 50 cover art "finds"., An unlimited version of TuneUp can
be purchased for a one-time charge of $19.95 or for an annual
subscription of $11.95
The "killer feature" in TuneUp is its music "clean" function. "Clean"
takes an "audio fingerprint" of mislabeled tracks in a user’s library,
and fills in the missing information using Gracenote’s Global Media
Database of more than 90 million songs. No more "Track 01’s" or
"Unknown Artists". No more "Jayz", "Jay-Z", and "jay Z". Additionally,
TuneUp delivers missing cover art for a user’s collection.
In addition to cleaning a user’s music library, TuneUp delivers contextual content beside iTunes. TuneUp
automatically displays upcoming concerts for every artist in their
collection, and fetches related merchandise, videos, fan blogs, news
and industry websites related to any playing track. Best of all, TuneUp
does this all automatically, without asking users to fill out extra
forms or create lists of favorite artists and albums from scratch.
If I’m paying $20 for an app, it better not be throwing up ads while I’m using it. A free app and I’ve got no room to complain, but I’m sure not paying for the privileged of targeted marketing and that’s what it sounds like to me.
Gabe Adiv here, CEO of TuneUp. Thanks for the post!
@ Captain Wrong: We use ads to subsidize both the Gold and free versions. That said, we have gotten a lot of feedback from Gold users similar to yours and will be giving you the option to turn off ads very shortly.
Thanks in advance for your patience.