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Tag: metadata

duplicate data is costing musicians

Why Duplicate Data is Costing Musicians & The Industry Millions

Millions in music royalties are getting lost or payments delayed, and the culprit is often as simple as duplicate data. Find out how messy metadata is quietly choking the music industry and what it will take to finally clean it up.

Alana Bonilla on 07/30/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: metadata, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians
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A Guide to Music Metadata

FLASHBACK FRIDAYS: Every Friday, we’re resurfacing an important Hypebot post that continues. Since even the smallest misspelling in a song’s metadata means missed compensation, this guide is as important today. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/09/2022 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: DIY musicians, metadata, music, music business, music industry, music metadata, music tech, musician, musicians, Spotify, YouTube
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A guide to music metadata and token standards

Just the smallest misspelling of a name in a song’s metadata can lead to unjust compensation and error. Here’s a guide to making sure you never miss a detail. by. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 09/01/2022 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
Tags: DIY, DIY musicians, metadata, music, music tech, musician, musicians
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The Digital Media Association on the value of accurate music metadata

Garrett Levin from the Digital Media Association joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast to discuss copyrights, streaming services, and the importance of making sure. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/16/2022 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: DIY musicians, metadata, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Spotify
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Radio is ‘leaking oil’ and dashboard music metadata could save it

Fred Jacobs from Jacob’s Media Strategies talks about how radio is falling behind other music media. A guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacob’s Media Strategies. I’m writing this from the. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 04/29/2022 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: metadata, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, radio, Spotify
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How to prep song metadata the right way

You may think that once a song is finished you can just send it to a distributor and be done with it. However there are a lot of little details. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 03/19/2022 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: DIY, metadata, music advice, music release, musician, musician guide, streaming
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Power of music metadata with Byta’s Marc Brown

On this episode of How Music Charts, Byta Founder Marc Brown explains how the right music metadata helps artists get discovered, get played, and get paid. By Rutger Ansley Rosenborg. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 02/01/2022 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: byta, metadata, music business, music tech, podcast
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Importance of getting the music metadata right

Like a license plate on a car, metadata is vital but often overlooked. A guest post from Disctopia. While your music is the most important, the data that goes along with it. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 12/11/2021 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of 50K under-represented creators calls for addition of gender ID to all music data

A coalition of organizations serving women and other under-represented creators and music industry professionals have formed the Gender Identification Initiative to improve how music data is collected and analyzed. “complete and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/28/2021 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: metadata, MLC, music data
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MusicBrainz: Organizing music in the public interest

The Electonic Frontier Foundation’s Danny O’Brien looks at the public interest internet and MusicBrainz free music metadata project. Guest post by Danny O’Brien from the Electronic Frontier Foundation This blog. Continue reading

admin on 06/08/2021 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (3)
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‘Show me the money!’ -Artists, The MLC, and the meta-data hot potato

Rubber is about to meet the road for the Mechanical Licensing Collective, and come mid-April, there is one phrase that will be rolling off the lips every of songwriter and. Continue reading

admin on 04/02/2021 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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