Comments on: Metadata for Musicians http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/ The Website for Working Musicians Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mas1k http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-3885 mas1k Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:27:03 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-3885 it was very interesting to read. I want to quote your post in my blog. It can? And you et an account on Twitter? it was very interesting to read.
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?

]]> By: The Self-Released Album 101: The Basics - Musician Wages.com http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 The Self-Released Album 101: The Basics - Musician Wages.com Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:23:42 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-1446 [...] searches and store listings. Consistency matters. I’ve written an in depth article called Metadata for Musicians. I recommend reading it for a more complete understanding of how metadata plays a bigger role in [...] [...] searches and store listings. Consistency matters. I’ve written an in depth article called Metadata for Musicians. I recommend reading it for a more complete understanding of how metadata plays a bigger role in [...]

]]> By: Cameron Mizell http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Cameron Mizell Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:38:12 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-244 I emailed the guy to ask him questions about his service so I could review it for the site and never heard back. Anyway, I'm with you Chris. I used to enter the stuff into a huge database at UMG for Verve Records, and there was a lot of errors in they system... basically human errors like typos. So my initial point to everyone is to just make it correct! I was listening to Pandora the other day and tried taking the buy link to iTunes, and it couldn't find the song. Why? Because Pandora entered the song title differently than how it was listed on iTunes. I think iTunes had "Blah Blah Blah (Pt. 1)" while Pandora had "Blah Blah Blah (Part 1)". Pandora gets their information from the CD packaging. Does the inlay spell the song differently than the metadata on iTunes? Why would you do that? But beyond that, the metadata could be much more interactive. That will ultimately add value to digital files. It's an excellent idea that is underutilized. I emailed the guy to ask him questions about his service so I could review it for the site and never heard back.

Anyway, I’m with you Chris. I used to enter the stuff into a huge database at UMG for Verve Records, and there was a lot of errors in they system… basically human errors like typos. So my initial point to everyone is to just make it correct!

I was listening to Pandora the other day and tried taking the buy link to iTunes, and it couldn’t find the song. Why? Because Pandora entered the song title differently than how it was listed on iTunes. I think iTunes had “Blah Blah Blah (Pt. 1)” while Pandora had “Blah Blah Blah (Part 1)”. Pandora gets their information from the CD packaging. Does the inlay spell the song differently than the metadata on iTunes? Why would you do that?

But beyond that, the metadata could be much more interactive. That will ultimately add value to digital files. It’s an excellent idea that is underutilized.

]]> By: David J. Hahn http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-243 David J. Hahn Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:08:28 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-243 No, you are not the only one. I dig the idea of embedding more info in mp3s. Like special features on DVDs. No, you are not the only one.

I dig the idea of embedding more info in mp3s. Like special features on DVDs.

]]> By: christopher lars carlson http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-242 christopher lars carlson Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:39:38 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-242 Nice post... I'd like to take it one step further and think about how the general public perceives metadata. Honestly, who DLs a song from the net and loads it up into iTunes and presses "ctrnl+i"? I know I don't very frequently and I'm really into this sort of thing. I'd bet most people have NEVER checked the metadata on any of the tracks in their library before. So how do we change this? I'm not totally sure, but I think if the software (iTunes, WMP, etc) recognized metadata (and now that I've typed that word a number of times, I realize we need a new word to describe this thing) as something of value and displayed it more prominently, people would get into it. And to go even further, if the metadata (now it's really bothering me, please give me a new word! eliner notes?... no, it's so much more than that!) was richer, it would add TONS of VALUE to an mp3. What if an mp3 wasn't just audio, but it had a written story embedded into it (like a blog post), a secret link just for that track with photos from the recording session, links (HTML) to the the artist's site and the video for the song on YouTube, a field for contacting the artist directly!!!, a survey about the song........ shit! it could be amazing!!! And thus, the overall value of an mp3 (would it even be that anymore?) would increase and perhaps people would actually pay for it.... maybe the free track doesn't contain all the "special" stuff.... you have to pay for the extra data, cause people will want it..... .... if people even know it's there in the first place and are looking for it. (on another note, Steven Finch's shameless self-promotion really irks me. Am I the only one?) Nice post… I’d like to take it one step further and think about how the general public perceives metadata. Honestly, who DLs a song from the net and loads it up into iTunes and presses “ctrnl+i”? I know I don’t very frequently and I’m really into this sort of thing. I’d bet most people have NEVER checked the metadata on any of the tracks in their library before.

So how do we change this? I’m not totally sure, but I think if the software (iTunes, WMP, etc) recognized metadata (and now that I’ve typed that word a number of times, I realize we need a new word to describe this thing) as something of value and displayed it more prominently, people would get into it. And to go even further, if the metadata (now it’s really bothering me, please give me a new word! eliner notes?… no, it’s so much more than that!) was richer, it would add TONS of VALUE to an mp3.

What if an mp3 wasn’t just audio, but it had a written story embedded into it (like a blog post), a secret link just for that track with photos from the recording session, links (HTML) to the the artist’s site and the video for the song on YouTube, a field for contacting the artist directly!!!, a survey about the song…….. shit! it could be amazing!!!

And thus, the overall value of an mp3 (would it even be that anymore?) would increase and perhaps people would actually pay for it…. maybe the free track doesn’t contain all the “special” stuff…. you have to pay for the extra data, cause people will want it…..

…. if people even know it’s there in the first place and are looking for it.

(on another note, Steven Finch’s shameless self-promotion really irks me. Am I the only one?)

]]> By: Recording, Releasing, and Performing Cover Songs - Musician Wages.com http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Recording, Releasing, and Performing Cover Songs - Musician Wages.com Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:32:42 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-123 [...] leave you with one tip for releasing cover songs: Get your metadata right! The biggest advantage of releasing cover songs online is that people will find you in search [...] [...] leave you with one tip for releasing cover songs: Get your metadata right! The biggest advantage of releasing cover songs online is that people will find you in search [...]

]]> By: Steven Finch http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Steven Finch Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:29:41 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-82 When you mentioned Digital Music Distribution companies you forgot to mention a new company that is making waves, http://routenote.com. Unlike CDBaby and Tunecore, RouteNote has no upfront fees and unlike The Orchard and the IODA, RouteNote doesnt take a huge cut of your earnings. Make sure you head over and check it out, http://routenote.com When you mentioned Digital Music Distribution companies you forgot to mention a new company that is making waves, http://routenote.com. Unlike CDBaby and Tunecore, RouteNote has no upfront fees and unlike The Orchard and the IODA, RouteNote doesnt take a huge cut of your earnings.

Make sure you head over and check it out, http://routenote.com

]]> By: OzBlog::music & more » Blog Archive » Metadata Explained for Musicians by Cameron Mizell http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/metadata-for-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-78 OzBlog::music & more » Blog Archive » Metadata Explained for Musicians by Cameron Mizell Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:52:42 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=1088#comment-78 [...] Metadata Explained for Musicians by Cameron Mizell [...] [...] Metadata Explained for Musicians by Cameron Mizell [...]

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