Why Is Proper Metadata In Music Is So Important?
Bad metadata has cost producers and songwriters millions of dollars.
There is nothing I hate more than checking Spotify or Tidal and seeing incomplete metadata for a song. Not only is there a level of disrespect because giving people proper credit should be an afterthought, but often times producers are taking less money or no money at all to allow you to use there production. Additionally, many fail to realize how important the proper entering of metadata is on the business of songwriters and producers and to a lesser extent artists.
The metadata I am talking about is all the crucial information when a song or project is released including titles, songwriter and producer names, publishers, record labels, and other data points. When this information is not properly entered many songwriters and producer, in particular, are left without payment because the metadata from these releases are not synchronized across industry databases to make sure that when a record is played, the right people are paid.
Metadata seems like a complex concept but it’s really not, just get the proper names and information from the people who are involved with making the record and the proper backend business partners. That's it. However, if you go to the song credits on a streaming platform right now there will be some…
