Metadata (aka data about data) has become a huge part of achieving musical success in the digital age. So huge, in fact, that to ignore it, or to have incorrect metadata, can ruin your chances of ...

Given its critical role in providing info that impacts how your music is stored, sorted, and identified, if your metadata isn't in order, your music simply isn't ready for public release. Here we ...

When you open Spotify, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Apple Music, or any other streaming music service to search for your favorite song, there’s a lot going on under the surface, and most of it has to do ...

This latest post from Byta and MusicBrainz on the importance of music metadata looks at the financial and legal components. Announcing a three-part article series, Metadata Matters. Byta and the team ...

Music metadata: it’s the oft-overlooked chore that can make a music career successful – or doom it to obscurity. Today, music metadata impacts everything in an artist’s career, including distribution, ...

I am trying to figure out how to edit metadata. I have a problem in particular with exports to my music player. Artist names, when there is a compilation of a couple people, get exported to the player ...

Tired of messy music libraries? AmoyShare's new ID3Genius Music Tag Editor offers a one-click solution to automatically match and repair metadata, including missing album art and lyrics, making music ...

Now that the global recorded music business has slowed to single-digit growth, streaming services will have to work harder to attract new consumers and keep those they already have. As the March 28 ...

Why is classical music so hard to enjoy on streaming services? In one word, it's metadata. Metadata is the information that coexists with every digital music file: each and every piece of information ...