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Q&A
"What's the best way to tag and submit tracks?"
Been getting this Q a lot lately, especially with the addition of the permanent submit link. I'll outline what our favorite way to receive tracks is but don't worry - we can and do handle a lot of tagging on our end so even if you submit a track with no metadata it will never be lost!
So let's dive in. First of all getting tags to stick to AIFFs can be tricky. iTunes works great on MP3s but is less reliable for AIFFs and every DAW and mastering program handles metadata a little bit differently. I've had success with an application called kid3 which is open source, available on all major operating systems and seems to be the most consistent, though not entirely intuitive, solution.
However you choose to get the metadata in there, here is how we tag things:
Title: [Song Name] (Pick a unique name for your song!)
Artist: [Composer Name]
Album: Score a Score
Genre: [genre 1], [genre 2], [mood 1], [mood 2], [instrument 1], [instrument 2], [misc keyword], etc (Put as many helpful tags as you want!)
BPM: [BPM] (Helpful when a client is particular!)
Comments: One stop licensing via Jordan Passman - scoreascore.com (323.433.7104) - music@scoreAscore.com
Album Cover: [this picture]
Genre tags are hugely helpful since nobody knows your songs better than you! Don't just tag the genre, tag the emotions and moods the piece inspires as well as some instrumentation info. Some examples are "Hip Hop, modern, cool, edgy, swagger, fun" or "Emotional, positive, piano, optimistic, building, strings, orchestral, uplifting."
And don't forget to name your song! Don't just use a brand name, reference name, email subject, or genre as the name of the song otherwise we end up with 200 tracks called "Upbeat Rock 1!"
"When I upload an AIFF to Disco it says it's an MP3, is that okay?"
Yes! Disco creates an MP3 and then allows our clients the option to download either the AIFF or the MP3.
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