As much data as we produce within the music industry, there are other industries that play a direct part in providing key metadata that allows us to properly track and compensate artists, songwriters, and rights owners, for their work. A cue sheet is an example of this, but many in the music industry aren’t familiar with their importance.

In the music industry, we are creating data faster than ever before. It’s well known that the data is often incomplete and inconsistent, or riddled with typos and duplications, leading to inefficiencies and inaccurate analysis. I often hear talk about data cleaning, but a point of failure arises when data cleaning initiatives aren’t approached with a corresponding strategy for ongoing input of high-quality inbound data as well.