Musician Services
Your first step in protecting your creative assets.
Accurate music metadata is paramount to getting you paid.
In the digital music world, the importance of metadata cannot be emphasized enough! Through maintenance of high-quality and complete metadata, you can protect your musical creations, ensuring that you are properly credited, found, and (perhaps most importantly) paid!
Whether you are an artist, a songwriter, or an industry professional supporting them; proper management of your metadata is essential. Let us help you build the solid foundation that you need to keep the business side of your creative endeavors running smoothly.
Not sure where to start? Our 5-step Foundational Metadata Program includes:
DISCOVERY
We will commence discussion of your artist/songwriter metadata and rights detail, gaining an understanding of your comfort level, and establishing specific goals that you are hoping to achieve through this process.
DATA CAPTURE
We will provide you with custom templates and guidance to gather the metadata for your creative assets. This will also be the blueprint for ongoing maintenance of your metadata so that you are never relying on a third party to give your data back to you.
DATA REVIEW
The Equalizer team will review your data for quality, accuracy, and completeness; preparing custom guidelines to set you up for success. You will receive coaching to better understand things done well, or areas that need improvement.
REGISTRATION
Using the high-quality metadata that you are now in possession of, we will provide guidance on how to register your assets with the appropriate industry partners to establish ownership and promote proper attribution and royalty collection.
MAINTENANCE
You will receive a full report of your metadata review to ensure you have the knowledge you need to maintain your metadata! We will also help you develop a plan for regular review to make sure that your assets are protected at each stage of your musical career.
Musician Service Packages:
FOUNDATIONAL METADATA BUNDLE
1:1 Zoom sessions with Natalie or an Equalizer team member
Custom metadata capture templates
Metadata template guidebooks (PDF download)
Metadata and registration review
Personalized metadata findings report with recommendations
Development of maintenance plan
CUSTOM SERVICE PACKAGES
Tailored to your specific needs in the areas of:
Metadata resolution services
Pre-release metadata review
White-glove registration services (such as MLC, SoundExchange, ASCAP/BMI/GMR)
Catalog metadata audit (cadence will depend on volume)
Royalty statement review
1:1 COACHING WITH NATALIE
Customized to include:
Metadata
Label or publishing deals
Rights ownership
Publishing
Royalty calculations
Any other questions you may have to make your music career a successful one!