SONG CONTEST BLOG

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MP3 metadata contains a large amount of searchable information, including the basics of a song: song title, artist name, and album title and artwork. Some artists take the time to include discography and biography details, as well as liner notes, lyrics, images, and anything that allows the digital file to be found, catalogued and, most importantly, relevant and a source of added value to the consumer. The successful distribution of digital files largely depends on the manner in which they are tagged.

“This is a very sad day for Pandora, and for me personally. Today we reduced our staff from 140 to 120 employees. Like virtually every company, Pandora is not immune to the challenges presented by the current economic turmoil. We are trying to react quickly and responsibly to the new environment…

There are tough times ahead for the economy, but our listenership is growing rapidly, the Internet radio royalty rate resolution seems finally near, and the explosion of mobile devices like the iPhone are opening up a world of opportunity for internet radio to expand off the desktop. Moreover, our ad sales are growing so well that, not only did we not make any reductions there, we need to continue to hire more.”

– Tim Westergreen, Founder

Trent Reznor has done it again. Few musicians have Trent’s gift for realizing trends in the music industry and preemptively meeting their fans needs, rather than simply reacting to changes in the market.

With a note attached that says, “Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years — this one’s on me”, Reznor’s latest album, The Slip, is now available for free download everywhere.

In addition to being offered for free, the album has been released under the Creative Commons “attribution noncommercial share-alike” license, and a post on the NIN site says, “We encourage you to remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc.”

The album is available in better-than-CD sounding 24-bit, 96-kHz WAV files, MP3, or lossless (FLAC or Apple), and comes with a printable PDF with album artwork, track listing, etc.

Get your free copy of The Slip now at http://theslip.nin.com
All you need is an email address.

NIN – Discipline