BMS/Chace Commercial Multitrack Metadata

Collection Project

NDIIPP Partners MeetingJuly 21, 2010

Washington, DC

Project overviewBackground:

Genesis of the project started with The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Deliverables Committee (established 2002)

NDIIPP Grant awarded in 2007 to BMS/ChaceConstituency:

Record Labels (major and independent), Artists, Engineers, Producers and other participants involved in the commercial recording process

Project overviewIssues/ Problems:

No consistent information collected during the recording process (technical and descriptive metadata)

Who are the participants and their roles? How can we connect metadata from

beginning to vaulting?Are we supporting existing standards?How can we make the documentation process

as “painless” as possible?How can labels ingest the metadata into

existing IT infrastructures?

Commercial metadata needs are differentInstitutional vs. commercial standards

INSTITUTIONS are generally aware of their holdings at a basic level (cataloged objects)

INSTITUTIONS typically have a “best-practices” workflow to insure consistency of metadata ingest

COMMERCIAL USERS of recorded assets typically do not have “end-to-end” life cycle or digital asset management systems in place

COMMERCIAL USERS are driven by market forces that can override the collection of metadata

Current Status of ProjectCollection Application Now Exists!

Launch meetings scheduled for Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York City at Recording Academy offices

Cross-platformEase of use a high priorityDepth of metadata collection is left to the userWill export metadata to project schemaWorking with DDEX to “complete the loop”

between creation and ecommerce

ObstaclesThe economy directly impacted some of our

initial partners (changed names and job functions)

Peer review of data dictionaries, field names, etc. is difficult – those who will benefit most from the project are not easily engaged into this dialog

If our work is not integrated into other commercial standards (DDEX, ISO, ISWC, CISAC), then we have not helped the problem

Next stepsEducation

Recording Academy’s 12 U.S ChaptersGRAMMY University Network Student

MembershipOutreach

Continue working with standards organizations to promote transparency in commerce

Conferences, workshops, panelsAlliances with industry organizations; AES,

APRS, DDEX, CISAC, and othersBlogs, free hosting/ FTP for a limited time

Thank you for your time!

John SpencerPresident, BMS/Chace LLCjspencer@bmschace.comMaureen DroneySr. Executive Director/Producers & Engineers WingThe Recording Academymaureen.droney@grammy.com