If you're working on anything that touches audio files and streaming platforms, metadata is not a nice-to-have. It's the data layer your entire discoverability stack depends on.
Treat it like you'd treat structured data for SEO. Define a schema. Generate it systematically. Validate it before upload.
And if you're an indie artist reading this — open your last five uploads in Windows Explorer, check the Details tab, and count how many fields are blank. Then fill them.
The algorithm is not your enemy. It just needs data to work with.
Built SoundRankPro to solve this — free tier available at soundrankpro.com if you want to test it on your own tracks. Happy to answer questions about the architecture or prompt engineering approach in the comments.
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