WCA #503 with Tony Brooke - Audio Data Management, Seasonal Income Fluctuations, Career Coach Influence, Music Data Management Tools, and Getting Credit

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My guest is Grammy Nominated Music Metadata Professional Tony Brooke. Tony has worked on projects for Richard Thompson, Coldplay, David Byrne, twenty one pilots, Maroon 5, Jane's Addiction, Duran Duran, Steve Miller, Norah Jones, Erasure, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Doobie Brothers, Sarah McLachlan, Elvis Costello, Seal, George Clinton, Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, Lucinda Williams, Dave Chappelle, Khaled & Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Stern Grove Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. He's also worked for Pandora/SiriusXM and Warner Music Group.

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In this episode, we discuss

• Tony's Audio Production Journey
• Background and Education
• Bay Area Move
• Technical Skills & Equipment
• Live Music Engineer to Entrepreneur
• Tascam DA88 Benefits
• Multi-Track Services
• Gig Organization Logistics
• Music Industry Experiences
• Seasonal Income Fluctuations
• Business Diversification
• Website Development
• Ultimate Track Sheet
• Career Transition Insights
• Digital Console Shift
• Career Coach Influence
• Master's Degree Pursuit
• Family Support Gratitude
• Work-Life Balance Challenges
• Music Industry Pressures
• Honesty and Humility Importance
• Music Data Exchange Research
• DDEX XML Format
• Pandora Credit Inclusion
• Apple Credit Attribution Issues
• Identifier Initiative
• Music Data Management Tools
• Sound Credit Replacement
• Muse.AI & Other Databases
• Data Accuracy Challenges
• Technological Changes Preparation
• Three-Tiered Data Storage
• Data Preservation Strategies
• Copyrighted Compositions Importance
• Streaming Service Identification
• Online Course Idea
• Digital Data Management Strategies

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Matt's Rant: Embracing Social Media

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Links and Show Notes

• Book Matt mentions in Rant: Day Trading Attention
• Tools for capturing data in the studio:
• Sound Credit: https://www.soundcredit.com/
• Session Studio: https://www.sessionstudio.com/
• VEVA Collect: https://vevacollect.com/
• Identifiers:
• ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier): http://isni.org/
• ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code): https://www.iswc.org/
• DDEX standards for music data exchange: https://ddex.net/
• CLIP - Free resource to learn industry terminology, creator rights, and how to get credited and paid: https://goclip.org/en/music
• Master Tape Rescue project to find a home for lost tapes and other formats (Brian Kehew and Danny White): https://www.mastertaperescue.com/
• Tony Brooke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybrooke/
• SilentWay.com: http://www.silentway.com/

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Credits

• Guest: Tony Brooke
• Host: Matt Boudreau
• Engineer: Matt Boudreau
• Producer: Matt Boudreau
• Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau
• WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
• Announcer: Chuck Smith