Metadata Checklist

Good metadata does more than identify a recording. It helps music remain discoverable, payable, searchable and licensable.

The Tunecache Metadata Checklist helps artists, producers, catalog owners and rights holders review the essential information associated with both a composition and its corresponding recording.

Use the checklist to organize:

• Track title and alternate versions
• Artist and featured-artist information
• Album, release date and label details
• Writers, composers and ownership splits
• Publishers and administrators
• PRO and CMO affiliations
• ISWC and ISRC identifiers
• Master owner and licensing contact
• Producers, performers and other contributors
• Genre, mood, tempo and descriptive information
• Explicit, clean and instrumental versions
• Lyrics, stems and delivery assets
• Sample and interpolation information
• Registration status and conflicting records
• Sources used to confirm each data point
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The checklist can help reveal missing or inconsistent information before it interferes with royalty collection, catalog management or licensing.

Created by Tunecache founder and veteran music supervisor Barry Cole.

This resource supports metadata organization and does not independently verify ownership, registrations, splits or licensing authority.