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Why Your Metadata (Probably) Sucks (with Mrs. 52 Cues) | 52 Cues Podcast, 2025 Week 20
In this episode of the 52 Cues Podcast, Dave and Shannon tackle what many composers consider the least glamorous—but arguably most crucial—part of the production music process: metadata.
Let’s Talk Metadata
Wrangling keywords and mood terms across spreadsheets, PDFs, and submission forms, can feel pretty soul sucking at times, but metadata just may be the most important part of the life of a cue!
On today’s show, I go over the most common type metadata found in libraries and give you some of my strategies that could mean the difference between getting placed or getting passed over.