Mastering engineer Brad Blackwood and keyboardist/publisher Brandon Bush, best known for his work with Train, talked metadata with the Producers & Engineers Wing's Maureen Droney at this extended Memphis Chapter/P&E Wing event. Sometimes details matter, and with rapid schedules and business pressures, there is a constant risk that data will be left incomplete in a rush. Running down the categories of major importance, acronyms like ISRC or ISNI codes can seem like a complicated joke but they are no laughing matter. "These are developing parts of this puzzle that are going to help get income distributed more fairly," said Droney.

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