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Articles on royalty data integration, DDEX standards, music API development, and building data pipelines for the music industry.
Building a Claude Skill for DDEX Validation: Automate Music Metadata Checks with AI
Tutorial

Building a Claude Skill for DDEX Validation: Automate Music Metadata Checks with AI

A step-by-step guide to creating a Claude Code skill that validates DDEX ERN XML files against official schemas - catching metadata errors before they reach distributors.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
Building a Custom Music Delivery Platform on the Revelator API
Distribution

Building a Custom Music Delivery Platform on the Revelator API

A practical guide for music distributors evaluating a hybrid approach: custom frontend with Revelator's API as the delivery backbone. Covers architecture, DDEX integration, territory handling, and when to go fully independent.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
Building a Suno AI Remix App with Nuxt & Firebase
AI Audio

Building a Suno AI Remix App with Nuxt & Firebase

A step-by-step guide to building a web app that remixes audio using Suno's AI, Nuxt 4, and Firebase Storage.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
How to Transcribe Video to Text Using OpenAI Whisper

How to Transcribe Video to Text Using OpenAI Whisper

A practical guide to the video → mp3 → text pipeline using OpenAI Whisper. Free, local transcription for interviews, podcasts, and meetings.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
AI Song Structure Analysis: Intro, Verse, Chorus
Open Source

AI Song Structure Analysis: Intro, Verse, Chorus

A technical look at automatic song structure detection using AI and signal processing. Identify song sections with MTL Audio Locators.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
Extracting Data from Ableton .als and .asd Files
Open Source

Extracting Data from Ableton .als and .asd Files

A deep dive into parsing Ableton Live project files. Learn what metadata hides inside .als and .asd files and how to extract it with Python.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
Office Hours with MusicTech Lab’s DDEX Expert
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Office Hours with MusicTech Lab’s DDEX Expert

Free DDEX office hours for MusicTech teams. Get help with DDEX compliance, ERN implementation, data models, and integrations with DSPs.
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Author avatar Maciej Dulski
MusicTech Resources for Builders
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MusicTech Resources for Builders

A curated platform for MusicTech founders and teams. Track investor deals, explore open-source tools, and find partners and events in the music-tech space.
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Author avatar Maciej Dulski
Poland's Creative Tech and MusicTech Rise
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Poland's Creative Tech and MusicTech Rise

Poland’s first Creative Tech report is here and MusicTech Lab’s Maciej Dulski shares insights on how music innovation in Poland is gaining momentum.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Maciej Dulski on Sound Connections Podcast
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Maciej Dulski on Sound Connections Podcast

Maciej Dulski from MusicTech Lab discusses the evolving music tech landscape, its impact on artists, and how technology is reshaping the industry.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Epidemic Sound MCP with Claude for Devs

Epidemic Sound MCP with Claude for Devs

Set up and use the Epidemic Sound MCP Server with Claude to discover music using natural language prompts directly in your development workflow.
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Author avatar MusicTech Lab
DDEX Open Source Projects Review
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DDEX Open Source Projects Review

Explore DDEX open-source projects that simplify music metadata management, enhance rights tracking, and streamline royalty distribution.
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Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Understanding the API First Approach

Understanding the API First Approach

Why the API First approach matters for e-commerce. Learn how designing APIs before code leads to scalable, maintainable, integration-friendly platforms.
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Author avatar Adam Golański
Introduction to generating DDEX file using Python

Introduction to generating DDEX file using Python

Learn what DDEX files are and how to generate them using Python. Covers ERN, DSR, and RIN standards for digital music data exchange in the industry.
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Author avatar Andrzej Dąbski
Music Self-Publishing: The Emuze.me Story

Music Self-Publishing: The Emuze.me Story

How self-publishing evolved in the music industry, shifting control from record labels to independent artists, and how Emuze.me empowers creators today.
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Author avatar Adam Golański
Hybrid Database Model in Django for Speed

Hybrid Database Model in Django for Speed

How combining relational and non-relational databases in Django solved performance bottlenecks for a high-traffic e-commerce catalog microservice.
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Author avatar Oleksandr Gorbunov
Why we decided to use wavesurfer.js

Why we decided to use wavesurfer.js

Creating a simple, custom audio player with main functionality is relatively easy. Are you sure? Let's see how we tackled this issue
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Author avatar Mateusz Bryzik
Data Modeling in MongoDB Using Design Patterns

Data Modeling in MongoDB Using Design Patterns

The most useful data modeling design patterns in MongoDB are attributed, three, and extended reference patterns.
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Author avatar Bartosz Wilk