Music Data
Articles on royalty data integration, DDEX standards, music API development, and building data pipelines for the music industry.
Which Database for Music Data? Redshift vs BigQuery vs ClickHouse and When to Use Each
A practical comparison of BigQuery, Redshift, and ClickHouse for music industry workloads, from royalty reporting to real-time streaming analytics.
Mariusz Smenzyk
Batch ISRC Enrichment That Turns Messy Catalogs Into Clean Data
How we built Scout to batch-enrich music metadata via Spotify and MusicBrainz APIs, flag ISRC mismatches, and export clean CSVs for catalog evaluation...
Mariusz Smenzyk
Why Music Companies Need AI-Powered Analytics (And How We Built One)
Music royalty data is complex. Non-technical stakeholders need insights without SQL. Here's how we built an AI dashboard that turns plain English into...
Mariusz Smenżyk
Querying Bandcamp Revenue Reports with Natural Language — Meet mtl-bandcamp-mcp
An open source MCP server that turns Bandcamp CSV exports into queryable dashboards. Ask about artist splits, fee breakdowns, and top sellers — no spr...
Mariusz Smenzyk
mtl-metadata-mcp: Open Source Audio Metadata Embedding for Claude Code
We built an open source MCP server that reads and writes metadata tags in MP3, FLAC, and OGG files directly from Claude Code. Here is how it works.
Mariusz Smenzyk
C2PA & DDEX: Authenticity Meets Rights in the Age of AI Music
C2PA proves content is real. DDEX ensures the right people get paid. Together, could they reshape how the music industry handles trust and rights in t...
Mariusz Smenżyk
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...
Mariusz Smenżyk
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 architect...
Mariusz Smenżyk
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.
Mariusz Smenżyk
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.
Mariusz Smenżyk
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