Music Data
Articles on royalty data integration, DDEX standards, music API development, and building data pipelines for the music industry.
C2PA in Music: A Claude MCP for Reading Content Provenance
C2PA is the open standard for content provenance, and it just landed in music files. We open-sourced an MCP server so you can read these manifests ins...
Mariusz Smenżyk
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
830 Ways to Say Spotify - Normalizing Music Streaming Data
After solving the file format problem, the data inside is just as messy. Different names for the same platforms, labels, currencies, and territories. ...
Mariusz Smenżyk
13 Distributors, 5 File Formats, Zero Standards -The Reality of Music Royalty Data
Every month, independent labels receive royalty reports from over a dozen distributors. No two look the same. Here's what that actually looks like.
Mariusz Smenżyk
Maintaining Music Tech Tools: The SLA Dilemma for Small Teams
What happens when a custom streaming analytics tool works perfectly, until nobody is responsible for keeping it running. A real story from the music i...
Mariusz Smenżyk
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