Library
The library is the station. Metadata caps every downstream decision. Section in active writing - more pages landing soon.
The library is the station. Not the player, not the website, not the infrastructure. The library. The scheduler, the legal report, the listener-facing surfaces - everything downstream is capped by the quality of the metadata upstream.
A station with a sloppy library never quite works. A station with a clean library makes every other layer easier.
This section is in active writing. Two pages are live. The rest land as they are written.
Pages in this section
- The library is the station. The gateway argument the rest of the section builds on. Why the file is inert, the database is the station, and metadata quality caps every downstream decision.
- Song submission guide for artists. Audience flips here - this page is for the artist on the other side of the submission lane. ASCII filenames, FLAC + WAV, embedded metadata, ISRC, cover art, lyrics, clean + instrumental versions. The ideal package, then the four platforms your music must live on so airplay actually converts.
Coming next
- Tagging conventions. A working tagging schema for radio. Required fields, optional fields, custom fields the scheduler reads, with examples from multiple real stations as reference points.
- Ingest pipeline. How 500-600 new tracks per year get from "found" to "in rotation". Validation, normalization, loudness.
- Curation from 50 countries. Sourcing internationally, vetting, the editorial filter in practice.
- Library maintenance. Pruning, re-tagging, the floating 25-year "current" window in practice.
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The Library Is the Station
The file is inert. The database is the station. Why metadata quality caps every downstream decision a radio station makes