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I'm a newbie DISCO user (2 days in) and found this VERY helpful. Will be watching all! One thing is, how do I find / source contacts to send my Playlist to?
Me and Dan used to sit in his basement in Philly when we were in high school and I would listen to him use pro tools, and experiment with all these different beats and instruments at once sort of like what he is doing here always really really really dedicated
Great content, as usual! I have a Disco account but had to choose keeping my young daughter happy and healthy over the expense of developing exposure for my discography, so I've yet to upload, HOWEVER, I've attempted to make direct contact via email as a "free" means to be heard and develop opportunities with some of your amazing guests. I haven't scored yet, lol, but I really appreciate what you contribute to the massive and talented music community. Thanks!
I read white print on dark background, so I am unable to see the page. All I can do is listen. It would help (me at least) if the training was in dark mode.
Hey Christopher, we regularly release updates to DISCO (Nesting, MultiDISCO Search, Similarity Search etc) but no major updates have been made to Pages specifically.
Hi, thanks you for the video and your time... I am confused about the discovery suite pricing vs artists account... "How do nested tracks count towards my track quota?" Ex I have 1 song and ten alternative versions ie... My Song Title_No Drums, My Song title_ No SFX, etc. and 20 stems for that song... how are they counted towards my quota? I am a bit confused. I understand the artist account is unlimited tracks, but I am not sure about the discovery add-on quota and how to calculate. Thanks again.
Hi Angelina, this is a good question. How will nested track versions impact your discovery suite quota? Nested tracks that are not marked as stems will count toward the track quota, whereas all stems are combined to count as a single track. I.e. 1 main track + 15 nested stems = 2 tracks but 1 main track + 1 instrumental + 1 a capella + 15 stems = 4 tracks. So, nested track versions count toward the discovery quota, reducing how many main tracks can be included on your DISCO Catalogs (in the Discovery Suite add-on).
Hey Jenise, we don't have that option at the moment, so you do need to add them manually. Some people set up a google form or Typeform to collect sign ups, then add them to your contact list in batches each month.
What about the lyrics that were in the Songspace song file? Does that get included somehow or is it just the recordings that get exported and uploaded?
Exactly...that at this point is more valuable then the recording files....this should be moving everything within the song object...should be easy it's just text!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey if you are downloading AIFF and MP3 files the lyrics should be on them (IF Songspace is writing them into the ID3 metadata). If you are downloading WAV files then none of the metadata will be carried from Songspace into DISCO. Once you import files into DISCO you can update metadata in-app or on the metadata CSV (which support can export for you). If you have a spreadsheet from Songspace with the exported file names and matching metadata, you could match on the DISCO csv (with some spreadsheet lookup skills). Ask the support team to include the original file names on the export when you request it.
@@jcallenmusic Lyrics, audio and metadata is all transferred over if you do this with Session: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sCVTzxaEkSg.html
I know this is 3yrs old....but I'm curious how an independent artist knows whether or not their music is adequately professionally written and produced to be considered in the world of sync and licensing? I do understand a variable will be the music supervisors need, but I also understand there is a standard. I've been trying for a couple of years to be heard by a supervisor, to no avail. Thanks. 😊
Great question! The writing and production quality that supervisors prefer is subjective, but one thing we can help with are tips when pitching and presenting. We have lots of information on this in the Blog section of the DISCO site, with interviews from different supervisors who share their preferences. Hope this helps, and best of luck! 💫
Great question! And welcome to DISCO 🙂 You can use the Playlist Creator on the right to add tracks and create playlists. We recommend watching the video in our Crash Course playlist on uploading tracks, and you can chat in with our Support team if you have any questions along the way!
yes, as you are saving the playlist there is a streaming only option you can toggle on. These playlist settings can be edited whenever you like. This video shows you how to edit playlist settings: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQp8f0ltwmU.htmlsi=6TjVSz9thiJoL085
Is it possible to replace the wav file only and keep all the metadata, comments etc for the song? For example in case of new master version od the song
Hey ! yes, you are looking for the Manage files and formats function from the track menu. You can replace the WAV and choose to re-transcodes the mp3 (which you should if it's new audio). The metadata is not affected through this process. : school.disco.ac/article/how-to-replace-audio-and-manage-files
Thanks for the question! While the music you upload to Soundcloud is generally public facing, so anyone can land on your Soundcloud page to listen, comment, share... the files you upload to DISCO are not accessible to the public. DISCO users don't have outward facing, publicly accessible profiles. The music and media industry uses DISCO to manage their music files, and send to each other. They might send files in a DISCO playlist to pitch to a tv show, promote an album to a radio station, or a producer might share in-progress recordings with artists and their managers... All of those are private/internal uses that don't require public viewing or exposure. hopefully that is helpful...
Hi, you can definitely make money as an artist when your music is used in film, tv, ads, video games etc. Sync agents are usually best placed to pitch your music for those opportunities.
Is it possible to have unlisted pages? In other words, pages that people could only access if you send them a private link? I'm thinking that might be useful for a stems-only page where producers could download tracks that would not normally be available to the more public playlists.
Hey James, by default tracks and DISCO playlists/pages are private. No one has access unless you share the page link. So, DISCO Pages are not publicly accessible...they provide a way to collate all your files together on one, nice looking page, that you share, as necessary, with partners, collaborators and industry.
