I. GATHER
Getting the Audio Files
- Aaron emails you all WAV and MP3 files, lyrics, and writer splits
- Import all audio files into your iTunes (it’ll look something like this…)
Keywords
- Open a new Text Edit document and title it Name of Song_KEYWORDS
- Open Keyword Tags PDF
- Listen to song while noting keywords from each column
- Follow this format
Lyrics
- Open a new Text Edit document and title it Name of Song_LYRICS
- Paste lyrics from Aaron
- Follow this format
Info
- Open a new Text Edit document and title it Name of Song_INFO
- Enter the writer/publisher/master splits
- Follow this format
II. IMPLEMENT
Metada
- In iTunes, right-click the song and click Song Info
- Fill in like pic below using your KEYWORDS in the grouping column and everything else from your INFO doc
- Click on the “Lyrics” tab and tick “Custom Lyrics” box below
- Paste in from your LYRICS doc
- Repeat the above process for all versions of the song (*Note, only lyrics can be applied to MP3s; not WAVs, so skip that step with the WAV files)
Upload
- Create a folder called Name of Song_FINALS
- Save everything you’ve just created in this order
- In the shared Dropbox folder, find the name of the song
- Drag and drop Name of Song_FINALS to that folder
III. DELIVER
- Create a new message to all team members and use this format
- (The attachment is an MP3 of the song)
- Link the blue text to the appropriate Dropbox folder by
- 1) right-clicking the dropbox folder and clicking “copy Dropbox link”
- 2) highlighting and then right-clicking the appropriate email text
- 3) pasting the Dropbox link
- Double check and send!