“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. “

Every MP3 released to the internet should have these ID3 fields completed. If you are an artist actively releasing and promoting your music online, make sure you’ve included the following data:

1. Artist Name - This name should be the REAL artist name or alias. One that can be found online should an interested listener want to search for more content by this artist.
2. Song Name - The song NEEDS to have a name. How can a listener email their friend and tell them about the song if it doesn’t have a name? How can fans talk about their favorite songs. Today’s music is a song culture and this is an MP3, it’s a SONG; give it a name and let it live.
3. Genre - Don’t make up some unique and strange genre for your music. As much as it pains artists to be lumped in with the mainstream genre names, use a recognized ID3 genre tag. This tag gives listeners a reference of what to expect when they hear the song. If nothing else, it’s a good way of keeping your unique sound part of a collection that the listener may throw on when the mood suits.
4. Comments - Add a link to your website, or other online presence. Bonus if you add in a Creative Commons status. Beyond those 2 key items, this field is where the promotions REALLY happen. Add a unique factoid, or odd-data, if you’re feeling creative.
5. Year - Some artists don’t like having their music appear dated, but a music career is an evolution and has a history: Add the year the song was released. It helps give listeners a context, on when it was made.
6. Artwork - Music is about the song, but the artwork is what we all see when we look at our MP3 player. Add something… Make it interesting and it might even become memorable to the listener.

Why ID3 tag the MP3 file? Because music and MP3 files are becoming the main currency of attention all artists have in common. Its the ideal gateway to listeners and the easiest way to convert those listeners to fans. Even if you ignore the bulk of this post; every (artist released) MP3 file should have at minimum: Artist Name, Song Name, A comment with the URL of their website or other online presence.

Paying attention to this type of content monetization has a REAL value in raising the access and awareness an artist to fans and casual listeners. As listeners and fans collect more and more music, it is easy for a miss-tagged song to disappear into an MP3 collection. Filling out these ID3 fields allows listeners to easily search and organize the file within their own musical library.

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"I don't believe what you're singing. But if you were hit by a truck and were lying out there in the gutter dying and you had time to sing one song. One song people would remember before you're were dirt. One song that would let people know about how you felt about your time on earth. One song that would sum you up. Something real. Something you felt. What would that one song be?"

Johnny thinks, then starts singing a song he wrote, "Folsom Prison Blues".

I hear lots of writers and directors saying, "I got this one idea, and than there's another idea, and I might do this other idea......." I always reply, "Do your last book. Your last movie. Your one ultimate story." If you can't raise the money yet, to make it into a movie, do it as a book. It just takes a PC and time.

Paul Kyriazi - James Bond Lifestyle

Feature film writer/director

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Nite Raiders Entertainment Is Pleased To Support Canadian Non- Profit Organization “Life Line Haiti”

BOB DAVISSON - www.lifelinehaiti.com

This month, Life Line Haiti – a Canadian Non-Profit Organization that builds schools in Haiti (and is currently educating more than 200 Haitian children) is filming an independent documentary on location in Haiti about the wonderful work started by R.J. (Bob) Davisson – a highly-decorated RCMP officer - turned local Albertan business man – turned philanthropist.

Dick Tolton, a talented Canadian independent documentary producer and videographer, will be escorting to Davisson to Haiti to personally film this organization in hopes of shining a bright light on such a worthy cause. In addition, they will be joined by production investor Dave Reinheller - owner of DAAS Developers LTD. Home Builders in Medicine Hat, AB. Shooting begins on location today.

Dick Tolton has asked Nite Raiders Entertainment to start scouting musical talent for the soundtrack to accompany this film. This is a great way for new international artists to promote their new and original material. He is looking for slow and lyrical world-music/instrumental material as well as up-beat “tropical” kind of stuff, including steel drums etc. The documentary will be atleast 90 minutes long. Once wrapped, the intention is to market this product to film festivals world-wide.

For further information, Please visit:
http://niteraiders.com/news/?p=531
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Sincerely,
Dana Leslie Nease
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