I recently did all the administrative pieces for my next single release which is happening August 4th. I had received an email from BDS Virtual Encode that they were no longer going to be handling the monitoring of radio stations and that Mediabase was taking on that aspect near the end of 2022. I had uploaded songs to Mediabase before so I wasn’t too concerned. Now they have a new link and have partnered with Luminate, which used to be Nielson Soundscan. If you are unfamiliar with Mediabase and it’s functions, in a nutshell they monitor terrestrial and satellite radio stations in the US and Canada. The data gathered along with published music charts is provided to radio and record industry folks. So, if you are actively trying to get your material on the air waves, register your songs with Mediabase. You’ll need your UPC, and ISRC numbers. I know I inputted my ISWC number somewhere today…well, have it on hand. If you want to get your songs on the Billboard charts, you will need to register your song title and ISRC number with Luminate. Luminate does analytics on songs, artists, airplay, streaming viewership, etc. actually, just about anything in the entertainment business. Well, sticking to music, their data goes to Billboard and that’s how the charts are created. Luminate has two different links, one for your title registration and one for your ISRC. I had to do a little research to find out who took over who and then find the right links. The page I am linking you to is Luminate’s Knowledge Base page. It has the links for their two Google forms and Mediabase’s New Music Notification page. You will need to upload a metadata free mp3 to Mediabase…no artwork or data. I use the software Kid3 to handle my metadata. It’s free and open source. Here’s the link to get your material registered…at least in a few spots. Support MRC Data All the best and have fun with your creating! Sue