Coming In a Few Days: Improved UI For Track, Album, Catalog and Label Line Listings
Updated September 7, 2011

Your New Track Line Listing Display Pattern
We recently made some key improvements to our list pages that we’re excited to tell you about. We’re constantly taking feedback from our users and when we’re not supporting specific site requests, we’re working on new ways to improve the experience of the platform and to add more value for everyone who comes into contact with it. These upcoming changes are small in terms of effort but you’ll notice them quickly because they change the UI (for the better, of course) on some key pages. We just wanted to give you a heads up before the way your tracks, albums, labels and catalogs display simply change overnight. These aren’t drastic changes and there’s nothing you need to do to get ready for them but they’re worth mentioning nonetheless before you stumble upon them yourselves:
Tracks (screenshot above) – The first change you’ll notice is the new look of the “wave” view for track line listings. We extended this view to allow for up to 3 lines of text in order to accommodate longer titles, descriptions and other fields. The new larger play button also makes playback on the iPad and other touch-enabled devices much easier to use.

New Album Listing Page Display Pattern
Albums – This only affects the detailed view of album line listings, but we made the titles larger, put room in for a description for each album, and added release date info as well. These are specific improvements that have been requested by many clients so after this weekend everyone will be able to add descriptions to their albums.

New Label and Catalog Line Listing Display Pattern
Catalogs & Labels – We added the ability to include and display descriptions about your labels and catalogs as well. It’s very simple to edit this information right from your label and catalog pages. Just login securely, find the pencil icon and you’re ready to go. This is a big one that should be useful to everyone.
How Music For Sport runs a 180-album catalog across territories
Music For Sport has supplied music to every Summer and Winter Olympic Games since 1992. More than three decades and 180-plus albums later, the UK company's job hasn't changed: put high-quality production music in front of broadcas...[ READ MORE ]
YouTube Shorts monetization is now live. Here's what else is new in June.
June was a build-heavy month across our licensing, YouTube, and Collect businesses. We launched a major upgrade to our music-monitoring service, invested in faster and more accurate royalty processing, moved several enterprise integrations...[ READ MORE ]
The operational side of maximizing catalog revenue
One of the clearest indicators of long-term catalog health is whether there’s a real system of record behind it. By that we mean: a single place where the rest of the business can quickly confirm what a work is, who owns it, what iden...[ READ MORE ]
May at a Glance: A Product Update, the Brief Inbox, and a New AI Podcast
The Brief Inbox didn't slow down in May, and neither did we. Column customization shipped, and Drew made an appearance on Morning Brew's new AI podcast to talk music and AI. Drew on The Intelligence Shift Drew Silverstein, our Presid...[ READ MORE ]
Why Brands Are Moving Toward Aggregator-Driven Music Licensing
The way music gets licensed for advertising is changing at the infrastructure level. More brands and agencies are moving toward aggregator-driven ecosystems, where platforms like SourceAudio plug directly into proprietary music discover...[ READ MORE ]
April Recap: Luminate Summit, Blog Post, and What's Coming Through the Brief Inbox
Andrew Talks AI Training Data at Luminate Summit On April 15, SourceAudio CEO and co-founder Andrew Harding joined Doug Shapiro, Dave Davis, Dustin Blank, and Matthew Adell on "The AI Training Data Economy" panel at the Luminate Dat...[ READ MORE ]
Fixing Foundations: How I restructured SourceAudio to be more intuitive for admins, new and old
For over a decade, SourceAudio has been adding features, expanding its reach, and growing alongside the music licensing industry. While our toolset has proven valuable to our client base, it’s important to acknowledge weaknesses that hav...[ READ MORE ]