Also, something that grinds my gears in general is:
People giving you a zip file where all the songs aren't in a album folder. So instead of just dragging the album folder to my desktop from
the unzip program, I have to create a new folder on the desktop and name it whatever the artists name/album is. This isn't a huge deal, but if you're downloading releases regularly, it's SUPER annoying. Call me lazy or whatever, but I'd say it's the artist/label's laziness.
I'll two-up you on that:
- People who don't give you anyway of streaming / previewing the music in a release. I don't have room on my laptop to download every single chipmusic release but I would like to be able to listen to it and give some feedback... I just can't do that if I can't listen to it. And if I don't know your music, and I don't have any way of previewing it, the chance I'm going to actually download it goes to zero.
- People who don't tag their releases properly. Sure, all the MP3s are in a folder, but when I import them to iTunes I get a jumbled mess or no info at all. Great, now I don't even know who made this song. Happens with stuff uploaded to 8bc / chipmusic.org too. Just remember: ID3 tags are just as much a place for marketing / promoting yourself / building your brand as anywhere else.
