How it works

Fill in the intake form: library size, formats (FLAC / OGG / M4A), genre split, how you'd like to send the files, whether you want to start with a free dry run. I'll reply within a business day or two.

For libraries large enough to make the trial meaningful. You send 10 CDs via your chosen transfer method, I tag them and return the result. You browse the actual output in your player on your music — the strongest possible quality check before any payment changes hands.

If the result fits how you want your library to read, the dry-run record converts to a paid quote for the rest of the library. The trial 10 are already tagged; you only pay for the remaining CDs.

I send a quote covering the full library at $4/CD ($100 minimum, with volume discounts above 200 CDs). For mailed media, return shipping is baked into the quote so the number you see is what you owe.

The 50% deposit secures your slot and starts the work. Pay by card (Stripe), Interac e-Transfer (Canadian, zero fees), or Wise (international, low FX cost). Card confirms instantly; e-Transfer and Wise within a business day.

After the deposit clears, upload your library to your chosen cloud share and reply with the link. Accepted backends:

• Google Drive — most universal, generous free tier
• Dropbox — common with audiophiles
• OneDrive — bundled with Microsoft 365
• MEGA — privacy-leaning users

Or mail a physical disc or thumb drive (return shipping is included in the quote, so you don't pay it twice). iCloud Drive isn't supported at v1 (no decent Linux client).

This part you don't see. Tags scrubbed and rewritten through a hand-built toolchain: composer normalisation, work matching against a curated style tree, catalogue refs from MusicBrainz series, role-aware artist credits with character information for opera and per-musician personnel for jazz. Releases missing or sparse in MB are enriched from Idagio, Apple Music, or — sparingly — a clean Discogs page, and the new metadata is contributed back to public MusicBrainz.

A manual pass handles flagged albums — typically badly marked releases for which there's no reliable metadata source. Multi-disc boxes are tagged when MB already has them well-structured; large boxes missing from MB fall outside scope. Typical turnaround is one to two weeks; queue depth determines the exact slot.

Once tagging is complete, I deliver the whole library as 15-second clips per track — full tags intact, mirrored folder structure. You scan through every track in your player to verify the metadata's right and the audio matches.

Reply with anything that looks off and I'll fix it before final delivery. The balance only comes due once you've reviewed.

Fixes at this stage are for factual errors — wrong composer, wrong performer credits, wrong work title, missing tags on a release MusicBrainz already carries. Stylistic preferences that conflict with how the service is documented (e.g. a different genre scheme, alternative composer name spellings), or albums that weren't in the original intake, are out of scope at this point — the dry run earlier in the flow is the right checkpoint for those.

After the preview is approved, I send the final balance — based on the actual CD count tagged. Discs rejected from the job (rare titles, unrecoverable rips, scope mismatches) don't get billed, so the final number can come in lower than the original estimate.

Once the balance clears, the full tagged library lands in your share. Files arrive in a fresh folder tree built from the new tags — Classical / Composer / Genre / Performer / Album for classical, Jazz / Artist / Year - Album for jazz. Your originals on the source share aren't touched; the delivered tree is a separate reorganised copy.

Along with the files: a short delivery note listing what's been tagged, any flags, and any albums that fell outside scope.

Within 14 days of delivery, I purge the source copy from my side. No archive, no retention. Mailed drives ship back at the return-shipping cost already included in your quote (reply if you'd prefer I keep them on file longer).

The MusicBrainz contributions stay public — that's the open-data part — but your files are gone from my end.