How to take part in music industry interviews as part of the Initial phase metadata KPI (key performance indicator) project.



Technical Solutions Group  

The Technical Solutions Group (TSG) includes a range of industry metadata experts. The group will explore current workflows, standards and technologies and recommend how to improve them to enable delivery of the core data set as specified in the agreement. 

The TSG first met in September 2023 and will regularly meet during the two-year period covered by the metadata agreement.

Initial phase metadata KPI project  

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is supporting this project and has commissioned a team of consultants to help carry out the first phase of work. This team has been tasked to:  

  • catalogue and map existing metadata flows 
  • assist baselining and identifying meaningful and achievable key performance indicators (KPIs) to be measured at relevant points in the metadata chain, and 
  • assist the creation of a gap analysis of areas of potential improvement

The consultant team is currently interviewing a wide and representative range of stakeholders from across the music industry to ensure different perspectives are considered and the analysis and outputs from this project are as accurate as possible.

How to get involved  

If you are an individual or part of a company/organisation in the music industry and you handle metadata, we want to hear from you.  

Interviews  

If you would like to be interviewed as part of this project, please contact us at [email protected]      

Sign up to the metadata agreement  

If your company or organisation operates in the UK as part of the music industry and you would like to sign up to the metadata agreement, please contact us at [email protected]   

Technical Solutions Group Membership 

The current members of the Technical Solutions Group are:

  • Chair: Scott Farrant
    Head of Industry Affairs & Society Relations, Kobalt Music 
  • Cameron Craig
    Executive Director, Music Producers Guild 
  • Charlie Phillips
    Interim Chief Operations Officer, The Ivors Academy  
  • Dave Ball
    Director of Metadata Operations, Universal Music Group  
  • Magali Clapier
    Director Publishing Operations, Spotify 
  • Mark Douglas
    Chief Information Officer, Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) 
  • Mark Krajewski
    Chief Information Officer, Performing Right Society (PRS for Music)  
  • Matt Phipps-Taylor
    Chief Information Officer, peermusic 
  • Paul Butler
    Head of Digital Supply Chain Operations, FUGA 
  • Paul Fisher
    Head of Repertoire Operations, Integral Distribution Services 
  • Pip Newby
    Songwriter Management, Founder, Friends Vs Music 
  • Robert Hill
    Client Services and Operations Manager, Horus Music  
  • Ross Greening
    Senior Vice President European Regional Administration and Global Copyright/Society Relations, Universal Music Publishing Group 
  • Shabir Bakhtiar
    Finance and Royalties Assistant, Hospital Records 
  • Stephanie Ayres
    Director Global Tech Rights Platforms, Sony Music 
  • Vicky Fry
    Chief Information Officer, Beggars Group
Published 2 November 2023