Entertainment & Interviews

EMI Music Online Catalog, USA

About EMI: With over 1.3 million songs, EMI Music Publishing operates one of the world's largest music publishing and licensing catalogs.

Project: In 1996, New York design agency, Doublespace and visionary executives at EMI Music Publishing convinced the Board of Directors to migrate its catalog online and streamline the licensing process.

Solution: Created database-driven website enabling industry professionals wishing to license music for films, commercials, etc to:

• register and create an account
• search for clips by artist, songwriter, genre
• download 30-second music clips
• negotiate the licensing process online
  

Outcome:  Despite online audio technology still being in its infancy at that time, EMI's decision to make its catalog available online revolutionised the music licensing industry.

My role: As Editorial Director at Doublespace, I liaised with developers to architect user experience; worked with designers; wrote and commissioned artist profiles and music reviews; liaised with client. 

Examples:

• Songwriter Spotlight, Chip Taylor
• Songwriter Spotlight, Jon Lind
  
• Various album reviews
  

Website: emimusicpub.com