Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. The soundtrack to NIGHTSLINK by @noiseminded @_valterabreu_ is out today. materia.to/NightslinkTW

Our storefront @MateriaStore has some wild Black Friday sales, going until Tuesday next week! Most Materia Collective CDs and vinyl are up to 50% off. materia.store/collections/ma…

We can't wait to ship you the Piano Collections: CHRONO TRIGGER vinyl! - First pressing of 1,500 units - 180 gram black 12” 1xLP - Gatefold jacket - 12-page booklet featuring liner notes, detailed arrangement notes by @TrevorAlanGomes, and additional art by Nora Kristiansen

We are thrilled to announce vinyl and CD editions of @TrevorAlanGomes's gorgeous Piano Collections: CHRONO TRIGGER album. Available now on premium digibook and digipak editions, featuring detailed arrangement notes and additional art by Nora Kristiansen. materia.to/ctpianoTW

The soundtrack to Shadows Over Loathing by Ryan Ike is out now. materia.to/ShadowsOverLoathi… @asym also made a game to accompany the music!

1. (a.) Because cover songs. Distributors deliver metadata to YouTube, PROs deliver to YouTube. Each party wants its share for a recording. Here's a partial metadata sheet that PROs have provided for a popular MEGALOVANIA cover. Materia is the only display party.

Leniency in claim/monetization policies isn't relevant when balancing multi-national matrices of usage rights for sync, mechanical, perf across platforms and PROs. E.g., here's all the intl claimants for one Undertale cover. Our job is fixing the bad data. (and they're not 🤘)

You and us both, since 2015. Content ID does not allow first uses (soundtracks) for video game music, as per their OST exception: support.google.com/youtube/a… That gets complicated when music societies share cover song metadata, which become the basis of melody matching.

For example, here's the rights for *one* cover song, and it's international matrix of rights holders. That's *per* sound recording group, *per* recording, per *musical work*, per *platform*.