Data Grooming

Removing those annoying inconsistencies in your music library.

Our state of the art software looks at your entire library - every track - and corrects these inconsistencies. Remember, all this is under your control. You can select all of these features, or just those that are important to you.

Classical Composer Names.
Mozart? Or Mozart, WA or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Or all variations? We have a master list of over 100 classical composers and we standardise on surnames only; so names are consistent throughout your library.

Disc Numbers
(Disc 1) followed by [Disc Two] or 2 or Two? We make sure disc numbering is consistent.

Greatest Hits? Best of?
Do you find you have one giant Greatest Hits album? By appending the artists name to Best of and Greatest Hits we deliver a meaningful, well ordered, music library.

Inconsistent capitalisation? of or Of? the or The?
Simple, we make every new word start with a capital letter.

Featuring Fiasco
In many modern tracks the main artist is joined by another, for example "Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z" or "Artful Dodger Featuring Lifford David". When you're scrolling down the list of artists you can see many more entries that are helpful, as each co-performer creates yet another entry in your main music database.

We can remove all these Feat. entries (plus other permutations). You get a straightforward listing that's more compact and easier to navigate. For example, on a collection of 400+ CDs we removed over 240 surplus names.

Quirky Qualifiers
Bonus Track, UK, Import, UK Edition - too much, too confusing. We can edit these all away, so you just get the album name. Much better.

Questions?
Ring 01277 222398, email enquiries@podserve.co.uk.

"Data grooming is fantastic. All the errors that were frustrating me before are now gone."

"iPod loading without the pain".

"Much better than buying my music again from iTunes Music Store."

"Got an iPod for Christmas. Loaded six albums but got bored, so three months later I thought I'd get you to rip the other 250. I'd never have done it without you."

"Fantastic sound and service. 300 CDs in one week. My wife appreciates the space we've saved."

"Thanks for working over the weekend. The mini iPod was a great leading present for -- and to find it had his favourite CDs ready loaded really made his face light up."

"Really glad you fixed all the composer names. As a classical nut this was vital."

"Getting all my music onto my iPod was great. Thought about for ages, just had to accept I'd never do it myself. You did it without fuss or drama. Thanks also for sorting out how I can listen to music all over the house."