Frequently asked questions

• What are Smart Folders?

  Smart Folders have everything you like about your regular ones, like:

  • Dragging and dropping
  • Organization
  • Collaboration
  • Storage

  but with super-powers designed specifically for music artists, professionals and businesses:

  • They magically add metadata to your bands, albums, songs, gigs and tours by searching the internet for your information
  • They connect you to any booking distribution, publishing, promotion or sales service, instantly, just like the auto-complete function on your phone
• What is metadata?

  The audio for your songs is just the tip of the iceberg. With it, comes a lot of metadata that is needed for you to be accurately identified. Who wrote this song? Who played it? Who produced it?

  Metadata is the answer to all these questions and is used by Spotify, collective rights societies and almost everyone in the music industry for payments and discoverability.

  Think metadata next time you ask Alexa who's playing, or receive a pay check from your copyrights.

  Don't forget to have all your work properly credited! We're here to help.

• What type of Smart Folders can I create in Faniak?

  The Smart Folders that are available to all tiers are:

  • Artist
  • Album
  • Songs
  • Tours
  • Gigs

  You will also be able to add other Smart Folders to your subscription with a one time payment. The Promo Smart Folder is the first add-on but we hope to extend our offer soon.

• Can I create normal folders in Faniak?

  Sure, no problem. To store random data that is not specific to the music industry just create folders the same way you do on your desktop. For everything that is music related, be Smart about it.

• Will I lose my data if I decide to stop my subscription?

  Your data is yours and yours alone, Faniak will only store your metadata. Your data will be stored in your Google Drive and you can access it directly from your Google Drive account at all times.

• Is my data on Faniak private?

  You decide who you want to share your data and metadata with when you allow access to your folders. It´s entirely up to you. That said, if you use Faniak as your workspace and let everyone contribute with their data and expertise, you'll make the most of it.

• Do I need to connect to a specific digital distributor, collective right society or any other service?

  The services you use are completely up to you and Faniak works for both services that you are already registered with or new services you want to start using. Our job is to save you time so you can get back to your music.

• The service I use is not listed. Now what?

  If the service you usually use is not listed when you click "send to" we won't be able to fill in the blanks for that service's forms... yet. Just send us an email to let us know and try to get that service included ASAP.