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It depends on the library. All of them have SOME form of categorized search. For example, clients of the library can almost always search using keywords, like "fast", "tense", "dance", or "electronic". Some libraries go very in-depth and provide pages upon pages of potential search terms and categories.

Others, like UniqueTracks, write their own descriptions to help prospective clients pick the right song. In my experience, they will do this for you. For example, here's UniqueTracks' description for a CD of world/electronic music I did in 2007.

"Indian flutes, Japanese koto, Greek bouzouki and assorted world percussion merge with cutting-edge electronic dance music on Sacred Spaces to create an upbeat and unified one-world groove.

These underscores are great for world events like the Olympics and other International festive occassions. They also work well as soundtrack for presentations that need a jolt of fresh energy.
As an added feature on Sacred Spaces, we've included very striking vocal performances on three of the songs. Be sure to listen to Call the Rising Sun, Red July and Shadows. Each song has the usual full-length instrumental mix but we've also provided an alternate vocal mix. The vocalist is Jillian Goldin and she adds an alluring and stirring presence to the album. "

KillerTracks is another library that does this sort of thing. If you go to their front page (killertracks.com) and load the music search, you'll immediately see their new releases. I'll pick one at random... "Chuck D Presents Slam Jamz Records". This one's hip hop, of course, and each song on the CD has its own description:

* Getting Money (a) Feat. Mossberg and Peekaboo - Male vocal southern rap. Fast pizz strings and screeching hip hop synth over insistent rap about gettin' yo money and ballin it big.

So, a site like AudioSparx might have pages and pages of tags, while UniqueTracks, which sells far fewer CDs (but for more $), writes in-depth descriptions. KillerTracks has a large catalog oriented towards big clients, and they cut right to the chase when it comes to describing songs.



Fortunately for me (and everyone else interested in using it), PumpAudio is entirely non-exclusive! That same song, Warhead, is in the CrucialMusic library, as well as Audiosparx, Musync, and at least one other music library I'm probably forgetting. I've gotten multiple placements with it in the past, too.