How to Add Music Artist Information to Tracks

Keep your audio tracks organized and properly labeled with the help of a tag editing tool. Tag editing software allows you to update the associated artist information on your music tracks--so when your tracks are played in a media player, the artist information appears on-screen. Tag editors are extremely simple to use--allowing you to update the artist information on one or more tracks at the same time.

Things You'll Need

• Windows operating system
• AudioShell software

Instructions

1. Download and install a copy of the tag editing tool AudioShell (see Resources).

2. Open the folder containing the audio tracks that you'd like to add artist information to. Right-click on the audio track, and then click on "Properties" in the pop-up menu that appears.

3. Click on the tab labeled "AudioShell Tag Editor." Enter the artist name, as well as any other artist-related information, into the fields labeled "Title," "Artist," "Album" etc. Click the "Add Cover" button to browse your computer for album cover art to add to the track. Click "Apply" when you are satisfied with your changes.

4. Select multiple files, and then navigate to the "AudioShell Tag Editor" tab to update the artist information for multiple files at the same time.

Tips & Warnings

• You can click the drop-down menu in the "Genre" section of AudioShell to select a genre preset from the list, instead of typing in your own.

References

• AudioShell - ID3 tag editor shell extension

Resources

• Download AudioShell Free