Sync placement track shortlist

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# Sync placement track shortlist

For one scene brief (era, style, country, mood). Release and label ids from step 1 carry into rights tracing.

## 1. Candidate recordings

1. Search @[Discogs · Search](alexandria:discogs-com/releases/search) with style, year and country from the brief (type master) to list candidate recordings. Keep 10 to 15 masters with artist and title.
2. For each master, read @[Discogs · Master versions](alexandria:discogs-com/releases/master_versions) to see the original release, its label and later reissues. A recent reissue on a different label often means the master moved.

## 2. Who controls it

3. Read @[Discogs · Label](alexandria:discogs-com/releases/label) for the original and latest reissue labels: profile, parent label and sublabels. This is the first clearance contact for the master.
4. Read @[Wikipedia · Article](alexandria:wikipedia/articles/lookup) for each shortlisted artist to note catalogue sales, estate control or disputes that complicate clearance.

## 3. Freshness check

5. Compare up to five artists or track titles with @[Trends · Interest over time](alexandria:firecrawl-trends/trends/interest_over_time) over five years. A recent spike can mean another placement already used it.

## Write the shortlist

- **Shortlist:** track, artist, year, original label, latest label, likely master contact.
- **Clearance flags:** catalogue sold, estate, label defunct or unclear chain.
- **Exposure:** tracks with a recent search spike and why that matters for the scene.
- **Publishing:** say that songwriter and publisher shares are not in these sources and must be cleared separately.
- **Sources:** cite every figure to the capability and record it came from. Say what could not be found rather than guessing.

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