Navigating DISCO Catalogs & Search tips for Music Supervisors

DISCO Catalogs are designed for quick searching and easy playlisting. This article walks through the basic steps for Music Supervisors to discover new catalogs and find hidden gems as seamlessly as possible!

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Catalog Navigation Overview

Labels, artists, managers, publishers, and sync shops have all been busy building DISCO Catalogs and sharing them with the music supervision community.

When you are sent a new Catalog, follow these steps to make sure you can uncover hidden gems and save them to your DISCO.

If you are on a discovery buzz looking for new catalogs, you can access a huge range of world-class rights holders inside your own DISCO.

Sign in to the DISCO Catalog

First things first, do you have approved access to this particular Catalog?

Sign in at the top right corner of the Catalog homepage to confirm:

Sign in button highlighted on Catalog home page

Use your DISCO login and password if you already have a DISCO account:

Log in screen

When you log in but do not have approval, a request is immediately sent to the Catalog owner:

Access request pop up

Catalog owners view of access requests:

client management area in catalogs cms

Create a Free DISCO Catalogs Login

You can create a free DISCO Catalogs account with your email address and a password even if you don't have a DISCO account. When your email is invited or given access to other Catalogs, you’ll be able to reuse the same password.

Create a new account log in
You do not need a DISCO account to have access to Catalogs.

Catalogs Navigation

The Homepage

On the homepage you'll find featured tracks, albums, playlists, and artists. Click on any of them to redirect to their own unique pages.

Navigate back to the homepage by clicking the Catalog name in the top left corner.
Click catalog name to go to home page

Track Actions

Hover over any track to interact with it.

Stream audio and scrub through wave forms:

track streaming

Favorite tracks:

Favorite tracks area in my music

Add tracks to My Music:

Add tracks to my music by saving to your own playlists

This opens a pop up where you can create a new playlist or choose to add to one of your existing playlists:

Create a new playlist option

Download or Save to DISCO

All file format options are available for download, or you can save tracks straight to your DISCO Inbox:

Download track option

Full Track View

Click any track title to view its tags, metadata, and lyrics:

Track view

My Music Zone

As a logged-in user, you have your own “My Music” zone in the sidebar, where playlists you’ve created and tracks you’ve favorited are stored.

Only you have access to this area - no one else can see playlists you’ve created in this section.

Open My Music and click the “Save to DISCO” icon to the right of the playlist title:

My Music area

The Discover zone

The Discover zone in the sidebar aggregates content for quick access.

Sidebar discover area with playlists albums and artists

Playlists

Themed playlists help fast track the discovery process. Click into the playlist, to listen to, and explore its tracks.

Playlist view

Albums

Albums section

Albums link to their connected Artist profiles and show release dates.

Album view

Artists

Artist profiles include a photo, bio, and all associated tracks.

Artist profile view

Search Functionality

The search bar and tag filters help accurately refine track results.

Search bar

The search bar looks through all track tags, metadata, and lyrics to return results:

Serach bar example

Lyrics are quoted in context below each track in the search results:

Search lyrics view

Tag Filters

Tag categories in the sidebar are designed to narrow down searches.

Selected tags appear in the search bar.

Hover over tags to remove them from the search bar and adjust search parameters accordingly.

Combine multiple tags for an AND-based search:

Tag category filters highlighted

Contact Info

Lastly and maybe most important! When you find a track that you’d like to license, open the Contact tab to get in touch with the Catalog owner.

Contact info area

Learn how music supervisors can discover DISCO Catalogs inside their own DISCO accounts.

Questions answered

How do I get access to download files from a Catalog?

How do I search a DISCO Catalog?

Can I create my own playlists in a DISCO Catalog?

Can I use the same login to browse different DISCO Catalogs, provided I’ve been granted access to them?