diff --git a/app/commands/ImportMLPMA.php b/app/commands/ImportMLPMA.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e6a076e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/commands/ImportMLPMA.php
@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
+use Entities\Image;
+use Entities\User;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+
+require_once(app_path() . '/library/getid3/getid3/getid3.php');
+
+
+class ImportMLPMA extends Command {
+
+	/**
+	 * The console command name.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $name = 'import-mlpma';
+
+	/**
+	 * The console command description.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $description = 'Imports the MLP Music Archive';
+
+	/**
+	 * File extensions to ignore when importing the archive.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $ignoredExtensions = ['db', 'jpg', 'png'];
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new command instance.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function __construct()
+	{
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute the console command.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function fire()
+	{
+		$mlpmaPath = Config::get('app.files_directory').'mlpma';
+		$tmpPath = Config::get('app.files_directory').'tmp';
+
+		if (!File::exists($tmpPath)) {
+			File::makeDirectory($tmpPath);
+		}
+
+		$this->comment('Enumerating MLP Music Archive source files...');
+		$files = File::allFiles($mlpmaPath);
+		$this->info(sizeof($files).' files found!');
+
+		$this->comment('Enumerating artists...');
+		$artists = File::directories($mlpmaPath);
+		$this->info(sizeof($artists).' artists found!');
+
+		$this->comment('Importing tracks...'.PHP_EOL);
+
+		foreach($files as $file) {
+			$this->comment('Importing track ['. $file->getFilename() .']...');
+
+			if (in_array($file->getExtension(), $this->ignoredExtensions)) {
+				$this->comment('This is not an audio file! Skipping...'.PHP_EOL);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Extract the original tags.
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			$getId3 = new getID3;
+			$tags = $getId3->analyze($file->getPathname());
+
+			$parsedTags = [];
+			if ($file->getExtension() === 'mp3') {
+				$parsedTags = $this->getId3Tags($tags);
+
+			} else if ($file->getExtension() === 'm4a') {
+				$parsedTags = $this->getAtomTags($tags);
+			}
+
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Determine the release date.
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			$modifiedDate = Carbon::createFromTimeStampUTC(File::lastModified($file->getPathname()));
+			$taggedYear = $parsedTags['year'];
+
+			$this->info('Modification year: '.$modifiedDate->year);
+			$this->info('Tagged year: '.$taggedYear);
+
+			if ($taggedYear !== null && $modifiedDate->year === $taggedYear) {
+				$released_at = $modifiedDate;
+
+			} else if ($taggedYear !== null && $modifiedDate->year !== $taggedYear) {
+				$this->error('Release years do not match! Using the tagged year...');
+				$released_at = Carbon::create($taggedYear);
+
+			} else {
+				// $taggedYear is null
+				$this->error('This track isn\'t tagged with its release year! Using the track\'s last modified date...');
+				$released_at = $modifiedDate;
+			}
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Does this track have vocals?
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			$is_vocal = $parsedTags['lyrics'] !== null;
+
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Determine which artist account this file belongs to using the containing directory.
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			$this->info('Path to file: '.$file->getRelativePath());
+			$path_components = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $file->getRelativePath());
+			$artist_name = $path_components[0];
+			$album_name = array_key_exists(1, $path_components) ? $path_components[1] : null;
+
+			$this->info('Artist: '.$artist_name);
+			$this->info('Album: '.$album_name);
+
+			$artist = User::where('display_name', '=', $artist_name)->first();
+
+			if (!$artist) {
+				$artist = new User;
+				$artist->display_name = $artist_name;
+				$artist->email = null;
+				$artist->is_archived = true;
+
+				$artist->slug = Str::slug($artist_name);
+
+				$slugExists = User::where('slug', '=', $artist->slug)->first();
+				if ($slugExists) {
+					$this->error('Horsefeathers! The slug '.$artist->slug.' is already taken!');
+					$artist->slug = $artist->slug.'-'.Str::random(4);
+				}
+
+				$artist = $artist->save();
+			}
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Extract the cover art, if any exists.
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			$cover_id = null;
+			if (array_key_exists('comments', $tags) && array_key_exists('picture', $tags['comments'])) {
+				$image = $tags['comments']['picture'][0];
+
+				if ($image['image_mime'] === 'image/png') {
+					$extension = 'png';
+
+				} else if ($image['image_mime'] === 'image/jpeg') {
+					$extension = 'jpg';
+
+				} else if ($image['image_mime'] === 'image/gif') {
+					$extension = 'gif';
+
+				} else {
+					$this->error('Unknown cover art format!');
+				}
+
+				// write temporary image file
+				$imageFilename = $file->getFilename() . ".cover.$extension";
+				$imageFilePath = "$tmpPath/".$imageFilename;
+				File::put($imageFilePath, $image['data']);
+
+
+				$imageFile = new UploadedFile($imageFilePath, $imageFilename, $image['image_mime']);
+
+				$cover_id = Image::upload($imageFile, $artist);
+
+			} else {
+				$this->error('No cover art found!');
+			}
+
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Is this part of an album?
+			//==========================================================================================================
+
+			// TODO: find/create the album
+
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Original, show song remix, fan song remix, show audio remix, or ponified song?
+			//==========================================================================================================
+
+			// TODO: implement this
+
+			//==========================================================================================================
+			// Save this track.
+			//==========================================================================================================
+
+			// TODO: use these variables
+			$cover_id;
+			$released_at;
+			$is_vocal;
+
+			echo PHP_EOL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the console command arguments.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getArguments()
+	{
+		return array();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the console command options.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getOptions()
+	{
+		return array();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $rawTags
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getId3Tags($rawTags) {
+		$tags = $rawTags['tags']['id3v2'];
+
+		return [
+			'title' => $tags['title'][0],
+			'artist' => $tags['artist'][0],
+			'band'  => isset($tags['band']) ? $tags['band'][0] : null,
+			'genre' => isset($tags['genre']) ? $tags['genre'][0] : null,
+			'track_number' => isset($tags['track_number']) ? $tags['track_number'][0] : null,
+			'album' => isset($tags['album']) ? $tags['album'][0] : null,
+			'year'  => isset($tags['year']) ? (int) $tags['year'][0] : null,
+			'comments' => isset($tags['comments']) ? $tags['comments'][0] : null,
+			'lyrics' => isset($tags['unsynchronised_lyric']) ? $tags['unsynchronised_lyric'][0] : null,
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $rawTags
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getAtomTags($rawTags) {
+		// TODO: finish this
+		print_r($rawTags['tags']['quicktime']);
+		print_r($rawTags['quicktime']['comments']);
+
+		return [
+			'title' => null,
+			'artist' => null,
+			'band' => null,
+			'genre' => null,
+			'track_number' => null,
+			'album' => null,
+			'year' => null,
+			'comments' => null,
+			'lyrics' => null,
+		];
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/app/database/migrations/2015_09_04_160648_make_email_nullable.php b/app/database/migrations/2015_09_04_160648_make_email_nullable.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39d32d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/database/migrations/2015_09_04_160648_make_email_nullable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class MakeEmailNullable extends Migration {
+
+	/**
+	 * Run the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function up()
+	{
+		DB::statement('ALTER TABLE `users` MODIFY `email` VARCHAR(150) NULL;');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reverse the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function down()
+	{
+		DB::statement('ALTER TABLE `users` MODIFY `email` VARCHAR(150) NOT NULL DEFAULT "";');
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/app/start/artisan.php b/app/start/artisan.php
index e475bac7..d7082915 100644
--- a/app/start/artisan.php
+++ b/app/start/artisan.php
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 */
 
 	Artisan::add(new MigrateOldData);
-	Artisan::add(new RefreshCache);
\ No newline at end of file
+	Artisan::add(new RefreshCache);
+	Artisan::add(new ImportMLPMA);
diff --git a/vagrant/config/app.php b/vagrant/config/app.php
index 8170ee19..d88079ec 100644
--- a/vagrant/config/app.php
+++ b/vagrant/config/app.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ return array(
     'debug' => true,
     'url' => 'pony.fm.local',
     'files_directory' => '/vagrant-files/',
+    'mlpma_directory' => '/vagrant-files/mlpma/',
     'node' => null,
     'node_paths' => ['/usr/lib/node_modules/'],
     'secure' => false,
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);