Okay, so I think I'm getting there. Definitely need to use full file directories for sure, otherwise the symlinks are broken. There's a lesson learned. I don't frequently work with symlinks.

Having said that, a 'cp -L' command successfully copies the index and data files (the actual targeted .mp3 instead of the symlinks themselves, hence the -L flag) of an mp3tofid-created /drive0 properly, as well as renaming said .mp3 so everything seems to be quite well there.

Just need to get rsync up and running properly and then I will have managed to bypass emplode entirely. Good stuff. Thanks for all of the help.