Midem Names Midemlab Music Startup Competition Jury, Submission Deadline Nears

International music industry convention Midem has unveiled its jury for this year’s Midemlab music startup competition. Sponsored by Deezer and Recochoku,Midemlab showcases the most promising international music-related startups offering fresh. Continue reading

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Gimme Radio: Building A Fan Driven Music Streaming Service

In this piece, Gimme Radio's Tyler Lenane outlines why they felt compelled to start another streaming service in an already crowded sector and how Gimme Radio differentiates themselves from other. Continue reading

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Trala Scores $1.3M For Violin Learning App, Another Win For Techstars’ Startup Incubator

Trala has raised an oversubscribed $1.29 million seed investment round for its violin learning app. Trala is part of the Techstar Chicago startup incubator.

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Spotify Acquires Music Licensing Platform Loudr

Spotify has acquired music licensing platform Loudr. The company was founded in 2013 to build services that make it easy for content creators, aggregators and digital music services to identify, track. Continue reading

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Pure Volume Music Discovery Site To Shut Down

After 15 years as a destination for independent music discovery, Pure Volume is shutting down. The announcement was made via a pop-up on the site.

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Solving the Music Startup Catch-22

[UPDATED] The difficulty, time and cost of licensing music has stymied an untold number of startups and scared off countless more investors. Crunch Digital has created a solution. Their Digital. Continue reading

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ListenUp.fm: Turning Streaming Platforms Into A Music Marketing Tool

With more people streaming music online, many companies have developed products, services, and apps to enhance the listening experience. Apps like “We Are Hunted” and “Soundrop” help fans discover music. Continue reading

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Presskit.to: A Cross-Platform Portfolio Web App For Music

(UPDATED) Hypebot contributor Natalie Cheng (@ncswim881) is also the MusicThinkTank Community Manager. She writes about and works in digital music marketing, social media and technology. Creating and distributing press kits. Continue reading

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When “If Anyone Else Likes It, It’s A Bonus” Just Isn’t Enough

Many musicians fear that their careers will never take off. Startup companies face similar challenges. On Music Think Tank, Rob Dix talks about musicians’ careers operating like startups and thinking. Continue reading

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