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# Soundwave Helps Music Apps Solve Cold Start Problem
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/soundwave-helps-music-apps-solve-cold-start-problem/
- Published: 2015-09-28T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-28T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, we talk with Craig Watson, the co-founder of Soundwave, a popular music discovery app. They also make an SDK, called Shine, that helps. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/09/soundwave-helps-music-apps-solve-cold-start-problem.html]
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- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Tech, Podcasts, Startups & Funding, Andy Warhol, Apple Inc., Bandcamp, Business Insider, Disc jockey, iTunes, music industry, podcast, Soundcloud, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

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\_\_\_**Kyle Bylin* is a user researcher at SoundHound Inc. and author of [Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution](http://www.amazon.com/Promised-Land-Disruptive-Startups-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00MOZDNMQ?ref=hypebot.com).*

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