#A
American Association of Independent Music - A2IM - nonprofit represents 340 independent record labels and is responsible for advocating for a fair and balanced playing field among the majors, as well as bringing unique, innovative music to market. Currently indies hold a dominant 35.1% of market share by ownership, the largest sector in the music industry http://ow.ly/JtqMi
People: Dani Frank, PR
Algoriddim - Algoriddim, founded in 2006, creates state-of-the-art music and video applications for Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, including djay, the world’s best-selling DJ app http://ow.ly/Jtb3w http://ow.ly/Jtb9T
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) - an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly ASCAP collects licensing fees from users of music created by ASCAP members, then distributes them back to its members as royalties.
Audiam - a firm that helps find lost royalties in streaming, etc. http://ow.ly/Jtd3y http://ow.ly/Jtd5G
People: Brendan Gilmartin, PR Jeff Price, Founder
Audioshot - Conceived as a music sharing and messaging app, Audioshot (US) helps music fans share songs through Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and more.
#B
BackTrack - a unique platform for connections and communication throughout the global music industry, and also centralizes A&R to increase the efficiency of worldwide artist discovery and distribution of music
Bandsintown - The app lets fans track their favorite artists and receive email or mobile notifications when they or similar bands are playing in the user’s area. It also allows artists to manage their tour dates in one place and sync them to their websites, blogs and social media sites. http://ow.ly/Jtluu
Band of the Day - serving up a beautifully designed app that surfaces one new artist each day, hand-picked by the good folks working behind the scenes at 955 Dreams. The calendar-style grid lets you jump back in time through the archives, and you can listen to a full-length, ad-free song for each artist, while perusing biographies, videos, and more.
Beats By Dre - premium headphone maker and streaming service, both purchased by Apple
The Best Song - (France) wants to be “TripAdvisor for music”.
Bloom.fm - a stunning iPhone app that offers listeners both on-demand streaming and randomized, infinite ‘radio’ playlists similar to Pandora and Last.fm. Available only in the UK, the app is restricted through a trio of subscription packages set at £1, £5 and £10 per month. The app sports a very quirky-yet-beautiful design, consisting of geometric shapes that merge to form flowers, petals and bees which users can interact with to play themed radio stations, individual tracks and records, custom playlists and anything stored in their local library.
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) - one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
Bop.FM - You can search for and listen to any song on Bop.fm. The service detects what music subscriptions you may have and provides tracks from those services first — currently it catalogues streaming services Spotify and Rdio, as well as free services like YouTube and SoundCloud, and paid-for download services like iTunes, Amazon and Google Play http://ow.ly/JtrjL
#C
CampaignAmp - (UK) provides project management tools & analytics via a music marketing platform.
CID Entertainment - the setup VIP experiences at music festivals, as well as meet and greets, etc. They now book their own events as well
People: Pamela Lipshutz, PR
CirKiz - EDM parties during the day for kids http://ow.ly/JtdND
People: Alison Voetsch
Clowdy - (UK) aims to connect the world’s creatives on one platform.
College Music Journal (CMJ) - measures college radio play, publishes their magazine, and puts on CMJ Music Marathon
People: Matt McDonald, VP Dayna Ghiraldi-Travers, PR
#D
DICE - (UK) handpicks the best gigs in London and offers tickets without booking fees.
Discovr - could perhaps best be described as Twitter for music, letting you discover artists similar to your favorite bands using interactive music maps.
Dubset - They have a tool (Mix Scan) where DJs upload their remixes or longform mixes and it distributes them wherever the artists want. It also identifies which samples were used or which songs were remixed and then works to make sure everybody--original songwriters, publishers, etc.--are all being paid from the revenues raised when it is streamed. Identifies samples and distributes royalties to rights holders
#E
Earbits - a new breed of artist-focused Internet radio. an ad-free music-streaming service that’s funded via labels, bands and promoters who use the platform to buy airtime in targeted channels. It currently counts 630 labels, 12,000 artists and 380 channels across the platform.
ehco - (USA) is the new giving channel for music and entertainment, created by The Entertainment Helping Company.
Entertainment Factory - (Turkey) provides creators, producers, labels and studios with marketing tools & services.
Epitonic - the site now functions as a tool for users to explore a wide array of music, which users can filter by genre, artist, label, and a few other categories. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
#F
Fanswell - allows you to book a concert at home
Feature.FM - A song promotion platform through which artists can place songs as ads within streaming services
FeedYourMusic - a feedback-based online music education platform, created by AllThatSeries (Korea).
FireChat - introduces a new way to chat with people around you – even if there is no internet connection or mobile phone coverage, by Open Garden (USA).
Fluence - a site where upcoming artists can pay influencers to listen, review, and share
People: Sarah Taylor, Intern
Free Music Archive - Since it’s inception, WFMU has partnered with dozens of other curators, and the site has become a veritable treasure trove of free content. First, it indexes free music posted by all of its partner curators, and second, it allows users to post their own music directly to the site’s archives. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
FretX - a smart device for guitar learning, created by Labana (France).
Fusic - A video app, Fusic (Israel) lets music fans instantly star in their own clips, with selfies.
#G
GhostTunes - music store like iTunes, started by Garth Brooks http://ow.ly/Jtbnn
People: Samantha Toth, PR Stephen Drusano
GigCave - similar to Sonicbids, but they have some industry “mentors”, and they may have a cleaner look (only a few photos/videos/etc) http://ow.ly/Jti41
Gigit - website that lets people book bands in their homes, etc. and lets bands make some extra money
People: Tegan Monique Gaan, Founder
Gigwax - lets you book a DJ for a party/function
Girlilla Marketing - a strategic digital marketing agency specializing in integrated online strategies, social community building, e-commerce management and database development for consumer brands and entertainment clients.
People: Jennie Smythe, Founder
GoldenVoice - runs music festivals Coachella, Firefly, Hangout, etc., they run some venues and put on tons of shows
GreenCopper - create apps for music festivals, and now there’s an app that let’s them do it themselves for half the cost http://ow.ly/JteiR
Guvera - streaming music app (and site?) founded in Australia. Has at least 2 million in India, 8 mil WW
http://ow.ly/Hjdlv http://ow.ly/Hjdlv
#H
Hooke - (USA) claims to be a GoPro for sound: a pair of wireless headphones which also captures audio in a “3D”, immersive format.
#I
Immersive Album - A UK-based platform for interactive audio helps create 3D environments and 360 videos across devices.
Interlude - focused on creating interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style music videos, like Coldplay and others have done http://ow.ly/JKrUL http://ow.ly/JKsbb
#J
Jamendo - With nearly 400,000 tracks from over 40,000 artists, Jamendo is easily one of the biggest repositories of free music on the Web. You won’t find all of your favorite artists here, but the site’s streamlined user interface makes it great for browsing and finding talented new musicians. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
Just Add Audio - from VideoBlocks. Lets you add music (nothing famous) to your homemade videos and slideshows before publishing them http://ow.ly/Jtu15
Jukely - Concert subscription service through a social app and monthly fee
#L
Laniakea Music - (UK) is a music-filmed multi-channel network, helping artists maximise monetisation on YouTube.
Linkfire - (Denmark) provides smart links for music marketing and helps music marketing professionals route fans to tracks, albums, artists and playlists in a wide array of music services.
Live Media Group - the company that live streams every show for Yahoo (their one a day shows), the red carpets for the Golden Globes, Grammys, etc. (that’s where they started), and music festivals
People: Brad Sexton, CEO/President Terrence Brady, COO
Lucie Labs - (France) has created a smart wristband for music fans to augment their live music experiences.
#M
Mad Genius Radio - the ultimate, personalized playlist to everyone. We believe in taking the time out of creating a playlist and delivering human-curated genres that every user can build on to reflect who they are and what they prefer. Combined with our unique 1-10 sliding scale and 0-5 ratings, we ensure every listener can listen to as much or as little of every artist, album and genre, delivering a playlist mixed with the surprise and nostalgia of discovering new and old favorites / exclusive features such as our Time Machine, Mood and Festival genres http://ow.ly/JtbPU http://ow.ly/JtbTC
People: Rachel Fukaya, PR
MadeLoud - focuses primarily on music from indie artists, uploaded by indie artists. The site is a great way for artists to connect with fans given it allows users to directly rate and comment about individual songs, and provides them with a laundry list of music spanning multiple genres. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
MicSwap - Record and filter new or pre-existing audio right from your iOS device. Choose various microphone emulations, from classic ribbons to modern condensers, and record with the tap of a finger. If you want to tweak the sound, simply swap in another mic and the filter will change.
MixRadio - Pandora-esque music streaming service that Microsoft acquired as part of its takeover of Nokia’s Devices and Services business - they spun it off and recently sold it to Line, the messaging app http://ow.ly/Jtsdt
MP3.com - Free music to download http://ow.ly/RCXgi
Muzooka - a cross-platform music discovery tool that connects artists and producers through crowdsourcing / improve the way independent artists meet industry professionals http://ow.ly/Jt6pf
#N
neoScores - (Belgium) offers a digital alternative to sheet music.
Next Big Sound - Analyzes artists' popularity through listener activity on social media, streaming services and radio
Nielsen - they measure stats about how many albums were sold, all streaming data, and the relationship between brands and music
People: Lisa Buckler, VP of Marketing Tatiana Simonian, VP of Music
NightOut - a mobile nightlife discovery platform that helps consumers discover and plan their nightly itinerary
People: Dusty Stutman, Founder Andrea Holland, PR
NoiseTrade - part free music site, part promotion platform. You can download any individual track or album an independent artist uploads to the site, if, in turn, you generously supply them with your email address and postal code http://ow.ly/RCXgi
#P
Patreon - Like Kickstarter, except you don’t help fund one project, you set a certain amount of $ that you tip the content creator (singer, comic, recipe-maker, whatever) whenever they release a new piece of content, and that comes with certain perks as decided by the artist
Phonotonic - (France) has created the first wearable smart object that turns any movement into music.
PledgeMusic - facilitates musicians reaching out to their fanbase to pre-sell, market, and distribute music projects including recordings, music videos, and concerts
Facilitates direct-to-fan access and participation for artists and labels
People: Benji Rogers, Founder
Prizm - A learning device (France) automatically plays music depending on your context, which can include the people around you.
Pulse Evolution - They create holograms (not exactly, but that’s the idea), like MJ at the Billboard Awards, or Tupac at Coachella. Working on owning the rights to plenty of other dead celebrities
People: John Textor, Chairman of the Board
#R
ReDigi - an online marketplace for pre-owned digital music and the only cloud storage service that verifies whether each music file uploaded for storage was legally acquired from an eligible source http://ow.ly/Jtt2o
Reservoir Media - boutique music publisher which publishes multi-genre music, concentrating on hits http://ow.ly/Jt8v3
People: Peter Kadin (PR)
Rhapsody - music streaming service, one of the biggest in the world. Over 2 million members. They own Napster
RIAA - a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA says "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States.” The current mission is to: 1. protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists; 2. perform research about the music industry; and 3. monitor and review relevant laws, regulations and policies. Also participates in the collective rights management of sound recordings, and it is responsible for certifying Gold and Platinum albums and singles. http://ow.ly/K3xAj
RightRound - they provide wi-fi at festivals, conventions, etc. They have done SXSW, the SF Music Tech Summit, etc.
Round Hill Music - music publishing firm http://ow.ly/Jt9fQ
People: Lily Golightly (PR)
Rormix - an app for users to discover curated music videos from independent and emerging artists / you can watch music videos, search for music based on your unique taste / love tinder then check out Quick Discovery, you can watch 15 seconds of a looped music video and swipe right to like the video or swipe left to skip http://ow.ly/JttSn
People: Emma Owens, emma.owens@rormix.com
Rowl - a more organizationally minded variation services like Bandsintown http://ow.ly/Jtl4G
#S
Saavn - Biggest streaming service site of India, focuses on Hindi music http://ow.ly/Jt7hj
People: (can’t remember who I met with, Founder) Teresa Bigelow, PR
SeatGeek - Scans secondary markets seeking the best time to buy cheap tickets for sports and music events
SeeTickets - British ticketing company owned by Vivendi, which owns Universal Music Group - 10 million tix in 2014
SESAC - the smallest of the three performance rights organizations in the United States, deals with all aspects of the business, from creation to licensing and administration. Unlike the other two, it isn’t a non-profit.
Shuffler.fm - a music discovery service designed to help users navigate the music shared by blogs in a visual way. It basically brings a Flipboard-esque browsing experience to those seeking to discover new music
Shred Video - (USA) is an artificial intelligence-based music video creation platform.
Sonarflow - a striking music-discovery app that makes finding your next favorite record as visually rewarding as the actual listening experience. Well, almost. It’s all about finding new music based on the artists and genres you already listen to. Forget lists and searches, this is all about swiping and pinching as Sonarflow throws suggestions at you in an aesthetically-pleasing, dynamic-word cloud kind of way.
Sonicbids - they created the EPK, it’s how you apply to several festivals, including SXSW
People: Lisa Occhino, Editor of the Blog
Sonos - The company makes a variety of wireless audio products http://ow.ly/JtgiF
SoundBetter - (Israel) describes itself as a music creation marketplace.
SoundOwl - bills itself as a platform for musicians, labels, and blogs to distribute their music, and the site makes it explicitly clear that users are only allowed share tracks that they have either created themselves or have secured the rights to distribute http://ow.ly/RCXgi
Soundrop - all about social music discovery through hosting what it refers to as ‘listening rooms’ within Spotify. Indeed, Soundrop started life purely as an app within Spotify, but eventually rolled out a dedicated iPhone incarnation last summer.
Soundsgood - (France) allows influencers to curate its music discovery service.
SoundExchange - a non-profit performance rights organization that collects and distributes royalties on the behalf of sound recording copyright owners (SRCOs — record labels, generally) and featured artists for non-interactive digital transmissions, including satellite, Internet radio, and cable television music channels. In addition to music, SoundExchange also collects royalties for comedy and spoken word recordings.
Sound Rink - a complete VIP ticketing solution for artists who want to engage with fans while making extra money on tour. Sound Rink allows artists to sell packages to fans that include personal interactions, merchandise items, and tickets http://ow.ly/JtnVV
SoundTracking - the mobile app that lets you share the soundtrack to your life.
Soundwave - a mobile-first app that lets you share what you’re listening to in real-time. Listen to a song on your device’s native music player, or through Spotify and Rdio, and it will be added to your profile, alongside the cover art. And in the wake of a recent update, you can now tap on any song’s image to reveal a history of who else has been listening to it, helping you find musical soulmates.
Splice - Cloud-based platform through which musicians can collaborate, selling just a bit of songs. A library of samples of all instruments, overtaking sample packs for DJs, etc.
#T
Thrillcall - ticketing service, a live event discovery service with exclusive daily offers, providing real-time online and mobile alerts, so you can access the best your city has to offer tonight. Using the most up-to-the-minute data available, keeps you informed on the local live music scene. Our mobile app lets you decide on a whim to go to a show and access an exclusive offer or browse local concert listings. With “one-touch” ticket purchase
Ticketfly - Ticketing company
Contact: Jeff Kreinik, Head of Festivals jwoods@bateman-group.com
Tidal - the first high fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and curated editorial http://ow.ly/JtpTm
Tradiio - Portuguese music discovery app that focuses on underground artists….giving them virtual coins to ‘invest’ in those they like....Users that do the best job spotting talent gain credibility and earn more virtual coins, which can be redeemed for rewards. http://ow.ly/JRX0S
a reward-based music discovery platform.
Trak - (France) allows you to leave a party with the playlist of your night.
TuneIn - website where you can listen to any radio station, podcasts, etc. http://ow.ly/JteVn
#U
UniqueSound - (USA) claims to be the world’s largest marketplace of composers.
#V
Vessel - People pay a price to look at videos before they are actually “available” http://ow.ly/JKrQz
VideoStitch - (France) gives you an opportunity to create live 3D virtual reality videos.
Vinyl It - (France) gives anyone the opportunity to create their own vinyl record.
Virool - a self-service social video advertising platform, they have a tool that looks at how many views/shares a video/etc. has and sees if it’s really viral or not http://ow.ly/Jt9DM
People: Alex Debelov, Founder
VOX - (USA) was created by Coppertino as a lossless and high resolution music player.
#W
WeeSPIN - the app that combines music streaming services with social media so you can build playlists that sound like you http://ow.ly/Jta5h
People: Darius Fong, Founder Laura Fromm, PR
WhoSampled - answers music’s most frustrating question: Where do I recognize that song from?
Wynk Music - a mobile-only streaming app available in India from one provider - has millions of users http://ow.ly/JzxGV
#Y
Yap Music - brings the simplicity of Instagram to an iPhone music discovery app, letting you browse the Facebook feeds from your favorite artists in real-time. As you browse, Yap Music plays iTunes track previews of their latest songs.
American Association of Independent Music - A2IM - nonprofit represents 340 independent record labels and is responsible for advocating for a fair and balanced playing field among the majors, as well as bringing unique, innovative music to market. Currently indies hold a dominant 35.1% of market share by ownership, the largest sector in the music industry http://ow.ly/JtqMi
People: Dani Frank, PR
Algoriddim - Algoriddim, founded in 2006, creates state-of-the-art music and video applications for Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, including djay, the world’s best-selling DJ app http://ow.ly/Jtb3w http://ow.ly/Jtb9T
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) - an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly ASCAP collects licensing fees from users of music created by ASCAP members, then distributes them back to its members as royalties.
Audiam - a firm that helps find lost royalties in streaming, etc. http://ow.ly/Jtd3y http://ow.ly/Jtd5G
People: Brendan Gilmartin, PR Jeff Price, Founder
Audioshot - Conceived as a music sharing and messaging app, Audioshot (US) helps music fans share songs through Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and more.
#B
BackTrack - a unique platform for connections and communication throughout the global music industry, and also centralizes A&R to increase the efficiency of worldwide artist discovery and distribution of music
Bandsintown - The app lets fans track their favorite artists and receive email or mobile notifications when they or similar bands are playing in the user’s area. It also allows artists to manage their tour dates in one place and sync them to their websites, blogs and social media sites. http://ow.ly/Jtluu
Band of the Day - serving up a beautifully designed app that surfaces one new artist each day, hand-picked by the good folks working behind the scenes at 955 Dreams. The calendar-style grid lets you jump back in time through the archives, and you can listen to a full-length, ad-free song for each artist, while perusing biographies, videos, and more.
Beats By Dre - premium headphone maker and streaming service, both purchased by Apple
The Best Song - (France) wants to be “TripAdvisor for music”.
Bloom.fm - a stunning iPhone app that offers listeners both on-demand streaming and randomized, infinite ‘radio’ playlists similar to Pandora and Last.fm. Available only in the UK, the app is restricted through a trio of subscription packages set at £1, £5 and £10 per month. The app sports a very quirky-yet-beautiful design, consisting of geometric shapes that merge to form flowers, petals and bees which users can interact with to play themed radio stations, individual tracks and records, custom playlists and anything stored in their local library.
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) - one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
Bop.FM - You can search for and listen to any song on Bop.fm. The service detects what music subscriptions you may have and provides tracks from those services first — currently it catalogues streaming services Spotify and Rdio, as well as free services like YouTube and SoundCloud, and paid-for download services like iTunes, Amazon and Google Play http://ow.ly/JtrjL
#C
CampaignAmp - (UK) provides project management tools & analytics via a music marketing platform.
CID Entertainment - the setup VIP experiences at music festivals, as well as meet and greets, etc. They now book their own events as well
People: Pamela Lipshutz, PR
CirKiz - EDM parties during the day for kids http://ow.ly/JtdND
People: Alison Voetsch
Clowdy - (UK) aims to connect the world’s creatives on one platform.
College Music Journal (CMJ) - measures college radio play, publishes their magazine, and puts on CMJ Music Marathon
People: Matt McDonald, VP Dayna Ghiraldi-Travers, PR
#D
DICE - (UK) handpicks the best gigs in London and offers tickets without booking fees.
Discovr - could perhaps best be described as Twitter for music, letting you discover artists similar to your favorite bands using interactive music maps.
Dubset - They have a tool (Mix Scan) where DJs upload their remixes or longform mixes and it distributes them wherever the artists want. It also identifies which samples were used or which songs were remixed and then works to make sure everybody--original songwriters, publishers, etc.--are all being paid from the revenues raised when it is streamed. Identifies samples and distributes royalties to rights holders
#E
Earbits - a new breed of artist-focused Internet radio. an ad-free music-streaming service that’s funded via labels, bands and promoters who use the platform to buy airtime in targeted channels. It currently counts 630 labels, 12,000 artists and 380 channels across the platform.
ehco - (USA) is the new giving channel for music and entertainment, created by The Entertainment Helping Company.
Entertainment Factory - (Turkey) provides creators, producers, labels and studios with marketing tools & services.
Epitonic - the site now functions as a tool for users to explore a wide array of music, which users can filter by genre, artist, label, and a few other categories. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
#F
Fanswell - allows you to book a concert at home
Feature.FM - A song promotion platform through which artists can place songs as ads within streaming services
FeedYourMusic - a feedback-based online music education platform, created by AllThatSeries (Korea).
FireChat - introduces a new way to chat with people around you – even if there is no internet connection or mobile phone coverage, by Open Garden (USA).
Fluence - a site where upcoming artists can pay influencers to listen, review, and share
People: Sarah Taylor, Intern
Free Music Archive - Since it’s inception, WFMU has partnered with dozens of other curators, and the site has become a veritable treasure trove of free content. First, it indexes free music posted by all of its partner curators, and second, it allows users to post their own music directly to the site’s archives. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
FretX - a smart device for guitar learning, created by Labana (France).
Fusic - A video app, Fusic (Israel) lets music fans instantly star in their own clips, with selfies.
#G
GhostTunes - music store like iTunes, started by Garth Brooks http://ow.ly/Jtbnn
People: Samantha Toth, PR Stephen Drusano
GigCave - similar to Sonicbids, but they have some industry “mentors”, and they may have a cleaner look (only a few photos/videos/etc) http://ow.ly/Jti41
Gigit - website that lets people book bands in their homes, etc. and lets bands make some extra money
People: Tegan Monique Gaan, Founder
Gigwax - lets you book a DJ for a party/function
Girlilla Marketing - a strategic digital marketing agency specializing in integrated online strategies, social community building, e-commerce management and database development for consumer brands and entertainment clients.
People: Jennie Smythe, Founder
GoldenVoice - runs music festivals Coachella, Firefly, Hangout, etc., they run some venues and put on tons of shows
GreenCopper - create apps for music festivals, and now there’s an app that let’s them do it themselves for half the cost http://ow.ly/JteiR
Guvera - streaming music app (and site?) founded in Australia. Has at least 2 million in India, 8 mil WW
http://ow.ly/Hjdlv http://ow.ly/Hjdlv
#H
Hooke - (USA) claims to be a GoPro for sound: a pair of wireless headphones which also captures audio in a “3D”, immersive format.
#I
Immersive Album - A UK-based platform for interactive audio helps create 3D environments and 360 videos across devices.
Interlude - focused on creating interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style music videos, like Coldplay and others have done http://ow.ly/JKrUL http://ow.ly/JKsbb
#J
Jamendo - With nearly 400,000 tracks from over 40,000 artists, Jamendo is easily one of the biggest repositories of free music on the Web. You won’t find all of your favorite artists here, but the site’s streamlined user interface makes it great for browsing and finding talented new musicians. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
Just Add Audio - from VideoBlocks. Lets you add music (nothing famous) to your homemade videos and slideshows before publishing them http://ow.ly/Jtu15
Jukely - Concert subscription service through a social app and monthly fee
#L
Laniakea Music - (UK) is a music-filmed multi-channel network, helping artists maximise monetisation on YouTube.
Linkfire - (Denmark) provides smart links for music marketing and helps music marketing professionals route fans to tracks, albums, artists and playlists in a wide array of music services.
Live Media Group - the company that live streams every show for Yahoo (their one a day shows), the red carpets for the Golden Globes, Grammys, etc. (that’s where they started), and music festivals
People: Brad Sexton, CEO/President Terrence Brady, COO
Lucie Labs - (France) has created a smart wristband for music fans to augment their live music experiences.
#M
Mad Genius Radio - the ultimate, personalized playlist to everyone. We believe in taking the time out of creating a playlist and delivering human-curated genres that every user can build on to reflect who they are and what they prefer. Combined with our unique 1-10 sliding scale and 0-5 ratings, we ensure every listener can listen to as much or as little of every artist, album and genre, delivering a playlist mixed with the surprise and nostalgia of discovering new and old favorites / exclusive features such as our Time Machine, Mood and Festival genres http://ow.ly/JtbPU http://ow.ly/JtbTC
People: Rachel Fukaya, PR
MadeLoud - focuses primarily on music from indie artists, uploaded by indie artists. The site is a great way for artists to connect with fans given it allows users to directly rate and comment about individual songs, and provides them with a laundry list of music spanning multiple genres. http://ow.ly/RCXgi
MicSwap - Record and filter new or pre-existing audio right from your iOS device. Choose various microphone emulations, from classic ribbons to modern condensers, and record with the tap of a finger. If you want to tweak the sound, simply swap in another mic and the filter will change.
MixRadio - Pandora-esque music streaming service that Microsoft acquired as part of its takeover of Nokia’s Devices and Services business - they spun it off and recently sold it to Line, the messaging app http://ow.ly/Jtsdt
MP3.com - Free music to download http://ow.ly/RCXgi
Muzooka - a cross-platform music discovery tool that connects artists and producers through crowdsourcing / improve the way independent artists meet industry professionals http://ow.ly/Jt6pf
#N
neoScores - (Belgium) offers a digital alternative to sheet music.
Next Big Sound - Analyzes artists' popularity through listener activity on social media, streaming services and radio
Nielsen - they measure stats about how many albums were sold, all streaming data, and the relationship between brands and music
People: Lisa Buckler, VP of Marketing Tatiana Simonian, VP of Music
NightOut - a mobile nightlife discovery platform that helps consumers discover and plan their nightly itinerary
People: Dusty Stutman, Founder Andrea Holland, PR
NoiseTrade - part free music site, part promotion platform. You can download any individual track or album an independent artist uploads to the site, if, in turn, you generously supply them with your email address and postal code http://ow.ly/RCXgi
#P
Patreon - Like Kickstarter, except you don’t help fund one project, you set a certain amount of $ that you tip the content creator (singer, comic, recipe-maker, whatever) whenever they release a new piece of content, and that comes with certain perks as decided by the artist
Phonotonic - (France) has created the first wearable smart object that turns any movement into music.
PledgeMusic - facilitates musicians reaching out to their fanbase to pre-sell, market, and distribute music projects including recordings, music videos, and concerts
Facilitates direct-to-fan access and participation for artists and labels
People: Benji Rogers, Founder
Prizm - A learning device (France) automatically plays music depending on your context, which can include the people around you.
Pulse Evolution - They create holograms (not exactly, but that’s the idea), like MJ at the Billboard Awards, or Tupac at Coachella. Working on owning the rights to plenty of other dead celebrities
People: John Textor, Chairman of the Board
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ReDigi - an online marketplace for pre-owned digital music and the only cloud storage service that verifies whether each music file uploaded for storage was legally acquired from an eligible source http://ow.ly/Jtt2o
Reservoir Media - boutique music publisher which publishes multi-genre music, concentrating on hits http://ow.ly/Jt8v3
People: Peter Kadin (PR)
Rhapsody - music streaming service, one of the biggest in the world. Over 2 million members. They own Napster
RIAA - a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA says "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States.” The current mission is to: 1. protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists; 2. perform research about the music industry; and 3. monitor and review relevant laws, regulations and policies. Also participates in the collective rights management of sound recordings, and it is responsible for certifying Gold and Platinum albums and singles. http://ow.ly/K3xAj
RightRound - they provide wi-fi at festivals, conventions, etc. They have done SXSW, the SF Music Tech Summit, etc.
Round Hill Music - music publishing firm http://ow.ly/Jt9fQ
People: Lily Golightly (PR)
Rormix - an app for users to discover curated music videos from independent and emerging artists / you can watch music videos, search for music based on your unique taste / love tinder then check out Quick Discovery, you can watch 15 seconds of a looped music video and swipe right to like the video or swipe left to skip http://ow.ly/JttSn
People: Emma Owens, emma.owens@rormix.com
Rowl - a more organizationally minded variation services like Bandsintown http://ow.ly/Jtl4G
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Saavn - Biggest streaming service site of India, focuses on Hindi music http://ow.ly/Jt7hj
People: (can’t remember who I met with, Founder) Teresa Bigelow, PR
SeatGeek - Scans secondary markets seeking the best time to buy cheap tickets for sports and music events
SeeTickets - British ticketing company owned by Vivendi, which owns Universal Music Group - 10 million tix in 2014
SESAC - the smallest of the three performance rights organizations in the United States, deals with all aspects of the business, from creation to licensing and administration. Unlike the other two, it isn’t a non-profit.
Shuffler.fm - a music discovery service designed to help users navigate the music shared by blogs in a visual way. It basically brings a Flipboard-esque browsing experience to those seeking to discover new music
Shred Video - (USA) is an artificial intelligence-based music video creation platform.
Sonarflow - a striking music-discovery app that makes finding your next favorite record as visually rewarding as the actual listening experience. Well, almost. It’s all about finding new music based on the artists and genres you already listen to. Forget lists and searches, this is all about swiping and pinching as Sonarflow throws suggestions at you in an aesthetically-pleasing, dynamic-word cloud kind of way.
Sonicbids - they created the EPK, it’s how you apply to several festivals, including SXSW
People: Lisa Occhino, Editor of the Blog
Sonos - The company makes a variety of wireless audio products http://ow.ly/JtgiF
SoundBetter - (Israel) describes itself as a music creation marketplace.
SoundOwl - bills itself as a platform for musicians, labels, and blogs to distribute their music, and the site makes it explicitly clear that users are only allowed share tracks that they have either created themselves or have secured the rights to distribute http://ow.ly/RCXgi
Soundrop - all about social music discovery through hosting what it refers to as ‘listening rooms’ within Spotify. Indeed, Soundrop started life purely as an app within Spotify, but eventually rolled out a dedicated iPhone incarnation last summer.
Soundsgood - (France) allows influencers to curate its music discovery service.
SoundExchange - a non-profit performance rights organization that collects and distributes royalties on the behalf of sound recording copyright owners (SRCOs — record labels, generally) and featured artists for non-interactive digital transmissions, including satellite, Internet radio, and cable television music channels. In addition to music, SoundExchange also collects royalties for comedy and spoken word recordings.
Sound Rink - a complete VIP ticketing solution for artists who want to engage with fans while making extra money on tour. Sound Rink allows artists to sell packages to fans that include personal interactions, merchandise items, and tickets http://ow.ly/JtnVV
SoundTracking - the mobile app that lets you share the soundtrack to your life.
Soundwave - a mobile-first app that lets you share what you’re listening to in real-time. Listen to a song on your device’s native music player, or through Spotify and Rdio, and it will be added to your profile, alongside the cover art. And in the wake of a recent update, you can now tap on any song’s image to reveal a history of who else has been listening to it, helping you find musical soulmates.
Splice - Cloud-based platform through which musicians can collaborate, selling just a bit of songs. A library of samples of all instruments, overtaking sample packs for DJs, etc.
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Thrillcall - ticketing service, a live event discovery service with exclusive daily offers, providing real-time online and mobile alerts, so you can access the best your city has to offer tonight. Using the most up-to-the-minute data available, keeps you informed on the local live music scene. Our mobile app lets you decide on a whim to go to a show and access an exclusive offer or browse local concert listings. With “one-touch” ticket purchase
Ticketfly - Ticketing company
Contact: Jeff Kreinik, Head of Festivals jwoods@bateman-group.com
Tidal - the first high fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and curated editorial http://ow.ly/JtpTm
Tradiio - Portuguese music discovery app that focuses on underground artists….giving them virtual coins to ‘invest’ in those they like....Users that do the best job spotting talent gain credibility and earn more virtual coins, which can be redeemed for rewards. http://ow.ly/JRX0S
a reward-based music discovery platform.
Trak - (France) allows you to leave a party with the playlist of your night.
TuneIn - website where you can listen to any radio station, podcasts, etc. http://ow.ly/JteVn
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UniqueSound - (USA) claims to be the world’s largest marketplace of composers.
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Vessel - People pay a price to look at videos before they are actually “available” http://ow.ly/JKrQz
VideoStitch - (France) gives you an opportunity to create live 3D virtual reality videos.
Vinyl It - (France) gives anyone the opportunity to create their own vinyl record.
Virool - a self-service social video advertising platform, they have a tool that looks at how many views/shares a video/etc. has and sees if it’s really viral or not http://ow.ly/Jt9DM
People: Alex Debelov, Founder
VOX - (USA) was created by Coppertino as a lossless and high resolution music player.
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WeeSPIN - the app that combines music streaming services with social media so you can build playlists that sound like you http://ow.ly/Jta5h
People: Darius Fong, Founder Laura Fromm, PR
WhoSampled - answers music’s most frustrating question: Where do I recognize that song from?
Wynk Music - a mobile-only streaming app available in India from one provider - has millions of users http://ow.ly/JzxGV
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Yap Music - brings the simplicity of Instagram to an iPhone music discovery app, letting you browse the Facebook feeds from your favorite artists in real-time. As you browse, Yap Music plays iTunes track previews of their latest songs.
