TECH
TOOLS
MusicLinkUp is a professional networking site for musicians
and music industry professionals that has been described as
“LinkedIn for the music industry.” Like LinkedIn, it provides a
platform for finding or posting job opportunities. Users and
opportunities are listed under the following nine categories:
music business, recording careers, the record industry, public
relations and advertising, radio and television, music in film,
touring, music education, and instrument work and devel-
opment. It currently features a network of 2.6 million users
involved in the global music industry.
www.musiclinkup.com.
Subscription-based sound design service Pyro Audio offers
producers curated percussion sound packs each month.
Sample packs are downloadable WAV files suitable for use in
most popular samplers and DAWs, including MPC Software,
Maschine, Ableton, and FL Studio, among others. Once
downloaded, Pyro Audio sound packs can be used forever,
royalty-free. Pyro Audio permanently archives each volume at
the end of every month so subscribers amass a large arsenal
of unique sounds that can be used alongside any of the stock
sounds available with samplers or sampling software.
www.pyroaudio.com.
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Starmaker360 offers col-
legiate-level music business
courses, interviews, and
direct advice in an app-based
platform. It was created by Jim
Halsey, the high-profile music
manager who has guided the
careers of 29 Country Music Hall
of Fame members along with
10 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
members, in partnership with
MusicTO. Halsey digs into the
fundamentals of how to develop
an act, get an agent, use the
press to build an audience, play
the biggest and best forums,
and more. The Starmaker360
app provides opportunities
to interact and network with
Halsey and other industry
leaders during hosted in-app
Q&As. Students can interact
with other students and submit
audio and video demos. They share
their interests in the music industry with detailed profiles, which
Starmaker360 uses to match users with other students and industry
professionals. www.starmaker360.com.
GuitarToolkit is a collection of guitar tools for the
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It includes a tuner, a pre-
cision metronome, and more than two million chords,
scales, and arpeggios. GuitarToolkit also provides full
support for seven- and 12-string guitar, as well as four-,
five-, and six-string bass, ukulele, banjo, and mandolin.
There is also a left-handed mode for all features. The tuner
features dozens of alternate tunings and allows users
to store their own. Upgrading to GuitarToolkit+ unlocks
interactive chord sheets and other exclusive features.
www.agilepartners.com/apps/guitartoolkit.