With companies such as Hungamaa bringing in an annual revenue of over an equivalent of 100 million US Dollars and Spotify making marketing music easier than ever, music technology is at an all time high. The 10 companies listed below have been picked for their innovation and creativity over the past few years in areas ranging from music pattern recognition, career management tools, personalized music playlists, and more.
2
6 9
3
8
10
With companies such as Hungamaa bringing in an annual revenue of over an equivalent of 100 million US Dollars and Spotify making marketing music easier than ever, music technology is at an all time high. The 10 companies listed below have been picked for their innovation and creativity over the past few years in areas ranging from music pattern recognition, career management tools, personalized music playlists, and more.
2
Smule
Smule connects the world through music by allowing visitors of the site to listen to music made by millions of users across the globe. Its music creation apps are amazing as they enable anyone and everyone to create and discover new music.
Musicovery
6 9
Here is a place that provides the best music recommendations, personalized for each and every user, based on their tastes, mood, context, and past activity. Those recommendations include dynamic and predictive playlists that are delivered through an API or a B2C experience.
3
This website gives people access to music and comedy anytime, anywhere, through connected devices. With input of a single“ seed”, personalized stations launch instantly. The Music Genome Project, a musical taxonomy, powers the personalization of Pandora internet radio by using musicological“ DNA”( your preferences from the get go) and constant listener feedback to craft personalized stations from a growing collection of more than one million tracks.
LANDR
Pandora
4
Artist Growth
This is a groundbreaking mobile platform that puts marketing and artist development directly in the artist’ s hands by providing streamlined career management tools to track daily business tasks and coordinate team projects, all in one place.
8
WhoSampled
This company is a website and database of information about sample-based music. It allows the user to explore direct connections between music in a range of genres. You can explore‘ the DNA of music’ by seeking direct connections of over 300k songs and 104k artists, ranging from the genres of Hip-Hop, R & B, Rock, Pop, Funk, Jazz, and Classical music. The app for this is available on both IOS and Android.
LANDR is an intelligent online mastering tool that gives musicians a fresh way to professionally master tracks. It creates a professional quality master in seconds, performing all of the nuanced balancing of traditional mastering using the same big data and machine learning that power technology like music recommendation engines and facial recognition.
10
Music Kickup
Music Kickup is the new way for musicians to sell music and build their careers. Music Kickup Distribution is the worlds’ s first 100 % free distribution platform for all major digital services, including iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and Google Play. In 2014 Music Kickup will launch a number of amazing tools for artists to build successful careers in the 21st century. Founded in 2011, it was backed by a strong seed round and the Finnish government. They currently have operations in Helsinki, New York, Singapore, London and Shanghai.
The Score Magazine www. thescoremagazine. com
17