Apple has expanded Apple Music lyric support to seven more countries. It is now live in France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain. Apple Music includes both song lyrics, which appear onscreen while listening, and a search function to find song titles by typing in a phrase…
Category archives: Apps & Mobile
Taylor Swift’s "The Swift Life" Artist App To Shutter
Taylor Swift’s "The Swift Life" gamified artist app developed in partnership with games maker Glu Mobile, announced that it would shut down effective February 1st. Glus is also responsible for “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood,” “Britney Spears: American Dream,” “Katy Perry Pop” and “Nicki Minaj: The Empire.” Apps by musician’s have struggled…
3 Free Apps Every DIY Rapper Should Be Using In 2019
While there are certainly a myriad of apps out there designed to help with music creation and promotion, not all of them are as beneficial as they claim. Here we look at three which do live up the hype which every DIY rapper should be using in 2019. _________________________________ In…
Gifnote App Maker Audiobyte, Exceeds $6M Funding Goal, Extends Round
Audiobyte, creators of the popular music clip app Gifnote, has announced plans to extend its latest round of venture capital after “blowing past” its initial $6 million goal. The round, which was led by Manhattan-based Evolution VC Partners, will now be joined by Northwood Ventures, which provided earlier angel-stage funding….
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. Investors in the round include Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn; lead investor Origin Ventures and Techstars Ventures, as well as three execs at language learning app,…
Audiobyte Raises $6M For Gifnote Music Gif App
Audiobyte, the parent company of Giftnote and Songbytes has completed a $6 million financing round led by Evolution. The company’s apps create short licenced music plus graphics clips that can be shared in social and text messages. The Gifnote app allows users to ‘pair and share’ Songbytes—byte-sized music clips of…
Top 7 Collaborative Music-Making Apps
Technological developments in cloud storage capacity and improved connectivity in combination with a need for creative interaction between artists and engineers has led to the development of a variety of collaborative music apps. Here we look at seven such tool allowing musicians around the world to work together. _________________________ Guest…
Spotify Alums Create Canopy App Offering Recommendations Without Stealing Your Data
Two Spotify alumni involved in the creation of Discovery Weekly, have raised a $4.5 million seed round from Matrix to release an app that offers music, film and other recommendations based on user preferences, but without sharing data with Spotify, Netflix, Facebook or anyone else. The Brooklyn based startup Canopy’s…
Spotify (Finally) Launches New Apple Watch App
Spotify has launched a new Apple Watch app which includes improved access and control over music and podcasts, as well as, the ability to connect to speakers or devices. The streamer promises the more improvements ahead including the ability to listen to music and podcasts offline. From Spotify: "Ready to…
The Other Playlists: How Behavior Impacts Songs
Since the beginning of the recording industry, the limitations imposed by format have directly influenced music, from wax cylinders to MP3s. Here we look at how the now dominant format – streaming – is reshaping music. ______________________________ Guest post from AWAL “We should get good enough that you don’t have…