SynthShare offers peer feedback for your music, and like every PITCH, we’ve given the startup 100 words to convince us all why we should use their service. Here is THE PITCH: _____________________________ SynthShare allows you to have music peer-reviewed by an intelligent community of producers, musicians, and singers. It’s a…
Category archives: Startups & Funding
How To Organize Your Music Industry Team
As a entrepreneur in the music industry, it can be easy to fall into the trap of trying to do everything yourself, a guaranteed recipe for burnout. Here we look at how to identify your various band member’s strengths and let go of enough control to successfully delegate. ___________________ Guest…
Bandlab Acquires Gibson’s Cakewalk
BandLab Technologies has acquired some assets and the complete intellectual property of Cakewalk. from Gibson Brands. Gibson has been shedding subsidiaries and brands in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. Cakewalk has been a leading developer professional grade audio production software for the last 30 years. Upstart Bandlab’s offering is centered…
LiveXLive Media [LIVX] Uplisted To NASDAQ Capital Market Today
LiveXLive Media, which includes music streamer Slacker alongside a live concert streaming platform, has been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market. Shares of common stock are expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market on February 22, 2018 under its existing trading symbol “LIVX.” “2017 was a…
MediaCreek Acquires Live365, EmpireStreaming, Adds Execs
Net broadcasting platform Live365, and EmpireStreaming, an audio-centric CDN and services company, announced today that both are now part of Media Creek, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware holding company of audio-centric companies. As part of the acquisitions, Media Creek recently added to its leadership team. Digital Audio industry vets Rockie Thomas…
Liquid State: Sony Launches New EDM Label In China
As Western cultural influences gradually percolate into China, Sony has made the move to launch a new EDM label in partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment called liquid state. ___________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 China is becoming a hot place for music, as Western influences gradually seep…
Vydia Raises $7M For Music Video Distribution, Monetization
Vydia has completed a $7 million Series A funding round. The company now has more than 200,000 video creators that distribute, monetize, store and measure content using its centralized platform. The investment was led by Vocap Investment Partners with participation from Newark Venture Partners. Previous investors include Paradigm Talent Agency,…
Live Nation, Others, Join Los Angeles Mayor’s Fund To Promote Diversity In Entertainment
Live Nation, along with other major entertainment companies including CAA, UTA, WME, and others to have signed on to the Los Angeles Mayor backed Evolve Entertainment Fund, a partnership designed to create new opportunities for the those communities which have historically been excluded from the entertainment industry. __________________________ Guest post…
VNUE Acquires Soundstr Because "PROs have no idea what music is actually being played"
VNUE has signed an agreement to acquire Soundstr, a music tech startup that helps businesses pay music license fees based on actual music usage, both companies announced this morning. Soundstr was founded by Eron Bucciarelli-Tieger, who was the co-founder and drummer of the platinum-selling rock band Hawthorne Heights. ___________________________________ Today’s…
Audioboom Acquires Triton Digital For $185 Million
In a reverse takeover, podcast platform Audioboom is buying digital audio tech firm Triton Digital. Under the deal announced Tuesday morning, U.K.-based Audioboom will buy Canada’s Triton Digital for $185 million. The combined company will be renamed Triton Digital Group. Audioboom will raise around $215 million in new shares to…