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Trending into 2014: Music and Tech Trends
2013 was an eventful year in which a lot of things happened but only a few of my expectations and predictions were fulfilled. So rather than predicting things I'm going to share some specific trends related to music and tech that I think are worth keeping in mind as one evaluates the New Year. In addition ...
The Internet of Things Could Bring Music to Your Home Appliances
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The personal tech revolution that encouraged many of us to look at screens for the past 15 years or so is shifting. As we enter the internet of things, apps will no longer be bound to computers and smartphones. As it turns out, putative enemies, futurists and Luddites are actually united: ...
Muzeek Receives Seed Investment to Disrupt the Gig Booking Process [updated]
Muzeek is a music tech startup headquartered in Australia that provides a platform for managing the gig booking process for all involved from artists to venues. Launched back in February, Muzeek recently completed an undisclosed seed investment round with The Sydney Angels and was also recognized for growth momentum by business data company SIGNL. I spoke ...
Dickens Of A Twitter Torrent From An Ancient Future Present Starring Etherseizer Scrooogle
The week of December 9, the twitter account of the world fusion music band Ancient Future is hosting a twitter torrent from Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort's spooky little spoof, “Dickens of an Ancient Future Present." Based on Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carole," the spoof follows Etherseizer Scrooogle as he is haunted by four phantoms: ...
Yahoo! Acquires Evntlive Concert Streaming Platform
Yahoo! has acquired concert streaming platform EVNTLIVE. Founded by former Cisco CTO Judy Estrin, the EVNTLIVE team will now join Yahoo's video team working on Yahoo Music and Yahoo Screen. No details of the deal were announced, but the company had received $2.3 million in funding from Vint Cerf, Yogen Dalal, Dave House and others. After creating a beautiful ...
Sonicbids to Go Offline for "Re-Launch" This Weekend
Sonicbids is “re-launching" it's platform, according to an email sent to users yesterday afternoon. The music gig and opportunity platform will go offline temporarily starting Sunday, December 8th at 11:59PM EST. There was no word as to how long the outage was scheduled to last. “You can expect an enhanced user experience with new tools and some awesome ...
Music Business Association Launches Music Tech Startup Network
December 4, 2013 – The Music Business Association (Music Biz), formerly known as NARM and digitalmusic.org, has introduced the Music Startup Network in an effort to provide music entrepreneurs and content providers with all the resources they need to create and power profitable, legal music companies. It is the first product that Music Biz has introduced ...
Soundcloud Adds Explore with Trending Music and Lean Back Discovery
Yesterday SoundCloud introduced Explore, a discovery feature that should help connect more listeners with artists using SoundCloud though a more prominent homepage position would be a nice touch. It's available on the web and on SoundCloud's Android app. No word yet on iOS availability but their iTunes listing promises “bigger updates" than their recent design refresh. ...
The Echo Nest Expands Music Intelligence Platform to Digital Advertising
The music you listen to could now help drive the ads you hear online. With the launch of Music Audience Understanding, clients of The Echo Nest can deliver targeted advertising using musical preferences to predict demographic and psychographic information without revealing other personal information. Broadcast radio advertising still totals $15 billion a year; and Music Audience ...
Why Digital Consumer Companies Are a Poor Indicator of the Future of Music Tech Investment
Last week Mark Mulligan shared his take on why Twitter was a stock worth watching to suggest the fate of public music offerings and to affect the perspectives of potential music tech startup investors. His argument is tempting but I honestly don't see non-music consumer stocks as good indicators and even if Twitter does well, I ...
