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Spotlight.fm Helps Artists Earn Placement on Tours, Features on Albums and Much More…
By Brian Parker After surprising success in the music industry, the founders of competitive social media platform WomStreet are geared to launch their new, music-focused Spotlight.fm. Spotlight.fm will host competitions by musicians and labels, in which artists will submit their songs and remixes to earn spots on tours, features on albums, and gain exposure with
[Interview] Eric Davich, Co-Founder & CCO of Songza
by Dave Mainella Last week, music streaming service and 2013 FlashFWD winner of Best in Discovery, Songza, announced a successful round of equity financing to the tune of $4.7 million. Among the many investors are two additional FlashFWD honorees – Troy Carter and Scooter Braun – both of whom were recipients of the FlashFWD SoundWAV
[Interview] David Blutenthal, Founder & CEO of Moodsnap
By Jerell Tongson On Tuesday, September 17th, a new image-based music streaming app called Moodsnap will make its debut on the iTunes app store. Using the expansive Spotify library and The Echo Nest’s data algorithms, Moodsnap allows users to listen to curated music stations based on collections of images. Music selections are crowd sourced, collaboratively
[Interview] David Carrico, Co-Founder & CMO of EVNTLIVE
By Brian Parker With soaring ticket prices and dedicated venues in major cities, music fans often miss out on experiencing their favorite artists’ live performances. Enter EVNTLIVE, an innovative digital venue that broadcasts HD concerts to your computer or mobile devices. Not only does EVNTLIVE offer high-quality streams of live and on-demand concerts, it also
[Interview] Kevin Carroll, COO of Creative Allies
By Brian Parker For four years, Creative Allies has been building a community to unite graphic designers and illustrators with musicians and brands to create unique artwork for promotions, campaigns, albums, and even full-on brand identities. With an “alliance” of over 50,000 designers, Creative Allies has created a new model that opens up the design
With Sympler, Video Mixing is as Simple as Tapping Out a Beat
By Dana Sedgwick It’s not too long ago that the residents of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood were lounging in McCarren Park taking in the sights and sounds of the JellyNYC pool parties and BBMing their other friends to tell them why they should be jealous (ha). Today, those same hipsters are capturing short videos with their