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Covr.fm - music music services independent music cloud based music

Covr.fm

Music Discovery Platform with 100M+ Cover Tracks
Covr.fm a digital music service that is enabling users to discover amazing covers of their favorite songs. With free on-demand access to over 100,000,000 cover songs and over 20,000 new covers added daily, Covr.fm helps people discover new artists through the ...

Musi.cl by Receiver - music analytics cloud based music Conversion Optimization

Musi.cl by Receiver

Actionable Marketing Intelligence for the Music Industry
Receiver is enabling the 21st century musician to identify and cultivate dedicated fans so that they can prosper in an evolving online world. Musicians that grow, engage, and take control of their audience and fan base will be the most profitable given current ...

Voisak - social media music news blogging platforms

Voisak

A Social Voicemail
Voisak lets you publish short voice messages up to 30 seconds. Voice messages can be sent to public or a spesific person as a private message. There are also groups where people can share and follow voice messages about a specific subject or event. Currently it ...

Weekly Indie - music subscription businesses independent music celebrity

Weekly Indie

Independent music distribution
WeeklyIndie.com is a worldwide, subscription based music retailer. They deliver 10 songs per week from a wide range of genres, each created and owned by independent artists/bands to its subscriber who pays $7 per month. What sets WeeklyIndie apart from the rest, ...

Mediazoic - advertising music internet radio market

Mediazoic

Custom audio streaming solutions for people and brands
Mediazoic is a network of Internet radio stations, developing software allowing organizations and individuals to create, customize and deejay their own legal radio station(s) via our proprietary embeddable digital "tuner". Station hosts or Mediazoic staff load ...

ANDPOP - digital media music video streaming online video advertising

ANDPOP

portfolio of niche video content brands
ANDPOP is building a portfolio of niche pop culture brands, focused on serving high quality, low cost video content to youth audiences. Our company has a clear advantage given our celebrity access and our extremely efficient production model. The company currently ...

Indian Electronica - music

Indian Electronica

A Platform for Cutting-edge South Asian Music
We produce and promote cutting-edge electronic music grounded in South Asian tradition. Our digital album releases are available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and many other online music retailers plus digital radio services. In addition to commercial releases, ...

Vocal Network - digital media internet music social television

Vocal Network

Internet based Canadian Idol singing competion
"Vocal Network" is an online based American Idol style singing competition for Canadians. By using the network, which is simular to Facebook/Myspace, contestants can upload videos of themselves to compete for Prizes. Judgment is passed by our online panel and contestants ...

soundsLARGE - digital media social media advertising music

soundsLARGE

Electronic Dance Music Discovery Platform
soundsLARGE.com is a revolutionary way to discover, organize, and stream electronic dance music via laptops, tablets, or mobile devices - all without downloading a single song. The soundsLARGE platform does not host any music files, it organizes and streams music ...

Volu.me - music digital entertainment entertainment industry

Volu.me

Engaging Mobile Apps For Artists
Volu.me (http://Volu.me) is a mobile startup that works with bands like City and Colour, The Tragically Hip, Hedley, The Goo Goo Dolls, Tegan and Sara and LIGHTS to power their Official Mobile Apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.

strings.fm - mobile music music services emotions

strings.fm

Create mood-based playlists using emoji.
strings.fm picks up where the mixtape left off. Make the soundtrack to your life, one playlist at a time. Our iPhone app (currently in private beta) is powered by the Aura algorithm, a technology we developed that is capable of understanding the mood of any song, ...

One World Youth Arts Project - music social media platforms k 12 education artists globally

One World Youth Arts Project

Creating the Global Classroom
The One World Youth Arts Project operates out of the finest classroom of its kind in the world. One World brings the world's children together in a virtual classroom in which students collaborate on artistic endeavour ... music production-creation, live events, ...

49st Technologies - mobile social media music events

49st Technologies

Your Social Network for Events
The event promotion industry is a $24B industry (in North America alone), yet the event industry is highly fragmented and is not being well served. 49st helps content publishers tap into this market and generate new revenues. Our content is suitable for web, ...

Money and Fame International - mobile music entertainment industry independent music

Money and Fame International

Music & Entertainment Management
Money and Fame provides artist management services, merchandise sales, concert bookings, and marketing and social media services to music artists in the entertainment industry.

AudioShop Australia - music Dance Instruction

AudioShop Australia

Music
AudioShop is Australia's Online Musical Instruments dealer. Shipping to Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland and throughout Australia at the lowest prices for guitars, keyboards, recording etc...

The Future Prophecy - digital media music comics digital entertainment

The Future Prophecy

Graphic Novel and Concept Album Series that features DJs as superheroes and villains
The Future Prophecy is a graphic novel and concept album series for iOS applications that features DJs as superheroes and villains. Each month, one issue of the graphic novel and one single composed by the story's characters will be released.

LyricFind - internet music entertainment content

LyricFind

LyricFind is the back end for everyone using song lyrics online, legally. With licenses from over 3,000 music publishers and worldwide deals, we're pretty much powering everyone using lyrics.

Jamila Online - music publishing entertainment industry

Jamila Online

Singer/songwriter signed to T.G. Publishing (Denmark)
My product is my songwriting skill. I am currently signed as a writer for T.G. Publishing which is based in Denmark. They are responsible for songs from Aqua and Backstreet Boys in the past. I am also a singer, but feel it would be more lucrative to hone my songwriting ...

He(a)rd - music mobile advertising social commerce reviews and recommendations

He(a)rd

Spotify meets Refer.ly. Influence networks driving commerce.
He(a)rd is a streaming music site with a twist. It allows artists to harness the value of their influence networks by recommending products they believe in from partner brands and allows consumers to not only receive curated music selection but product selection ...

sourced.fm - music sales and marketing social media platforms crowdfunding

sourced.fm

Discussion and Crowdfunding Community for Music
sourced.fm is social discussions for music. Our primary goal is to become the very best music community in size, activity, and quality of discussion. Working with this community, we will develop and layer of digital tools emerging artists are successfully using ...

Verpsa - social media music art teenagers

Verpsa

Social Network for Artists
Whether you're a singer, painter, dancer, or photographer, you can now communicate with others who are just like you! Verpsa.com is a new social media website where artists from around the world can network with each other and share their content online. Make an ...

Ektoplazm - music independent music independent music labels

Ektoplazm

Independent music distribution platform.
Ektoplazm is a niche market music blog that has served more than 65 million tracks since its inception (approximately the same as Bandcamp). Ektoplazm empowers independent labels and artists with powerful tools of distribution, promotion, and fan engagement while ...

Singspiel - mobile education music

Singspiel

Learn to play music, anytime, anywhere. Forever.
Singspiel is like Rosetta Stone for music learners. Singspiel is a mobile app that uses gamification to make learning music fun and engaging. There are multiple types of exercises that go into depth to teach different aspects of music education. Each exercise ...

Talkic - music social fundraising social media marketing independent music

Talkic

Social Network For Social Change
Talkic is a social network where contributing to topics benefits causes as Talkic donates 1.1 cents every click of your mouse to your choice of more than 20 charities from Canada, The US & UK. Talkic is a social twist on clicking for a cause, and a topical twist ...

ERG Music - digital media advertising music retail technology

ERG Music

Digital Music Store (retailer-branded Itunes)
A digital licensed music store fully built for DJs & public performance venues, this app can be branded for any retailer. We are looking for funding to broaden our customer base from our current niche market of DJs, clubs, etc. to the mass market, leveraging key ...

Mili7 - digital media social media music

Mili7

Socially Driven Music Discovery Website
Mili7 is a web application and social network that aims to help users navigate and discover independent music found on the web. It uses Facebook to retrieve music posted by friends and analyzes it to create recommendations and help users discover new music. Here ...

JamCam - mobile video music

JamCam

Capture and share life's musical moments, in short looping videos.
JamCam is a mobile app for capturing and sharing life's musical moments. While it began as a tool for recording video without stopping the iPhone's native music, JamCam quickly evolved into a full-fledged community of music and video lovers. In the 12 months ...

Sworly - consumer internet social media music digital entertainment

Sworly

Pinterest for music.
Sworly is a new and intuitive way to discover, listen to and share music for free. With millions of songs and an effortless way to share music, Sworly is the standard for sharing musical appetites. Users can share songs just by inputting the song name and artist ...

OpusNote - music private social networking music services independent music

OpusNote

Crowdsourced Music Label
OpusNote is a web-based application of the crowdsourcing model to the tradition business model of the music label. This includes a “tail-to-tip” exclusive control over the production, publishing, marketing, distribution (streaming and digital download), and artistic ...

OpiaMusic - e-commerce music digital entertainment entertainment industry

OpiaMusic

Incubator platform for independent musicians
OpiaMusic is a first of its kind incubator platform for independent musicians providing industry accessibility and a level playing field. We are creating an incubator not unlike business incubators, but for independent musicians that will provide ACCESSIBILITY ...

Receiver - music analytics cloud based music Conversion Optimization

Receiver

Actionable Marketing Intelligence for the Music Industry
Receiver is enabling the 21st century musician to identify and cultivate dedicated fans so that they can prosper in an evolving online world. Musicians that grow, engage, and take control of their audience and fan base will be the most profitable given current ...

Rithm - mobile social media music messaging

Rithm

"Snapchat for music" - TechCrunch
Rithm is a fast-growing music messaging platform that's hooked teens and millennials by making it fun, simple and interactive to share music. Rithm was awarded "Best in Mobile" at the 2014 FlashFWD Awards and named "Canada's Hottest Innovative Startup" at CIX ...

SmithsonMartin - music musical instruments music production

SmithsonMartin

Emulator ELITE is the world’s most advanced DJ performance system.
Current Traction: $1.8M in sales in the test market for this product have demonstrated an optimum price-point of $15K. This tech, comprised of touch hardware and software, is a decade ahead of it’s competition. The beta version has been purchased by elite DJs around ...

bumbl - digital media social media music entertainment industry

bumbl

Twitter for music
Bumbl is a music based social network that allows artists to share music that they listen to. We aim to fix what peer to peer file sharing has done by promoting new, untapped talent in a unique and cost efficient way.

Creative D - digital media music film television

Creative D

Social commerce for content
Decksi allows fans to collect, trade, gift and share the official content they are passionate about by turning video, music and pictures into collectable digital trading cards distributed across web, social and mobile platforms. Decksi leverages the freemium/virtual ...

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