There's more to the business of
music than you might think.
Beyond record labels, major
streaming services, equipment retailers and concert venues, there are a lot of
ways business and music intersect. Artists need to market their music and
themselves, and that means finding new ways to create, sell music, tickets and
more. From helping artists create and share new music to giving their fans a
different way to purchase albums or attend shows, these music businesses are
really changing the game.
Here are seven interesting
music-related businesses every artist, fan and audiophile should know.
Legitmix
Legitmix helps artists who create
remixes and sample other artists' work in their songs to sell their music
legally while also paying the original artists. So how does it work? If you're
a remixer, you upload your track and then identify the songs you've sampled in
your remix. Legitmix calculates
the
binary difference between the tracks and creates a file, which fans can
then purchase. Then, fans can search their music libraries for the sampled
tracks or purchase any they don't already own from iTunes through the platform.
Legitimix then recreates the remixer's track by combining the file they created
with the fan's iTunes tracks, which the fan can download and import to iTunes.
Splice
Splice calls itself "a smarter
way to make music." The platform allows artists to back up their projects
to the cloud and makes it easy for artists to collaborate with other users. Splice allows
users to access all previous versions of their tracks without taking up hard
drive space, and since it's cloud-based, you can access and work on your tracks
on the go. When you're collaborating with other users, you can see who is
working on what changes, load changes instantly and get notifications when they
occur. Splice also has a community through which you can share your music and
discover new tracks, a library of samples and sounds you can download.
Jukely
Jukely is a concert subscription service
that allows you to pay a monthly fee ($25 for just you, and $45 if you want the
option to take a guest with you) in exchange for passes to an unlimited number
of shows. Users in 14 different cities, including New York; Chicago; Seattle;
Philadelphia; Toronto; London; and Los Angeles, can attend a different show
every night, as many times per month as they want. New shows are added to
Jukely's platform daily, up to two days in advance, and users can choose a show
that day by 5 p.m. to get on the guest list. It's first come, first served,
though, so if you wait too long passes may sell out.
Next
Big Sound
Next Big Sound collects and delivers
data on artists from around the world and correlates it with sales and
streaming numbers from the music industry to help artists and industry
professionals. The company believes that "by tracking every fan
interaction across every artist in the world — from social to sales, from
purchases to plays — the insights we generate can reshape the way artists are
discovered, marketed, and improve the speed with which they can build lasting
and prosperous careers." Next Big Sound is also partnered with
Billboard, and powers a daily "Next Big Sound" chart that shows the
fastest-growing artists across social music sites.
Murfie
Murfie is a music collector's dream
— the platform is an online marketplace that combines the Internet and your
favorite local record stores. With Murfie, you can sell and purchase CDs and vinyl
records as well as trade albums with other Murfie users. Users can also create
album wish lists and "auto buy" albums as soon as they become
available. What makes Murfie especially unique, though, is its streaming feature.
According to the company's website, "every CD and vinyl record you buy is
stored at Murfie HQ, and the album is added to your online collection where you
can stream, download or request physical delivery." Murfie currently has
more than 12,000 members and 500,000 discs.
Jamplify
Jamplify allows touring artists and
their promotors to link their marketing with their ticket sales in order to
sell more tickets. With Jamplify, artists and promoters can access their
ticket sales data and see which of their marketing campaigns and channels (for
example, email campaigns, different social media networks, etc.) sell the most
tickets so they know where to direct their marketing efforts. Users can also
automate their marketing campaigns with Jamplify's Tour Marketing Tools.
Jamplify also has an easy-to-use Dashboard that shows you all of your ticket
sales data.
DART
DART is an automated distribution
platform for classical music, and, according to the company's website, it's the
first of its kind. To use the service, artists pay a $40 fee per album per
year, or a $20 fee per single per year. DART then distributes the music to all of
the major digital merchants, including Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, iTunes and
Google Play, among many others. DART doesn't charge any hidden fees or
royalties and automatically assigns your music Universal Product Codes and
International Standard Recording Codes to identify it (or you can use your own
if your tracks or albums have been distributed before). And while the platform
is primarily designed for classical music artists, artists in any genre can
still use DART to distribute their music.
There's more to the business of music than you might think.
Beyond record labels, major streaming services, equipment retailers and concert venues, there are a lot of ways business and music intersect. Artists need to market their music and themselves, and that means finding new ways to create, sell music, tickets and more. From helping artists create and share new music to giving their fans a different way to purchase albums or attend shows, these music businesses are really changing the game.
Here are seven interesting music-related businesses every artist, fan and audiophile should know.
- See more at: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8196-music-businesses.html#sthash.uRilPw2k.dpuf
Beyond record labels, major streaming services, equipment retailers and concert venues, there are a lot of ways business and music intersect. Artists need to market their music and themselves, and that means finding new ways to create, sell music, tickets and more. From helping artists create and share new music to giving their fans a different way to purchase albums or attend shows, these music businesses are really changing the game.
Here are seven interesting music-related businesses every artist, fan and audiophile should know.
Legitmix
Legitmix helps artists who create remixes and sample other artists' work in their songs to sell their music legally while also paying the original artists. So how does it work? If you're a remixer, you upload your track and then identify the songs you've sampled in your remix. Legitmix calculates the binary difference between the tracks and creates a file, which fans can then purchase. Then, fans can search their music libraries for the sampled tracks or purchase any they don't already own from iTunes through the platform. Legitimix then recreates the remixer's track by combining the file they created with the fan's iTunes tracks, which the fan can download and import to iTunes.Splice
Splice calls itself "a smarter way to make music." The platform allows artists to back up their projects to the cloud and makes it easy for artists to collaborate with other users. Splice allows users to access all previous versions of their tracks without taking up hard drive space, and since it's cloud-based, you can access and work on your tracks on the go. When you're collaborating with other users, you can see who is working on what changes, load changes instantly and get notifications when they occur. Splice also has a community through which you can share your music and discover new tracks, a library of samples and sounds you can download. [When Developing Corporate Culture, Think Music ]Jukely
Jukely is a concert subscription service that allows you to pay a monthly fee ($25 for just you, and $45 if you want the option to take a guest with you) in exchange for passes to an unlimited number of shows. Users in 14 different cities, including New York; Chicago; Seattle; Philadelphia; Toronto; London; and Los Angeles, can attend a different show every night, as many times per month as they want. New shows are added to Jukely's platform daily, up to two days in advance, and users can choose a show that day by 5 p.m. to get on the guest list. It's first come, first served, though, so if you wait too long passes may sell out.Next Big Sound
Next Big Sound collects and delivers data on artists from around the world and correlates it with sales and streaming numbers from the music industry to help artists and industry professionals. The company believes that "by tracking every fan interaction across every artist in the world — from social to sales, from purchases to plays — the insights we generate can reshape the way artists are discovered, marketed, and improve the speed with which they can build lasting and prosperous careers." Next Big Sound is also partnered with Billboard, and powers a daily "Next Big Sound" chart that shows the fastest-growing artists across social music sites.Murfie
Murfie is a music collector's dream — the platform is an online marketplace that combines the Internet and your favorite local record stores. With Murfie, you can sell and purchase CDs and vinyl records as well as trade albums with other Murfie users. Users can also create album wish lists and "auto buy" albums as soon as they become available. What makes Murfie especially unique, though, is its streaming feature. According to the company's website, "every CD and vinyl record you buy is stored at Murfie HQ, and the album is added to your online collection where you can stream, download or request physical delivery." Murfie currently has more than 12,000 members and 500,000 discs.Jamplify
Jamplify allows touring artists and their promotors to link their marketing with their ticket sales in order to sell more tickets. With Jamplify, artists and promoters can access their ticket sales data and see which of their marketing campaigns and channels (for example, email campaigns, different social media networks, etc.) sell the most tickets so they know where to direct their marketing efforts. Users can also automate their marketing campaigns with Jamplify's Tour Marketing Tools. Jamplify also has an easy-to-use Dashboard that shows you all of your ticket sales data.DART
DART is an automated distribution platform for classical music, and, according to the company's website, it's the first of its kind. To use the service, artists pay a $40 fee per album per year, or a $20 fee per single per year. DART then distributes the music to all of the major digital merchants, including Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, iTunes and Google Play, among many others. DART doesn't charge any hidden fees or royalties and automatically assigns your music Universal Product Codes and International Standard Recording Codes to identify it (or you can use your own if your tracks or albums have been distributed before). And while the platform is primarily designed for classical music artists, artists in any genre can still use DART to distribute their music.- See more at: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8196-music-businesses.html#sthash.uRilPw2k.dpuf
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