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Startup of the Week - Uppbeat
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th February 2021
Uppbeat is an innovative music platform for content creators to find the perfect tracks for their videos, without any copyright issues or challenges...
If you’re a video content creator, a podcaster or a YouTuber, chances are you’ve had a challenge finding the right track to accompany your videos. There are of course the copyright issues, so you’ve probably had to either pay a...
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AlphaBeats - playing music to pause the mind
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th January 2021
AlphaBeats is a startup that's created an innovative way to help us all us fight stress while we unwind listening to our favourite music...
In our modern, always-connected world, we often mistake for relaxation time what is actually just sitting in a more comfortable chair to stress about things, perhaps on our phone instead of our laptop. We finish work and let out that relieved work’s-o...
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Koor - the app that helps choral singers improve their technique and musicianship
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th May 2020
The lowdown on Koor, the innovative app that lets choirs practice together - even when they are physically apart...
Choir singing is a more common pastime, part-time job, or full-time job than most of us would think. There are an estimated 100 million choirs in the world, be they church choirs or backing choirs for orchestral pieces, pop music, rock, death metal, or those bunches of people that...
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Technology for ticketed online shows is popping up. Should artists charge for their streams?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th April 2020As quarantine, social distancing and complete lack of opportunities to earn money off live music are stretching on, the question arises – can performers actually charge for online, live streamed concerts using technology? Mary Ivanova from 'music interaction ecosysytem' Show4me, shares all...
Just a few days ago Facebook announced they will be unveiling functionality to allow user...
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Budget Music Videos - stock music videos for musicians, singers, and bands
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th March 2020The lowdown on Budget Music Videos, the Belfast-based startup that will help you make a music video in a matter of minutes
Musicians, singers, and bands all have to start somewhere, and that somewhere is usually the bottom. Or their parents’ garage. They have a long and arduous process of clawing their way up the ladder, booking gigs where they can, negotiating with café managers, ba...
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BookEntertainment wants to offer entertainment at your fingertips
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th February 2020
Finding entertainment for an event just became a whole lot easier, thanks to Derry-based marketplace startup BookEntertainment.
These days, we are used to getting pretty much anything we want with just a few clicks or taps. Whether it is ordering takeaway or booking a holiday, it takes a couple of minutes at most and we’re back to binge-watching something, safe in the knowledge that ...
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Tech trends that will impact music and entertainment in 2020
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th December 20192020 is just around the corner, which means it’s time to look at what technology has got in store for us in the upcoming year. Here’s an overview of some of the key trends we are seeing talked about all over the web and believe will be popularized in the music industry in the nearest future.
Theoretically, there can be over 30 trillion songs.
Music recognition technology
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Gismart invests $500k in innovative music startup Jambl
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th December 2019Berlin-based music tech startup, Jambl secures $500,000 investment from Gismart, a leading developer and publisher of entertainment-focused apps and games
Good news for Jambl, a Berlin-based music startup with the announcement that Gismart, a leading developer and publisher of entertainment-focused apps and games has made a $500,000 investment. The innovative startup is aspiring to become t...
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Lewis Loane with Signal Optimiser offers inspiration to other student entrepreneurs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th November 2019
Signal Optimiser, created by Lewis Loane, is an electronic signal device that sits between your instrument and your amp to allow maximum sound quality to transfer...
Any musician who uses an amplifier - and anyone else with common sense - knows that you want the maximum amount of sound quality to reach the amp from your instrument. Using a wireless connection between, say, your guitar and ...
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Show4me aims to be the ecosystem for the music industry
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th November 2019Musician or fan? Record label or promoter? This music-tech startup, Show4me could be for you...
London-based Show4Me is an ecosystem for all angles of the music industry, from music lovers, to budding musicians, to industry professionals. Through regular interaction with fans, artists can start a dialogue in order to gauge the demand for their music and shows prior to organizing a show or re...
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