Tag: Music tech
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AmazeVR Raises $15 Million to Bring Music Fans Virtual Reality Concerts With Artists Like Megan Thee Stallion
AmazeVR, a West Hollywood-based virtual reality startup that allows users to experience musical artists’ VR concerts, has secured $15 million in new funding.The funding round was co-led by Partners Investment and Murex Partners and was oversubscribed …
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dot.LA Summit: The Concerts of the Future Will Be Hybrid, Says Wave Co-Founder
As the pandemic shut down, cancelled and delayed events people had been looking forward to, Wave co-founder and CEO Adam Arrigo saw an opportunity.His company was founded in 2016 at a time when brands like Oculus and PlayStation were looking to bring …
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Behind the Scenes of The Rattle’s Secretive Artist Co-Op
The Rattle opened a studio in Silver Lake last year, which it operates as something between a startup accelerator, art co-op, coworking space and venture studio. Its goal is to rethink the way musicians and artists are compensated for creating somethi…
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Snafu Records Raises $6 Million to Replace Record Executives with AI
Social media has made it easier for musicians and producers to get discovered, but they still have to impress the industry’s gatekeepers to make it big — and those executives are typically white men swayed by their own biases, whether they intend it …
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Moment House’s Livestreams Aren’t For Everyone — Just the Real Fans
Moment House is a livestreaming platform that’s gained traction building an audience among music fans, but CEO and co-founder Arjun Mehta doesn’t see it as just another livestreaming platform.Like the name suggests, Mehta is trying to mold the platfor…
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Column: The Post-Label Music Industry Is Here. Here’s How Artists, Businesses and Investors Can Prosper
For decades, artists have had to rely on a music industry plagued with nepotism to reach their audiences.Since it has not always been necessary to possess real talent in order to become a well-known artist, the industry is fundamentally unequal. Gifte…
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Afterparty’s New Tool Aims to Make It Easy to Create Crypto Tokens and Tickets
The founders of Afterparty see themselves as on the forefront of a so-called “Web 3,” a reimagined internet that relies less on private intermediaries like Google and Facebook, and enables more direct connections between creators and their fans throug…
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Snap Strikes Multi-Year Deal With Universal Music Group
Snapchat users will now be able to use songs from Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift after Snap and Universal Music Group inked a deal that gives the social media network access to the music giant’s expansive catalog. The deal underscores the ongo…
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Songtradr Secures An Additional $50 Million
Songtradr, a Santa Monica-based music rights and licensing startup with deep Aussie ties, has been gobbling up smaller competitors in the past several months. On Monday, it announced it raised $50 million in Series D funding.Since January, Songtradr …