Music Tech Monday: Pioneering music tech companies you should know

AIR Music Tech

AIR Music Tech is a wonderful innovator in the realm of music. It has contributed many advances to virtual instrument technology, including developing Avid’s Pro Tools software. This music tech company focuses on honing its skills to produce the best in the business of music production, DJ equipment, live sound, pro audio, instrumentation, and consumer music products.

Echo Nest

Recently acquired by Spotify, Echo Nest is an intelligence company that specializes in delivering music services to innovators and media organizations. It analyzes and comprehends the audio and underlying stylistic concepts of music, powering music data for various companies, focused on developing independent music-based applications. Its long list of clients includes BBC, Clear Channel, Island Def Jam, Spotify, MTV, and Warner Music Group.
 
Audible Magic

Audible Magic specializes in creating an intense digital media experience as a technology content provider that bolsters everything from music to videos for companies and organizations. Its automatic content recognition technology and audio identification technology enable tasks such as media synchronization or content identification to occur. Independent mobile app developers can also use this technology. Some of its customers are Soundcloud, NBC Universal, Facebook, Vimeo, and Verizon.

TuneCore

Tunecore creates a community of musicians by allowing artists to sell their music online. With this method for artists to sell their music online, musicians retain 100% of their rights and revenues through the process while being distributed worldwide to over 80 digital stores. Tunecore’s Music Publishing Administration promotes your songs to be found and licensed by music supervisors in the media industries.

Audiosocket  

Used by companies such as AP, ABC, Starbucks, and Microsoft, just to name a few, this music-licensing company enables visual media creators to find musicians’ songs easily. It uses Maas (Music as a Service) music search and licensing tech to enable the media to readily locate songs for their desired soundtracks. Application Program Interface (API) technology is also applied by Audiosocket.

TuneSat  

Tunesat uses audio-fingerprinting technology for artists who monitor, monetize, and claim the rights to their music all over the World Wide Web. This service offers multiple content formats that include flash, podcast, and video setups. Tunesat oversees the music that’s implemented in many TV stations, while also observing how music has been used in the media industries since 2010. There is also a music administration service, enabling artists to stay abreast on potential cases of copyright infringement and to regain their once lost funds.