Los Angeles-based B2B music licensing firm Songtradr has acquired AI metadata and music search firm, Musicube.
Primarily based in Hamburg, Germany, Musicube’s database contains greater than 50 million tune titles, in addition to greater than 500 key phrases (comparable to moods, musical traits, content material from tune lyrics and plenty of extra).
In press supplies saying the information, Songtradr states that Musicube makes use of neural networks and proprietary synthetic intelligence to assist match music to content material and a model’s target market.
Songtradr says that this expertise enhances its personal B2B music options “that harness the facility of information and tech-enabled intelligence with inventive excellence”.
Musicube’s proprietary software program is delivered through net widgets and an API that gives what Songtradr calls “pristine metadata at scale” for music labels, publishers, music supervisors, amongst many different audiences.
The expertise additionally permits clients to seek for tracks, playlists and artists based mostly on audiences, moods, genres, vocal options, devices, tempo and extra.
Along with Musicube, Songtradr’s portfolio of music firms contains Huge Music (acquired in June 2021), Huge Sync Music (acquired in February 2019) and Track Zu (acquired in March 2021).
Different firms acquired by Songtradr embody movie, TV and gaming music information platform Tunefind, and Pretzel, which supplies DMCA-proof music for Twitch and YouTube livestreamers.
In September 2020, Songtradr invested $1m in music credit score useful resource Jaxsta, inks unique partnership
Songtradr has a crew of greater than 350 folks and places of work in 12 international locations worldwide.
“Including the Musicube applied sciences, information and extraordinary crew to Songtradr will assist speed up our enterprise buyer person expertise.”
Paul Wiltshire, Songtradr
“Musicube has approached audio evaluation from a completely distinctive perspective and this acquisition accelerates our mission to extend the worth and effectiveness of music in content material,” stated Paul Wiltshire, CEO of Songtradr.
“Their spectacular crew of passionate musicologists and information scientists perceive the facility of information and its relationship with music, which in the end advantages our model and company clients in addition to music rights holders.
“With a view to have the world’s finest B2B music search and advice expertise, we’d like premier metadata enrichment expertise, which is a key part of the B2B music provide chain.
“Including the Musicube applied sciences, information and extraordinary crew to Songtradr will assist speed up our enterprise buyer person expertise.”
“We’re extremely joyful to hitch this distinctive crew of music lovers and technologists as each single dialog we have now had could be characterised by each cordiality and an formidable agenda.
David Hoga, Musicube
David Hoga, CEO and founding father of Musicube, added: “Songtradr is probably the most thrilling music firm we have now seen in a really very long time.
“We’re extremely joyful to hitch this distinctive crew of music lovers and technologists as each single dialog we have now had could be characterised by each cordiality and an formidable agenda.
“We share a standard imaginative and prescient of an artist-friendly music business, utilizing information to attain it.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
