Posted by Mike McCready | April 14th, 2011 | No responses
First the facts:
• Music Xray is the music industry’s only dedicated A&R platform.
• It’s free for industry professionals to use.
• The company is venture backed.
• It harnesses the latest technology to the benefit of those who seek new songs & talent.
• It enables the industry to open the doors of opportunity to artists everywhere while eliminating much of the hassle of separating the wheat from the chaff.
• It’s transparent and fair – making the A&R process more about how good an artist is and less about whom they know (or who they can reach on their own or of whom they can request a favor). In other words, Music Xray is professional.
· It guarantees artists get heard by those they submit to within a reasonable amount of time (unheard of in this business).
Now the data:
• More than 850 songs have been selected for real industry opportunities in the past 60 days alone!
These deals include placement in major Hollywood movie soundtracks, major TV network theme songs, major and cable network series placement, reality show auditions and placement, radio station playlist adds, label deals, magazine features, blog features, publishing deals, management deals, production deals and sample deals.
• Over 1200 industry professionals now use Music Xray to conduct at least some of their A&R activities. Among these professionals are top Hollywood music supervisors, major & indie label A&Rs, radio stations, influential music bloggers…
• The industry’s ONLY song to opportunity matching system (S2O) has created an effective way of delivering a high percentage of relevant music to the professionals’ in-box without restricting outliers and creative innovation from reaching their ears.
• Music Xray’s back-end statistics (Collective A&R) has itself produced deals between artists and industry professionals by highlighting high-potential songs that have been well-rated by multiple industry professionals yet remained unsigned. Here are a few examples:
• Dear Diary – Mary Sarah (rated consistently high by 47 professionals)
• Tastes Like Sugar – The Strike Nineteens (rated consistently high by 11 professionals)
• See You Tonight – Kotadama (rated consistently high by 16 professionals)
• One in a Million – Amanda Blush (rated consistently high by 7 professionals)
Mike McCready is an entrepreneur at the crossroads of music and technology. He pioneered the introduction of Hit Song Science into the music industry and followed up with Music Xray, the company he co-founded and serves as CEO. His companies have been the subject of case studies at Harvard Business School, IESE and he frequently guest speaks at many of the top business schools around the world. He helps the music industry identify high potential songs and talent and helps musicians get deals, get fans, & get better: http://musicxray.com