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We spent four days in Cannes for the Midem conference, and it was a whirlwind of podcast recording and great conversations! We captured one keynote, two conference "previews," six chats with music tech movers and shakers, and interviews with twelve startups who competed in the Midemlab pitch sessions. It's a wonder we got any sleep! Catch up at your own pace: listen to it all on our #musictectonics podcast episodes. Here are quick links to everything we made in Cannes: Midem

Jambl founder Gad Hinkis met up with podcast host Dmitri Vietze on the beach at Cannes to share his Midemlab-winning rap pitch! What happens when two crazy pants music tech guys sit down together? Listen in on their conversation about democratizing music creation and removing the barriers between beginners and electronic music making. Find out how the idea for Jambl came out of Gad’s experiments making electronic instruments from unexpected objects, and why Gad imagines a fut

Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Imogen Heap imagined controlling effects and loops with just her gestures, not an array of buttons, knobs and pedals. Now the Mi.Mu gloves she dreamed up are a reality- and they’re available to buy. Mi.Mu Managing Director Adam Stark chatted with podcast host Dmitri Vietze at Midem about taking the idea from an art project to a business, while staying focused on artistic expression. Find out some of the amazing things artists are doing

What’s the official online home of Queen? It’s not Queen.com, it’s Queenonline.com. Kiss.com? Nothing to do with the band- it’s a dating website. Constantine Roussos imagines a better web experience, where artists can claim their own names and fans can find authentic content. He created DotMusic to fight for control of the .music top-level domain on behalf of the music community. What key innovations set .music apart from .com? Podcast host Dmitri Vietze caught up with Consta

Fresh from ClicknClear’s win at the Midemlab pitch session in the Music Discovery & Distribution category, Chantal Epp came by the traveling podcast studio. Chantal is a music licensing cheerleader- really! How did her experience in both licensing and cheer lead her to create ClicknClear? How much untapped revenue is there in licensing music for performance sports like cheer, gymnastics, and figure skating? (Spoiler alert: it’s A LOT) Listen to this podcast episode from Canne

After Legitary won the Midemlab pitch session in the Data & Analytics category, CEO Nermina Mumic sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in Cannes for a chat. How is Legitary prying open the “black box” of music industry royalties and checking the data? Find out on this #podcast dispatch from Midem. Legitary is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our #MidemTectonics episode

Roy LaManna of Vydia stopped by the #MidemTectonics traveling podcast studio to talk about how Vydia empowers the next generation of music creators, managers, and labels. Their platform provides the digital infrastructure for audio and video distribution, content protection, rights management, advanced payments, and data tracking, all in one place. Roy discusses Vydia’s video-first approach, how their services have evolved, and why it’s more important than ever to hook audien

Would you rather work in a busy cafe or a woodland clearing? When you’re trying to get to sleep, do you want to hear soft rainfall or an ethereal harp melody? Lonofi lets you compose ambient soundscapes out of simple ingredients- and they never end or loop. Ed Tallec stopped by the #MidemTectonics podcast booth at Cannes to discuss how the app was inspired by research into urban noise, why ambient sounds help you focus better than songs, and what’s next for the app. Lonofi is

What if your playlist could adapt to how you’re feeling? Bosco Bellinghausen created Alissia Music to make music listening more personalized. He sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in Cannes to explain how Alissia learns your personal tastes and preferences and matches your mood with immersive, high-quality music. Alissia Music is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our

Sophie Ziessel and Myriam Caron stopped by the podcast booth to explain how Muzeek’s “augmented composer” provides soundtrack music that can

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Seven music tech startups will join the sophomore cohort of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) and Country Music Association’s Project Music 2016 Accelerator. These music centric startups will be onsite at the EC for a 16 week business building program that meets the unique needs of musicminded entrepreneurs by surrounding them with the curriculum, community, connections, and capital necessary to turn their ideas into reality. Project Music saw a 55% increase in applica