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Soundry AI is a company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence audio generator tailored for music creation. Its platform provides a text-to-sound generation service, allowing users to produce studio-quality audio samples. By utilizing personalized training data, Soundry AI enables music producers, sound designers, and songwriters to create unique musical variations with ease. This innovative technology streamlines the creative process, empowering artists to explore new soundscapes and enhance their musical compositions.

RenderNet.ai is your go-to platform for creating high-quality, character-consistent AI images and videos tailored for marketing, advertising, and social media. Whether you’re building immersive ad campaigns, producing dynamic visuals, or enhancing your online presence, RenderNet ensures your characters stay consistent across every frame and scene. RenderNet just launched a new feature - you can now generate engaging music videos! Upload your music, select an AI character, and provide lyrics or themes to create visually stunning videos. From concept to creation, RenderNet simplifies the process of generating professional-grade, AI-powered content that captivates and resonates with your audience.

Backdrop, previously known as Twig, offers a specialized service in the form of expense management for the film, TV, and music production industry. The company operates as a vertical SaaS platform, providing a streamlined solution for managing expenses related to TV, film, music, and commercials. Backed by Y Combinator, Backdrop aims to simplify the financial aspects of production, making it easier for production companies to focus on their creative endeavors.

Decent is a company that empowers creators and developers to own and monetize their work through web3 applications that utilize non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in innovative ways beyond mere digital collectibles. It operates an online decentralized marketplace designed to facilitate on-chain crypto experiences through cross-chain transactions. This marketplace enhances connectivity for users navigating various cross-chain journeys and provides tools that simplify the implementation, customization, and overall management of their transactions. By enabling fans to support musicians and other creators via NFTs, Decent fosters a new ecosystem for creative monetization and user engagement in the digital landscape.

Discz Music is a company that operates a music discovery platform designed to help users discover and share music. The application allows individuals to find new songs and create personalized playlists, facilitating an easy and enjoyable way to explore music tailored to their tastes. Through its innovative platform, Discz Music aims to enhance the user experience in music discovery, providing a seamless interface for music enthusiasts to connect with the sounds they love.

Decent is a company that empowers creators and developers to own and monetize their work through web3 applications that utilize non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in innovative ways beyond mere digital collectibles. It operates an online decentralized marketplace designed to facilitate on-chain crypto experiences through cross-chain transactions. This marketplace enhances connectivity for users navigating various cross-chain journeys and provides tools that simplify the implementation, customization, and overall management of their transactions. By enabling fans to support musicians and other creators via NFTs, Decent fosters a new ecosystem for creative monetization and user engagement in the digital landscape.

Whyd is a music-centric social media platform based in Paris, France, founded in 2009. It offers a free service that allows users to organize, play, and share music tracks from various online sources, including YouTube and Soundcloud. By providing a browser button, Whyd enables users to collect their favorite songs from different platforms and curate them on their Whyd profiles. The platform seeks to bridge the gap between music streaming sites and social media, facilitating a seamless experience for music lovers to discover, curate, and engage with music content. Whyd aims to create a dedicated space for music enthusiasts, addressing the fragmented nature of the online music landscape and enhancing the listening and sharing experience.

Shred Video, Inc. is a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2015 that specializes in mobile video editing. The company has developed an application that allows users to easily edit their footage from devices like iPhones, GoPros, and drones by syncing the video with music from their iTunes library. Shred Video employs advanced technology to analyze camera acceleration, enabling it to identify and highlight key action moments in sports such as surfing, snowboarding, and skating. By matching these dynamic clips with the rhythmic beat of selected songs, Shred Video enhances the overall viewing experience, making it accessible for users looking to create compelling video content effortlessly.

Bop.fm is a music technology company that aggregates multiple online music services into a single interface, enabling users to search for and play any song across various platforms such as Spotify, YouTube, and SoundCloud. This service allows users to share and discover music seamlessly, regardless of the specific service their friends use. Bop.fm also partners with music content publishers, messaging clients, social networks, and artists to enhance their music offerings, providing a service-agnostic playback experience. By creating a centralized hub for music, Bop.fm aims to simplify access to songs and enhance the overall music discovery process.

Tracks.by lets artists launch new music and videos. Using the launch campaigns on the Tracks.by platform, artists can turn every music and video release into an opportunity to get likes on Facebook, find fans that love them, and go viral.

Cube is music exchanged. We make music sharing easy. Users can send and receive music from friends and follow music blogs to stay tuned in to the best new music. Cube integrates iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, and Rdio’s music catalogs.

Genius Media Group, Inc. operates an online platform that focuses on music intelligence, originally starting as a site for annotating rap lyrics. Founded in 2009 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Genius has evolved to serve a broader audience, providing insights into various music genres beyond hip-hop. The platform attracts over 100 million users monthly, enabling contributors, editors, and musicians to engage in discussions about songs and share their interpretations with a global fan base. In addition to lyrics, Genius features charts and videos, offering a comprehensive view of music and its cultural significance. Renowned artists, including Frank Ocean and Lin-Manuel Miranda, also participate in the platform, contributing their perspectives and enhancing the storytelling aspect of music.

Earbits is an online radio service that offers a commercial-free listening experience, allowing users to enjoy music without any advertisements or subscription fees. The platform features over 400 curated stations, each handpicked by a team of music editors to ensure a diverse and high-quality selection of music. Earbits is accessible globally through its website and on Android devices, making it easy for users to discover and enjoy a wide range of musical genres without interruption.

Like.fm is a fast, beautiful, and fun way to share your favorite songs. Pick a song or paste a YouTube link, select a photo, then post to Like.fm. Share to Facebook or Twitter as well.

thesixtyone is a music discovery platform designed to connect independent artists with fans, facilitating access to a wide array of new music. The platform employs a community-driven approach akin to social media, where listeners can register, receive a daily allotment of "hearts" to vote for their favorite songs, and earn reputation points as their preferred tracks gain popularity. Users can also achieve badges for engaging in various activities, such as exploring underrepresented genres or reaching certain playcount milestones. All music is fully streamable, and the platform features a tag-based playlist system for easy organization of tracks. To enhance user experience, thesixtyone incorporates an innovative ajax navigation system, allowing seamless audio playback as users navigate through the site.

Mixwit describes itself as a combination of Slide and iTunes. While it has more ambitious plans, it currently provides an easy way to make sharable mix tapes with songs found through MP3 search engines Seeqpod and Skreamr.

iJigg is a social music site that lets users vote on submitted singles using Digg-like voting. The site's home page shows what popular or recent singles the iJigg community is "jigging." Users can rate songs, embed songs on MySpace or find similar music fans. Competitors include Contrastream. Social music competitors include [FineTune](http://www.crunchbase.com/c/finetune), [Last.fm](http://www.crunchbase.com/c/last.fm), [Pandora](http://www.crunchbase.com/c/pandora) and [iLike](http://www.crunchbase.com/c/ilike).

Zecter offers consumer hybrid cloud storage solutions and media solutions that allow video and music streaming over the web.

Reble offers a software download, only for windows, that allows users to stream music from your friends who also have installed Reble. It launched into public beta on Feb. 5th, 2008, and is a [Y Combinator](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/y-combinator)-funded company.

Scoprire nuova musica attraverso Friend Radio.

Whitenoise is like a social network for the music industry. It comes with specially made tools for bands, agents, publicists, and venues to manage each part of their business. Bands will be able to manage their cross country tours by map, using a venue search to find gigs in any town they're passing through. Venues will get access to a full list of artists in their area along with samples and ways to reach their agent to book a show.

Jamglue is a music remixing community on the web.