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Rocketsurgeon is a Chicago-based experience design firm with an expertise in digital music and entertainment. We use our deep knowledge of emerging market models and ability to create engaging experiences to help artists, labels and entertainment properties transform their business into the music 2.0 world.
This section has been officially transformed into the Music 2.0 Directory. Instead of a static list of links, allows you to browse companies by categories. Additionally you can rate companies and post comments for each one.
The Music 2.0 Directory is a comprehensive listing of all the companies and tools that are participating in the new music revolution. Directory categories and companies are listed on the sidebar. Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up current with the latest submissions. Have a suggestion for a listing? Contact us.
Bandloop is simple and powerful - Add bands to your loop, then we alert you to their local shows and new messages. The more bands you add, the better it works! Search for your local favorites - we track over 500,000 bands across the globe.
The leading music hosting site for unsigned artists and bands and for new Indie music video and free MP3 downloads. We provide the perfect platform for exciting new independent artists and bands to be heard globally on the internet.
Just tell us where you’re going, and the kind of music you like. We’ll do the rest. You get a playlist created to match your journey, with music that relates to your route. Discover new music, artists and trivia, and enjoy the simple pleasure of driving with great music.
ConcertAttack is a live music community where artists and fans share their concert experiences through their concert pictures, reviews, videos and tour journals.
All too often, the way bands keep track of all their information is scattered, duplicative, and oftentimes overwhelming. Bandize is a common place, a place that’s accessible from anywhere, one that all band members can view and contribute to, one that’s already set up for you the way bands need it to be. It’s true organization for bands.
Gogoyoko is a fair play social music marketplace, where artists and music fans can transact and interact. We’re an online music shop, but also so much more. Gogoyoko is made by artists for artists and is all about fair play. That’s why we strive to keep the best deal out there for artists. Apart from legal obligations (royalty and transaction fees) we don’t take any cut from music sales. Additionally, we share 40% of our income from advertisements with artists based on the streaming of their music.
Mugasha allows electronic dance music fans to listen to DJ sets like they were albums. Users are able to view tracklists, skip tracks, and jump to specific songs. They have the ability to quickly skim through sets or instantly play any song contained at any point in any DJ set. Mugasha features sets from the worlds biggest DJs (including Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, and Above and Beyond) and provides a social platform for fans to interact, discuss, and discover brand new music.
Fabchannel.com brings you a wide variety of live music in sound and vision. From upcoming acts to big stars playing rock, hiphop, folk, avant-garde and everything in between.
Allows you to stream music based on years, moods, and other criteria. It learns as you interact with the system to give you better and better recommendations.
WhoSampled.com is a community site for sharing, exploring and discussing the use of samples in modern music. Anyone can submit information about a sample and subject to approval it will be published on the site to be discussed by the world.
Share music on Twitter! Submit a link to an mp3 file you’ve found on the Web. Your friends will get a short link to a page allowing them to play the song right in the browser.
Builds you an unlimited number of mix-tapes (of up to 16-songs each) with plenty of fresh music you should be interested in based on your current choices. Other services passively suggest songs that you probably don’t care about. ‘I Like B-Sides’, on the other hand, actively suggests random-mixes of less-popular but enjoyable songs (that you don’t already have) by the artists you already like.
LoomTV is your new access to the online video world - the ultimate community for every kind of user-generated television! Create your own channels and add your favorite music videos, TV series, cartoons, documentaries or whatever you are interested in. Share them with other users by presenting them in your profile, embedding them in your messages or post them in the chat.
See what other users are interested in and meet people with related interests. Enjoy watching your favorite videos non-stop - without clicking from one video to another. Search also music, online radio, webcasts, short news and online games and combine up to three services at a time.
Twisten.fm (pronounced TWISS-en-dot-eff-em) is a mashup that crawls Twitter for tweets about music. It then takes those tweets and throws in a play button so that you can listen to the song being talked about.