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MobBase Integrates Soundcloud & BandsInTown, Adds Key Distribution Partners

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on September 20, 2010

in DIY, MobBase, music, music business, technology, and tools for musicians

. 1 Comment Tags: 429 Records, Apple, artist iPhone apps, ArtistData, BandsInTown, BFM Digital, Charles Feinn, Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Ditto Music, Everclear, IODA, iPhone Apps, IRIS, iTunes, John McLaughlin, Jump Smokers, mixmatchmusic, MobBase, music marketing, Musicfinity, Parkway Drive, Paul Thorn, Pepper, Rebelution, Red Bull Records, RX Bandits, Sargent House, Shoutcast, Silverback Music, SMC Recordings, Soundcloud, Steven Corn, the indie, Todd Cronin, Town Thizzness, Tunecore, Vanguard Records, Veronica Ballestrini, Welk Music Group, Zion I.

MobBase, the fast, easy and inexpensive way for you to build your own iPhone app, has integrated Soundcloud and BandsInTown to its service to make it easier for artists to share music and get fans to their gigs. MobBase is also making it easier for artists to get their own apps by making them available from BFM Digital, Ditto Music, Musicfinity, and The Indie.

The new capabilities and distribution relationships coincide with an important new milestone – 325 MobBase apps have been developed and released since the service debuted in November, 2009.

“MobBase helps artists build their careers by making it easy and inexpensive for them to connect and engage with fans,” said Charles Feinn, co-founder and CEO of MixMatchMusic, MobBase’s developer. “Integrating Soundcloud and BandsInTown adds sought-after functionality, and distribution with BFM Digital, Ditto Music, Musicfinity, and The Indie makes it even easier for them to get the app they really want.”

More power to connect and engage fans
BandsInTown is a platform that connects live music fans to their favorite artists. Its integration with MobBase makes it painless for an artist to add and manage tour dates, with information about shows, including when and where it’s taking place and how to get tickets, sourced from artists’ Facebook and Myspace pages, ArtistData and thousands of venues around the world.

Soundcloud’s integration with MobBase makes it even easier for artists to add music to their custom apps. Artists can now stream tracks directly from their Soundcloud library into their MobBase app, eliminating the manual loading of mp3 files. The integration makes it fast and simple for artist to get their music into fans’ hands and on their phones.

The new technology partners complement existing integrations with Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and Shoutcast. MobBase’s capabilities and extensive relationships with its technology partners make it a complete solution for artists.

“Our mantra is ‘get fans to the gig,'” said Todd Cronin, CEO of BandsInTown. “It’s a huge win for an artist to be able to deliver essential gig info via the same app they use to connect with fans, on the device that is with them every waking moment.”

More places to get your own custom iPhone app
BFM Digital, Ditto Music, The Indie, and Musicfinity are each offering their artists the opportunity to get their own, custom MobBase app. MobBase is also offered through IODA, Iris, and Tunecore – in addition, indie labels including Silverback Music/Controlled Substance Sound Labs, SMC Recordings, Welk Music Group, Vanguard Records, Town Thizzness, Red Bull Records, Sargent House, and 429 Records are also offering MobBase apps and promoting MobBase to their artists.

“BFM’s label partners are creating iPhone apps because they see the value of connecting with fans in real time via mobile technology,” said Steven Corn, CEO of BFM Digital. “MobBase is an ideal partner for such applications, as they are highly customizable, user-friendly and affordable for indie artists.”

More apps for more artists
More than 325 MobBase iPhone apps have been released so far, with scores more in development or in the Apple queue for approval. Prominent artists including Pepper, Parkway Drive, John McLaughlin, and Everclear are among the bands that have built and launched their own MobBase apps. MobBase is the preferred app solution for indie artists such as Rebelution, Paul Thorn, Jump Smokers, RX Bandits, Zion I, and Veronica Ballestrini.

Fast, easy and inexpensive way for artists to get their own iPhone app
MobBase is the low cost way for musicians to share music, photos, videos, tweets, news, information about shows, merchandise and other content with fans on their mobile devices. MobBase apps are priced for starving artists and also artists who remember what it is like to starve, with many artists paying as little as $0.50 a day for their own custom iPhone app.

MobBase Growing 100 Percent A Month With 200+ iPhone Apps Released

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on April 19, 2010

Alan Khalfin

in future of music, MobBase, music, music business, technology, and tools for musicians

. Closed Tags: Apple, artist iPhone apps, Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Eric Rachmany, House Music Channel. Flawless Radio, Indie Music Tech, IODA Promonet, iPhone Apps, Iration, Jump Smokers, mixmatchmusic, MobBase, Nurse Jackie, Pepper, Rebelution, Remix Comps, Silverback Artist Management, Sound Healing, Town Thizzness, Veronica Ballestrini, Wink Sound.

MobBase grew explosively throughout the first quarter of 2010, doubling the number of iPhone apps released each month, month-over-month. The steep sales ramp is proving the market for iPhone applications that connect musicians with fans. MobBase is the new service that makes it easy for musicians, record labels, recording studios, radio stations, music festivals and others involved in the music business to create, launch and manage their own, custom iPhone application.

“We’re seeing the proverbial hockey stick sales curve,” said Charles Feinn, CEO and co-founder of MixMatchMusic, MobBase’s developer. “We’re delighted MobBase is taking flight. We’re also excited that we’re helping shape the way artists and the music industry use mobile applications to connect with fans, build careers and audiences.”

MobBase launched in November 2009, releasing its first 50 apps in 90 days. Since then it has doubled the number of apps released every month, reaching the 100 milestone in March 2010 and 200 in April 2010.

“The majority of our music is being spread by our fans,” said Eric Rachmany, guitarist and lead vocalist of Rebelution. “Our MobBase app gives them the opportunity to have everything Rebelution in the palm of their hands at all times, to project to whomever and whenever they feel. It’s a great marketing tool.”

MobBase is a low cost way for musicians to create a mobile app and share music, photos, videos, tweets, news, information about shows, merchandise and other content with fans on their mobile devices. MobBase apps are priced for starving artists and also artists who remember what it is like to starve, with many artists paying as little as $0.50 a day for their own custom iPhone app.

MobBase apps are being used by artists as diverse as Pepper, Veronica Ballestrini, Jump Smokers, and Iration, and also by labels such as Controlled Substance Sound Labs/Silverback Artist Management and Town Thizzness. The Showtime network’s Nurse Jackie television series has its own MobBase app for the show’s soundtrack, as does the Sound Healing yoga audio companion.

Additionally, radio and music discovery pioneers including IODA Promonet, House Music Channel and Flawless Radio have made MobBase their preferred way to connect with fans on their mobile devices. And music industry blogs and media such as Indie Music Tech, Remix Comps and Wink Sound rely on MobBase apps to extend their reach and impact.

MobBase: iPhone Apps for Bands, Musicians and the Rest of the Music Industry Too!

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on March 30, 2010

Alan Khalfin

in MobBase, music, music business, social media, technology, and tools for musicians

. 1 Comment Tags: 72 Meditations, 9th Wonder, Apple, Beeda Weeda, Blackalicious, Canibus, Controlled Substance Sound Labs, D.Lo, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dj Fresh, Eddi Projex, Fishbone, Flash Records, Flawless Radio, G-Stack, House Music Channel, IM Culture, Independent Media, Indie Music Tech, IODA, IODA Promonet, iPhone Apps, J.Stalin, Let It Burn Records, Little Brother, LyricShare, Mat McHugh, Metal Postcard Records, Mistah Fab, MobBase, music blog iPhone apps, music festival iPhone apps, Music Industry iPhone apps, Music iPhone Apps, music school iPhone apps, Nobel Records, Nurse Jackie, Nurse Jackie Soundtrack, Pepper, Philthy Rich, Rebelution, record label iPhone apps, Remix Comps, Shady Nate, Silverback Artist Management, Sleepy D, Slightly Stoopid, SMC Recordings, Sound Healing, Stevie Joe, Sublime, Tanya Morgan, The Beautiful Girls, the Expendables, the Hieroglyphics, Thizz Nation, Town Thizzness, venue iPhone apps, Wink Sound.

You probably know that MobBase makes it easy for musicians, bands, artists and DJs to create, launch and manage their own, custom iPhone apps. You may have even downloaded one of the more than 150 MobBase artist apps available in iTunes. But, if you’re not a musician, band, artist or DJ, did you know that MobBase makes it easy for you to make your own mobile app too?

If you’re a music industry blog/publication, record label, radio station, venue, music festival, music school, recording studio, gear/instrument company, or other music related project/company, MobBase can greatly help you connect with your audience through a custom iPhone app. For as little as $0.50 a day, you can use MobBase to build a dynamic app that shares music, photos, videos, tweets, news, event info, merchandise and other content with fans on their mobile devices. Here’s a little taste of the different types of music industry players that are using MobBase to connect with their fans:

Music Industry Blogs, Publications and Resources:

Indie Music Tech: A blog that explores the technologies enabling the music industry.
Remix Comps: A community of remix contest enthusiasts that provides information on the latest remix contests going on across the web, and features streaming versions of remix contest winners.
Wink Sound: A resource for music production videos and tutorials on Ableton, Logic, Pro-Tools, Reason, and Cubase, as well as on mixing, mastering, recording audio, beat making and Djing.
Evolving Music: You’re looking at it dude 🙂

Record Labels and Other Music Companies:

Controlled Substance Sound Labs/Silverback Artist Management: Record label and artist management firm; artists include Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Fishbone, The Beautiful Girls, Mat McHugh, Rebelution, and The Expendables.
Town Thizzness: Record label created by Thizz Nation and SMC Recordings; artists include Mistah Fab, J.Stalin, D.Lo, Sleepy D, Beeda Weeda, Philthy Rich, Dj Fresh, Stevie Joe, Shady Nate, G-Stack, and Eddi Projex.
Independent Media: Marketing and artist development company; artists include K’Naan, Tanya Morgan, J*Davey, Canibus, Shaya, Truthlive and Sin.
Let It Burn Records: European hardcore record label.
Flash Records: German electronica record label
Nobel Records: Norwegian record label; artists include Jazzmaster, Bang Bang, and True Blue.
Metal Postcards Records: Hong Kong based metal record label.

Radio and Music Discovery:

IODA Promonet: A promotional distribution network from IODA that helps fans discover and share music from thousands of top independent artists and labels around the world.
House Music Channel: A destination for all things house music, featuring exclusive music, mixed sets, news, information, and events from today’s hottest names in house music.
Flawless Radio: An app that helps you discover new music and news from the hottest emerging and developing hip-hop artists.
LyricShare: A Gospel and Christian music destination that gives unrivaled access to music, pictures, lyrics, sheet music, and videos.

Soundtracks and Soundscapes:

Sound Healing: This app is the perfect audio companion to meditation and yoga, and includes 72 relaxing songs for meditation.
Nurse Jackie Soundtrack: The official app for the soundtrack for Showtime’s Nurse Jackie.

MobBase Gains Traction with 50+ iPhone Apps

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on February 3, 2010

Alan Khalfin

in DIY, MobBase, music, music business, startups, technology, and tools for musicians

. 2 Comments Tags: Apple, artist iPhone apps, Bret Bollinger, Charles Feinn, Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Everclear, IODA, iPhone Apps, iTunes, Jump Smokers, mixmatchmusic, MobBase, Pepper, Rebelution, Red Bull Records, RX Bandits, Sargent House, Silverback Music, SMC Recordings, the Jacka, Town Thizzness, Vanguard Records, Welk Music Group.

Some great news straight from the MixMatchMusic garage (aka HQ)! MobBase is proving the market for iPhone applications that connect musicians with their fans, with more than 50 applications launched since the service debuted this past November. MobBase is the new service that makes it easy for musicians and music companies to create, launch and manage their own, custom iPhone applications.

“The Pepper iPhone app is helping us stay to connected with our fans 24/7 and the connection has been amazing,” said Bret Bollinger, a founder of Hawaii’s premier rock band. “We’ve seen a huge influx of new fans and have been able to reconnect with long time fans through our app’s integration with Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and many other sites since its launch.”

Pepper fans have installed the band’s MobBase iPhone app more than 25,000 times since the start of 2010, and have streamed Pepper’s music more than 500,000 times through the app. The Pepper app was featured in iTunes’ “What’s Hot” section in mid-January.

“For Pepper it starts with great music. They are also a great example of a band using all of the tools at their disposal to connect and engage with fans online and on their mobile devices,” said Charles Feinn, CEO and co-founder of MixMatchMusic, MobBase’s developer. “A custom iPhone app is an important part of that mix, and key to the equation that results in engaged fans buying more concert tickets, band merchandise and music.”

MobBase is a low cost way for musicians to share music, photos, videos, tweets, news, information about shows, merchandise and other content with fans on their mobile devices.

Bands like Everclear, RX Bandits, Rebelution, the Jacka, and Jump Smokers are finding it easy to create their own custom iPhone apps, and easy to add, manage and update content in real time through the MobBase dashboard.

IODA, one of the world’s leading digital distribution companies, is promoting MobBase as its premier solution for iPhone applications.

“We have had a great response thus far from our clients to MobBase’s iPhone apps,” said Adam Rabinovitz, vice president of marketing at IODA. “Mobbases’s web interface enables real time updating which is great for touring artists and busy, on-the-go label managers. We’ve also been testing the product ourselves with the IODA Promonet app and have been very pleased with the results.”

Additionally, indie labels Silverback Music/Controlled Substance Sound Labs, SMC Recordings, Welk Music Group, Vanguard Records, Sugar Hill Records, Town Thizzness, Red Bull Records, Sargent House, and 429 Records are also offering MobBase apps and are promoting it to their artists.

MobBase is priced for starving artists and also artists who remember what it was like to starve, with many artists paying as little as $0.50 a day for their own app. So, start building your app today! Or contact us to learn more about how to build mobile apps.

MixMatchMusic Launches MobBase — IODA, Indie Music Labels Market MobBase iPhone App to Artists

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on November 3, 2009

Alan Khalfin

in MobBase, music, music business, technology, tools for musicians, and web 2.0

. 5 Comments Tags: 429 Records, Big Light, Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Easy Star All-Stars, Everclear, Greg Laswell, IODA, iPhone Apps, mixmatchmusic, MobBase, Pepper, Promonet, Rebelution, Red Bull Records, RX Bandtis, Sargent House, Shanghai Restoration Project, SMC Recordings, Sugar Hill Records, Town Thizzness, Vanguard Records, Welk Music Group.

The MobBase iPhone app for musicians launched today with an exclusive partnership with IODA, one of the world’s leading digital distributors of independent music and film, and with broad support from top indie music labels including Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Welk Music Group, Vanguard Records and SMC Recordings. MobBase is the new service for musicians that makes it easy and inexpensive to create, launch and manage their own custom iPhone applications.

MobBase, a service of MixMatchMusic, helps artists connect with fans to share music, photos, videos, tweets, news, information about shows, merchandise and other content with fans on their mobile devices.

IODA promoting MobBase as exclusive app solution to artists and labels

IODA is offering a special version of the MobBase iPhone app to its roster of independent labels and artists, including Easy Star All Stars, Big Light and Shanghai Restoration Project, each of which are launching their own MobBase app this week.

“The MobBase iPhone app is an innovative and low-cost solution for independent artists who want to participate in the explosively popular iPhone app market” said Adam Rabinovitz, vice president of marketing at IODA. “Now IODA artists can easily create their own custom app and tap into the next level of fan communication.”

IODA clients will benefit from a custom version of the MobBase app that will integrate streaming music and real-time performance metrics from IODA’s unique promotional platform, Promonet. Rightsholders will be able to track mobile app streams in real time alongside other online promotional activity such as blog downloads from across the Promonet network.

Additionally, IODA is launching its own music discovery and promotion iPhone app built with the MobBase platform. The IODA Promonet app will enable music fans to discover and listen to a wide array of new tracks drawn from IODA’s diverse catalog, now featuring artists such as Pink Martini, Deer Tick, Aventura, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Tinariwen, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Apples in Stereo, and Vic Chestnutt.

Top indie labels promote acts with MobBase

The MobBase iPhone app has also received broad support from top indie music labels, including Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Welk Music Group, Town Thizzness and SMC Recordings. Controlled Substance Sound Labs, is launching its own MobBase app, and acts signed to the label, including Pepper, Rebelution, Fishbone and the Expendables will be launching their own apps as well. Town Thizzness is launching its own MobBase app. Other strategic partners include Vanguard Records, Sugar Hill Records, SMC Recordings, Red Bull Records, Sargent House, and 429 Records, who will be offering MobBase iPhone apps to their roster of artists.

“In addition to IODA’s roster of thousands of top indie labels, Controlled Substance, Town Thizzness, and SMC dramatically extend our reach,” said Charles Feinn, MixMatchMusic CEO and co-founder. “With their help we’re making it possible for every artist to build and manage their own high quality app, and for every artist to connect with fans on their mobile devices”

Feinn said the labels and IODA are promoting MobBase as their solution for mobile applications, and that it is being marketed on the firms’ websites, via direct marketing and other channels.

Everclear, RX Bandits and other top indie artists connect with fans using MobBase

Artists including Everclear, RX Bandits, Greg Laswell, and Pepper are among the more than 20 bands launching their own custom iPhone apps built with MobBase, according to MixMatchMusic.

Feinn said the strong initial response is good but not surprising news. “Custom iPhone apps have for too long been just for the top selling artists,” he said. “With MobBase every artist can have an inexpensive yet high quality app.”

He said many artists aim to engage and involve listeners in their music in order to build deep and lasting connections with them. Increasingly, these connections drive sales of concert tickets, band merchandise and music. Likewise modern music fans are looking for more and deeper interaction with musicians.

“MobBase is the easy and inexpensive solution,” said Feinn.

Mobile music marketing

MobBase gives artists a mobile, interactive fan club, storefront, merchandise table, and more. The MobBase application is highly customizable, so artists can pick and choose the content they offer to fans and also the way that content is presented. To see all the MobBase iPhone apps that are live in iTunes, click here.

A custom iPhone app for as little as 50 cents a day

MobBase is priced to be accessible to any artist. It costs just $20 to get going and many artists will never pay more than $15 a month to deliver music, photos, videos, tweets, info about gigs, merch and more to hundreds of fans.

.Evolving Music.