About the blog
Hey and welcome to the Music 4.5 blog. We're covering the latest trends and topics in the music and tech industries.The blog is run by writer and journalist Charlotta Hedman. Join the discussion and send your ideas, feedback or comments to lotta @ 2pears.com
Tag Archives: start-ups
Glamming up the start-up scene in Cardiff – by pitching
By Charlotta Hedman – The start-up scene in Cardiff is terrible, there’s not enough investment. We have a great SME culture, but I just don’t see where Wales’s equivalent of Twitter, Tumblr, Groupon etc is coming from. There just don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cardiff, dizzyjam, merch, music techpitch 4.5, start-ups
Leave a comment
How to target emerging markets
By Charlotta Hedman A third of the world’s population lives in so called emerging markets and countries like China, India and Brazil are among the fastest growing economies in the world. As consumers in developing economies are becoming scared of … Continue reading
#MTECHD – Musictech Discovery 5th July 2011
To highlight entrepreneurial efforts and great ideas in the musictech area, we have started a “musictech discovery”. We will do regular shout-outs from @music4point5 about new, interesting, successful musictech startups and ideas using the hashtag #MTECHD and we would love … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged #MTECHD, music start-up, music start-ups, Musictech discovery, start-ups
Leave a comment
#MTECHD – Musictech Discovery 6th April 2011
To highlight entrepreneurial efforts and great ideas in the musictech area, we have started a “musictech discovery”. We will do regular shout-outs from @music4point5 about new, interesting, successful musictech startups and ideas using the hashtag #MTECHD and we would love … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged #MTECHD, BandCentral, beyond oblivion, Bliss Music, fanbridge, FreioMusic, get_ctrl, Headliner FM, HearItLive, mflow, music 4.5, Music Promoters, MXP4, Qtrax, SoundClick, start-ups, state51, tidysongs, tribe of noise, tunerights, twitter, voisse, WeLoveYourSongs, youphonics
Leave a comment
Licensing: The Catch-22 for music start-ups
By Charlotta Hedman It’s not easy setting up your own business. You might have a great idea, but to make it work you usually need to spend quite a lot of money. And if you’re a music start-up the situation … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged clive gardiner, gregor pryor, licensing, music industry, start-ups, we7
Leave a comment
TechCrunch pitches at Music4point5
BandCentral is a communication and organisation tool for bands. It was created by a team of musicians who wanted to find a better way of organising their activities online. Everything is being coordinated from one spot, social networking, merchandise, music … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged audiofuel, BandCentral, closecall music, cloudspeakers, decibel, digiclef, musiconcepts, pitches, psonar, sleenk, start-ups, techcrunch, thounds, tunerights
1 Comment
What teens think about music start-ups
Julia Shalet’s travelling teen panel has come to Music4point5. A diverse group of 16-17-year-olds are here to tell us geeks what sort of services they really prefer. The teens already use a range of services like Youtube, Myspace and Last.fm. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged CitySounds.fm, RjDj, start-ups, teen panel, TubeRadio.fm, zova
Leave a comment
What the music industry can learn from start-ups
How can we spend less money and acquire more customers asks Nikhil Shah of Mixcloud. Music is social, so get your users to do your marketing and help people do this more easily, through features, widgets and social media. Simple … Continue reading