Musicane
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Musicane is a social shopping and discovery network. Users can feature, recommend and find new music and products through feeds and themed mixes and broadcast to all their existing online communities. Every user gets their own Musicane widget which can be embedded on websites, social network pages, and blogs. The widgets can directly retail music and physical products and contains all the user's featured items, mixes and media. Musicane offers all their users affiliate commissions on all music they help sell. Musicane is currently an MP3 retail partner with Universal Music Group
and The Orchard and works with over 50,000 independent artists.
Musicane was founded by internet entrepreneurs Vikramaditya Jain, Sudhin Shahani, Kale McNaney, and Josh Zibit. Musicane offers services that allow internet users to buy, sell or share music online.
In September 2006, The Black Eyed Peas
' Will.i.am joined Musicane as head of the company's marketing department.
Recently, Musicane garnered attention for partnering with Lil Wayne
to sell Tha Carter III Direct-to-Fan
via his website and widget and spreading 54,000 widgets in 1 week. They also distributed Saul Williams
' album Niggy Tardust. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor
came out in support of the company's distribution services in an interview with New York Magazine.
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
and The Orchard and works with over 50,000 independent artists.
Musicane was founded by internet entrepreneurs Vikramaditya Jain, Sudhin Shahani, Kale McNaney, and Josh Zibit. Musicane offers services that allow internet users to buy, sell or share music online.
In September 2006, The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
' Will.i.am joined Musicane as head of the company's marketing department.
Recently, Musicane garnered attention for partnering with Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
to sell Tha Carter III Direct-to-Fan
Direct-to-Fan
Direct-to-Fan is a business model used by independent musicians, independent music labels, music marketing professionals, promoters, and others in the music industry...
via his website and widget and spreading 54,000 widgets in 1 week. They also distributed Saul Williams
Saul Williams
Saul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...
' album Niggy Tardust. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...
came out in support of the company's distribution services in an interview with New York Magazine.
Artists Using Musicane
- The Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
- Saul WilliamsSaul WilliamsSaul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...
- Lil' Wayne
- Sugarland
- Jason MrazJason MrazJason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
- Ashanti
- Teddy GeigerTeddy Geiger-Singles:-Album appearances:-Television and movie appearances:-External links:****...
- Brazilian GirlsBrazilian GirlsBrazilian Girls was a band from New York City known for their eclectic blend of electronic dance music with musical styles as diverse as tango, chanson, house, reggae and lounge. None of the members are actually from Brazil and the only female in the band is Sabina Sciubba. Other members include...
- Steve AokiSteve AokiSteve Aoki is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.-Early life:...
- Elvis CostelloElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
- Julianne HoughJulianne HoughJulianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography...
- Carter's ChordCarter's ChordCarter's Chord is an American country music group composed of sisters Becky Robertson, Emily Fortney and Joanna Robertson, all of whom are singer-songwriters and vocalists...
- Henry RollinsHenry RollinsHenry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....
- A Change of PaceA Change of PaceA Change of Pace was a five piece post hardcore and pop punk band from Peoria, Arizona. The band was on both the 2005 and 2006 Warped Tours.-Biography:...
- 2 Pistols2 PistolsJeremy Lemont Saunders , better known by his stage name 2 Pistols, is an American rapper from Tarpon Springs, Florida.- Early career :...
- Prima JPrima JPrima J is an American musical group, composed of cousins Jessica and Janelle Martinez. Jessica, born on May 25, 1988, and Janelle, born on August 26, 1988, came up with the stagename "Prima J" by taking the letter "J" out of their first names, and the spanish word "prima" , and put it...
- Beer For My HorsesBeer for My Horses"Beer for My Horses" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artists Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. It was released in April 2003 as the fourth and final single from Keith's 2002 album Unleashed. The song spent six weeks at Number One on the U.S...
- Def LeppardDef LeppardDef Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...
- Night RangerNight RangerNight Ranger is an American rock band from San Francisco that gained popularity during the 1980s with a series of albums and singles. The band's first five albums sold more than 10 million copies worldwide...
- Thenewno2Thenewno2Thenewno2 are an alternative rock band from London, originally composed of Dhani Harrison and Oliver Hecks, with Harrison playing lead guitar and singing lead vocals, and Hecks playing drums and synthesizer. As of mid 2009, the live band features Harrison, Jon Sadoff, Jeremy Faccone, Nick Fyffe,...