Paris Startup Has Big Plans For Online Music
Story posted on: September 07, 2008
Musinaut hopes to remake the world of online music by bringing new interactivity to downloaded songs.
The Paris company is to launch on Monday a new format for online compositions – MXP4 – that it says will give musicians the flexibility to include text and images along with their music. It also will let bands include several versions of a tune when it is downloaded over the Web.
“We will establish this as a worldwide standard,” said Trish Thomson, chief executive of the startup founded in July 2006. “That’s our goal.”
The company’s new format comes inside a software editing tool for musicians and producers, and a player listeners will need to download onto their computers. It will sit alongside the compression algorithm MP3, which is the standard format for Internet music today. The editor will sell for $499 while the player is free
Musinaut says it doesn’t want to replace MP3, but to augment its capabilities. The tool, for instance, could produce a different edition of a song every time a listener plays the tune.
Musianut has already attracted attention in Europe, raising $5 million Euros in March 2007 from Sofinnova Ventures and Ventech.
Among the items the company suggests musicians may want to include with their compositions are lyrics, scores and interviews about upcoming tours.
By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
The Paris company is to launch on Monday a new format for online compositions – MXP4 – that it says will give musicians the flexibility to include text and images along with their music. It also will let bands include several versions of a tune when it is downloaded over the Web.
“We will establish this as a worldwide standard,” said Trish Thomson, chief executive of the startup founded in July 2006. “That’s our goal.”
The company’s new format comes inside a software editing tool for musicians and producers, and a player listeners will need to download onto their computers. It will sit alongside the compression algorithm MP3, which is the standard format for Internet music today. The editor will sell for $499 while the player is free
Musinaut says it doesn’t want to replace MP3, but to augment its capabilities. The tool, for instance, could produce a different edition of a song every time a listener plays the tune.
Musianut has already attracted attention in Europe, raising $5 million Euros in March 2007 from Sofinnova Ventures and Ventech.
Among the items the company suggests musicians may want to include with their compositions are lyrics, scores and interviews about upcoming tours.
By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
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