EchoMusic iPhone and Android Music-Discovery App from ReverbNation, a company that only works with those artists just getting started in the industry.
ReverbNation has only been around for around ten years, but already it has helped over four million acts get heard and make connections, so those working at the firm have a lot of music to pick from when selecting the best and most promising.
The app features about 1,500 songs from around 800 artists. Now, that might not sound like a lot—especially compared to other services like Spotify or Pandora , both of which boast catalogs of tens of millions of tracks—but that’s precisely the point. Finding music on the internet isn’t the problem these days, it’s finding good music that can be tricky. Anyone looking for previously unknown artists or brand new great tracks could spend hours sifting through the millions of songs on YouTube or Soundcloud, but nobody really has time for that. Instead, people around the world are beginning to trust curators across all different platforms, hopefully ensuring that only the stuff worth hearing finds its way into the light. That’s what EchoMusic aims to do, pulling exclusively from the bands that work with ReverbNation. The songs available will change as new music is uploaded to Reverbnation, with each and every one being hand-picked for the app.
The music available represents all genres and groups at all stages in their careers. Some acts may have been around for years, while others may be brand new, but might be especially gifted. EchoMusic is appealing because while it was created by Reverbnation and the music is fed from one platform to another, no account with the latter is necessary.
Users can begin using the app the minute it’s downloaded, and skipping around until a gem is uncovered is quick, easy, and actually quite fun. I had an opportunity to play with the app a few months ago, and it only took a few skips until I came across something that truly caught my ear. If nothing brand new that’s any good has found its way to you recently, EchoMusic is definitely worth a try. (http://www.forbes.com/)
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ReverbNation has only been around for around ten years, but already it has helped over four million acts get heard and make connections, so those working at the firm have a lot of music to pick from when selecting the best and most promising.
The app features about 1,500 songs from around 800 artists. Now, that might not sound like a lot—especially compared to other services like Spotify or Pandora , both of which boast catalogs of tens of millions of tracks—but that’s precisely the point. Finding music on the internet isn’t the problem these days, it’s finding good music that can be tricky. Anyone looking for previously unknown artists or brand new great tracks could spend hours sifting through the millions of songs on YouTube or Soundcloud, but nobody really has time for that. Instead, people around the world are beginning to trust curators across all different platforms, hopefully ensuring that only the stuff worth hearing finds its way into the light. That’s what EchoMusic aims to do, pulling exclusively from the bands that work with ReverbNation. The songs available will change as new music is uploaded to Reverbnation, with each and every one being hand-picked for the app.
The music available represents all genres and groups at all stages in their careers. Some acts may have been around for years, while others may be brand new, but might be especially gifted. EchoMusic is appealing because while it was created by Reverbnation and the music is fed from one platform to another, no account with the latter is necessary.
Users can begin using the app the minute it’s downloaded, and skipping around until a gem is uncovered is quick, easy, and actually quite fun. I had an opportunity to play with the app a few months ago, and it only took a few skips until I came across something that truly caught my ear. If nothing brand new that’s any good has found its way to you recently, EchoMusic is definitely worth a try. (http://www.forbes.com/)
