Our music monitoring technology is tracking airplay of all participating Eurovision 2019 songs. A universe where disco-powered Putin satire is considered a real musical genre is one we dream of spending the rest of our days in. A universe where no pair of trousers can be deemed too tight, werewolf-themed metallic wrestling suits are stylish,…
Music Recognition in Ads: From Radio Jingles to TV Commercials
How we use our music recognition technology to detect music in advertisements. Since the radio’s invention in the 1920s, storytelling as an art form experienced a resurgence in popularity – so much so that this new sound-emitting box caused mass hysteria throughout the US with the dramatisation of an invasion from outer space. This unfortunately…
Exclusive Interview with Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara talks to BMAT Since the release of Fatou, her solo album back in 2011, Fatoumata Diawara has been rather busy as one of the most celebrated voices in African music today. The Ivorian-born singer, gigging nonstop and gracing world music lovers with a soulful blend of Wassoulou folk and spiritually-infused Afropop, can finally breathe and…
The Women of BMAT
BMAT women make the BMAT world go round. According to a selection of major tech companies’ 2018 diversity reports, women made up between 26% and 43% of employees, with a much lower percentage of women in actual tech roles. Living between both the music and tech worlds, BMAT is working on changing the tune of…
Music Detection with Deep Music Detector
Music detection, deep learning and our deep music detector. The definition of music is usually quite abstract, touching on the concepts of pitch, rhythm, and timbre. When we say that a sound has a particular pitch, it means that we can easily identify if the sound is high or low. Imagine you’re sitting in a…
The Subtle Art of Picking Your Band’s Metadata
The importance of music metadata. Apart from potential backstage antics, choosing a band name will probably be one of the most memorable things in your music career. Just imagine your mates sitting around in your grandma’s living room, tossing around names like fish at Pike Place Market. Fast forward a few months when you hear…
SUMMUS, Behind the Scenes
When I first heard about SUMMUS, I thought it was a misspelling of ‘zumos’ (juices, in Spanish), but as we started to get ready for the 3rd biennial event, it dawned on me that SUMMUS goes a step beyond its definition. More than a gathering place for forward-thinking experts, the event proved to be a…
How Venues Turn Into Revenues
Music identification impacts the artists’ revenues. After a night out on the town, we decided to research how music identification systems used in venues impact the revenue generated. Results show that music played at venues increase the industry’s long-tail and provide a significant source of income for indie and non-mainstream artists. Some weeks ago we held…
Ben Turner: “Education is the key. Artists, managers – everybody needs to understand the flow of money”
Ben Turner co-founded Muzik Magazine, he’s a director of Bestival, the International Music Summit and the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM). He’s CEO of the music management and brand services company Graphite and artist manager for a number of leading electronic music artists. Brais: Ben, how has your viewpoint of the music industry changed pre-Muzik Magazine,…
The World of Sound Effects
Sound effects in song production could eventually lead to misleading identifications. When we started to develop our audio fingerprinting technology, we made sure it worked with every sound we recorded but we still had a way ahead to delve into its nuts and bolts and overcome some of the oddities of our industry. This leads us…