![]() ![]() The incentive schemes for this crowd-sourced component can be best described by quoting the company’s website: “Inside the Musixmatch community users earn points based on the actions they do on the lyrics. As CEO Ciociola points out: “Lyrics missing? We ask the community”. In this way, Musixmatch, like many other platforms, has been subjected to so-called “network effects”, where the value of the app to users has increased due to the increasing number of contributors. In this respect, Musixmatch encourages users to contribute to the catalogue, by either writing, translating, reviewing or synchronizing songs’ lyrics. These figures point out to an important feature of Musixmatch: the fundamental role that users and contributors have in creating value for the platform. ![]() 30 employees (all engineers) vs more than 50 million users/downloads. ![]() Why, in accessing lyrics, can’t we provide a better, faster, more complete, more comprehensive catalogue and user experience with songs’ lyrics?” Another, peculiar aspect of Musixmatch is the size of its workforce compared to its users’ base. In this respect, Musixmatch CEO Massimo Ciociola points out (paraphrased): “The fifth most searched category in Google is lyrics. ![]() Musixmatch has been thus ideated for users who want to search for lyrics and also who want to see/think about the lyrics while listening to a song. Spotify, Deezer, Google Play Music) so that the lyrics pop up (like in Youtube lyrics videos) when one is listening to a song on a music app in his/her device and 4) create the synchronization song(s) – lyrics, which will then be shared worldwide via Musixmatch and the apps in which Musixmatch is supported. The Musixmatch catalogue, platform and app principally allow users to: 1) access lyrics and/or their translation in other languages 2) share and/or review written down and/or translated lyrics from songs all around the world 3) synchronize their music library of many music apps (e.g. Founded in 2010, the company has grown to reach more than 60 million users around the world. Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith ( posts music crowdfunding news To suggest topics about music tech, DIY music biz or music marketing for Hypebot, contact: clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com.“Words matter” or “Your free music sounds better with lyrics” are just two of the slogans that best describe Musixmatch, the Italian start-up that has come to be the world’s largest lyrics catalog and platform. Lyrics Videos Offer An Effective Yet Low Cost Music Video Entry Point.Google Glass Song Lyrics App Under Development By MusiXmatch.MusiXmatch Combines Lyrics App With Karaoke Mic.I'm not sure who they were asking exactly, I guess he means VEVO, but now the option is in the hands of viewers who can choose it or not. After brainstorming during a Friday 'hack' day, MusixMatch decided that building a Chrome extension for YouTube was the best solution, essentially bypassing the need to 'ask for permission.'" "Apparently the company previously had a partnership with music video distributor VEVO but this fizzled out as VEVO didn’t like having song lyrics displayed, despite the popularity of sing-along captions. Steve O'Hear also has a bit of backstory: This week they announced the launched of a new Chrome extension for Google's web browser that adds lyrics to YouTube music videos like so:Īccording to TechCrunch MusiXmatch identifies videos by title which leaves some room for error though they're working on that. MusiXmatch is now providing lyrics all sorts of places including mobile apps, a Spotify desktop app and tv screens via Apple's AirPlay. Though I haven't written before about MusiXmatch I have an ongoing interest in the use of lyrics to create interesting music videos and to add monetization streams. ![]()
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