SAN FRANCISCO – November 10, 2008 – MixMatchMusic (www.mixmatchmusic.com) announced today that the first five bands have adopted its Remix Wizard and begun fan-oriented remix promotions. Each of the bands have loaded guitar, bass, keys, drums and/or other music stems into personalized versions of the Remix Wizard, and invited their fans to remix, mash up and create new sounds with them.

The MixMatchMusic Remix Wizard is a lightweight widget bands install on their sites to engage fans in their music. 

The first bands to engage fans with Remix Wizard-powered promotions span hip hop, electronic pop and techno, and include The Bayliens, Throw Me the Statue, Enzyme Dynamite, HMD and Gavroche.

"We're using the Remix Wizard to get closer to and involve our fans," said Jared Magers, aka "Enzyme Dynamite" of The Bayliens.  "With the remix promotion we've tapped into some passionate fans and discovered some really talented people among them. We're already seeing dope mixes, and might even incorporate some of the new sounds going forward." 

MixMatchMusic enables musicians to collaborate on, profit from and engage fans with their music.

The MixMatchMusic artist solution is built on four key building blocks:

•    A dynamic music community.  MixMatchArtists contribute parts of songs, called stems, such as guitar riffs, drum and vocal tracks; works in progress; or finished songs.  Community members can search thru this catalog of sounds and songs to find stems to complement their own song ideas and works in progress.  They can also communicate with other musicians to discuss song or album projects.  Casual fans – even those who don't play an instrument – can experiment with the sounds, discover new music and download stems or songs for use as ringtones or soundtracks for slide shows.

•    The MixMaker audio sequencer.  Members of the community use the sequencer to mix, match, mash up and manipulate their stems along with stems contributed by various artists.  The sequencer combines and synchronizes stems and tracks; its edit tools are powerful and precise, but easy-to-use.

•    The MixMatchMusic marketplace. The marketplace is an enlightened system of rights tuned to the unique requirements of digital music and the needs of digital musicians.  The marketplace also includes highly transparent accounting processes and transaction logs that ensure musicians know the status of their work, are attributed and paid whenever it is downloaded or used in other art, or even by casual fans as ringtones.  Musicians collect 85 cents on each dollar transacted.

•    The Remix Wizard is a widget installed on artist sites or MySpace pages that provides fans direct access to a simplified, lightweight version of the sequencer.  Artists load stems of their songs into the Remix Wizard and invite their fans to mix and match the various parts and create entirely new compositions from those parts. The Remix Wizard is a simple-to-install and easy-to-use widget that gives indie artists a cool viral tool for engaging fans, and allows them to emulate the hugely popular remix promotions mounted by bands such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails.

Participation in the MixMatchMusic community and use of its MixMaker audio sequencer are free to musicians and casual fans alike.  Fees are incurred when stems, works in progress or finished songs are downloaded for sale or other use. 


About MixMatchMusic

MixMatchMusic was founded to serve the needs of millions of independent and semi-professional musicians.  Its services, technologies and community enable musicians to collaborate on, profit from and engage fans with their music. 

MixMatchMusic is based in Silicon Valley and is angel-backed.

For more information contact:
Sue Ellen Schaming    sueellenpr@gmail.com     or 415 722 8583