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How it works

Introduction

Think of our service as the 'Google' of professional song placement. A simple, no-frills web interface that gives you the songs you want in 3 easy steps. No tedious and endless lists of dropdown menus with too many confusing options. And copyright holders do not have to worry either about just anyone hearing their precious works. The .Songs Network will only be accessible by registered, professional members of the music industry.

.SongMatch®
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How can it be done? Well, unlike text-based music search engines, .Songs "sonifies" searches. Word driven searches simply cannot deliver the new music discovery and enlightment that .Songs will bring. Our team understands that finding the perfect track is not only about keywords but also about sounds and moods. Using .SongMatch®, based on MusicIP's revolutionary "sounds-like" search technology, song seekers can now easily single out that perfect track and stream near-CD-quality songs, similar to their favourites. Results are dynamically programmed and are based on a combination of machine-based programming, human input from the copyright owners and .Songs musicologists.

.SongRank®
SongRank® is based on our unique patent-pending computer algorithms which makes sure that the most relevant tracks will end up at the top of your results list. So no more time-consuming sifting through hundreds or even thousands of irrelevant songs, which is so often the case with many existing online (and off-line!) services.

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Common Obstacles

Our market research has shown the following:

Generally, professional song seekers (e.g. music managers, A&R, music producers, etc.) are put off by online song searching because:

Obstacle 1:
"There are too many websites out there with thousands of poor quality tracks" - 92%

.Songs accepts only songs with at least one writer who is a member of a collection society, such as ASCAP, BMI, MCPS/PRS or any foreign equivalent. .SongRank® will also make sure that the most relevant tracks will end up at the top of your results list. So no more time-consuming sifting through hundreds or even thousands of irrelevant songs! We are also looking at solutions to give exposure to aspiring songwriters and/or producers.

Obstacle 2:
"I never have enough time and the majority of websites are difficult to use and contain too much irrelevant advertising which gets in the way" - 73%

Our unique and no-frills online interface will vastly speed up the huge task of finding that needle in the haystack through combining our patent-pending song-ranking engine .SongRank® together with .SongMatch®. No obtrusive advertising either.

Obstacle 3:
"Music publishers and pro songwriters/producers don't really use these sort of sites as they have the music industry connections already in place so I don't bother visiting them" - 64%

.Songs has been built from the ground up with the music industry professional in mind. Featuring non-conventual functions, such as .SongMatch® 'sounds-alike' searches, it will prove to be especially popular with music publishers with large repertoires. Imagine the benefits of locating 'sound-alike' songs within your own repertoire in less than a second!
Furthermore, apart from discovering great new (and unexpected) music from professional songwriters and producers worldwide, .Songs will also be offering additional online tools to allow members to communicate more effectively with their existing contacts. On top of all this, it will be the best place to hang out and source info, no matter at which level you are.

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