Music Xray

The page offers access to music licensing and exposure opportunities through a global network of companies seeking music.

Mike McCready, co-founder and CEO of Music Xray, discusses industry advice in an executive profile. Music Xray connects artists and songs with labels, music supervisors, and others seeking music; the company says the platform helps facilitate about 700 deals per month. Its structure collects and sifts data from participants to make predictions.

Apr 2016 · Music Connection Magazine - Informing Music People Since 1977 - Music Information - Music Education - Music Industry NewsNews article

Mike McCready built a system intended to predict music trends and identify songs with hit potential. The interviewer says the company caught their attention after Malcolm Gladwell wrote about a system that could predict hit songs in The New Yorker roughly a decade earlier. The excerpt does not provide further details about the system or its results.

Feb 2016 · Business Podcast for StartupsNews article

Performer Mag examines the growth of music analytics and why understanding data matters for independent bands.

Feb 2016 · performermag.comNews article

Music Xray begins investing in artists with high-potential songs through its Artist Investment program, which is in limited private beta. The company says its confidence in predicting successful songs, built through years of data collection and industry crowdsourcing in its closed ecosystem, underpins the initiative; it expects the program to add $100 million to the recorded music industry in 2018.

Feb 2016 · Music TectonicsNews article