MXP4 to Show SXSW Attendees How Interactive Music Will Drive Increased Fan Engagement and Create New Business Opportunities.

Visit www.mxp4.com for interactive music demos and a the MXP4 editor for bands to create their own interactive single.

Paris, France, March 9, 2010. MXP4, developer of music technology for interactive singles and albums, today outlined what CEO Albin Serviant and Vice President of Business Development Jeff Marois will be presenting at the 24th annual South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference and Festival. Drawing on their experience of launching interactive singles and albums for top artists, the executives will show how emerging interactive music formats, which have proven their ability to driving greater fan engagement with the music and artist, can create new business opportunities and revenue streams for the entire music industry.

albin-1Serviant will focus on how interactive music, the ability to mix, remix and have songs be personalized, can reinvigorate the industry, driving new revenue streams across multiple platforms. During his panel, “What Comes Next in the World of Marketing Music,” Serviant will share expertise garnered from his current role as well as previous positions such as having served as EVP & GM at Vivendi Mobile Entertainment. The session will explore marketing and promotion in today’s sophisticated entertainment environment, discussing what large acts moving away from record contracts look for when seeking a business partner, marketing service, or distributor as well as ways service companies can keep ahead in the industry and provide the support required at a larger scale.

Jeff Marois, MXP4’s Vice President of Business Development, will speak on the panel, “Global Music Marketing: How to Reach Fans Worldwide.” Marois will provide insight into strategies that fulfill the promise of higher fan engagement on a global level.

jeff-profile-pic2“I am excited to join the esteemed roster of industry experts at an event that has proven its importance across the entire entertainment industry for nearly 25 years,” commented Serviant. “Our industry is going through a period of incredible, rapid change, and I look forward to sharing insights, advice and opinions on how we can progress toward our shared goal of a successful, prosperous future.”

For further information on Albin’s point of view, please read the following blog posts:

Is the future of Music the Album App?

http://blog.mxp4.com/2010/02/albin-serviant-is-the-future-of-musicthe-album-app/

Interactivity as the Path to Fan Engagement and Sales

http://blog.mxp4.com/2010/02/interactivity-the-path-to-fan-engagement-and-sales-by-albin-serviant/

Music Technology and Trends that will Drive Revenue Growth

http://blog.mxp4.com/2010/02/the-music-technology-and-trends-that-will-drive-revenue-growth-by-albin-serviant/

Please see more examples of MXP4 powered interactive singles and albums at www.mxp4.com/applications.

ABOUT MXP4

MXP4 develops interactive music solutions that are changing the music experience for consumers by allowing them to play with the music. MXP4 delivers an interactive digital music experience which enables the music industry to explore new revenue opportunities and engage more closely with consumers. Based in Paris, investors include Sofinnova Partners and Ventech.

David Guetta and MXP4 Launch Interactive Single iPhone App for the US, Gives Fans Chance to Interact with him in Real-time

MXP4 partners with Redshift to create innovative features for Guetta app including interactive tour tracker and remixable music

App available at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/david-guetta/id328172177?mt=8

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David Guetta, the global hit-making French DJ and producer, today launched a unique iPhone app that gives users the chance to connect and share content with Guetta and other Guetta fans across the world in real-time. Created in partnership with MXP4 and Redshift, the app marks the first time music fans have been able to interact so closely with a major artist on their iPhones and iPod Touches.

The David Guetta iPhone app brings location-aware technology, Twitter feeds, MXP4-powered remixable music and more to the mobile music experience.

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Key features include:

    · MXP4 MIX IT and REMIX IT solutions: Transforms the iPhone and iPod Touch into a miniature mixing desk, allowing fans to remix and play with the smash hit ‘Sexy Chick’.

    · TOUR TRACKER: An interactive world map that allows fans to see in real-time where David is mixing and DJing. Tour Tracker enables fans to connect to each by sharing their own location, pictures and comments on David Guetta’s DJ sets from all across the globe.

    · REAL TIME UPDATES: The app delivers an ongoing feed of updates, photos, videos and tweets directly from David Guetta, giving comprehensive access to his world on the go.


Tailored specifically for EMI and David Guetta, the first release is available for download from the iTunes store today. The app will soon also be available for Google Android, Symbian and Windows phones.

The partnership with RedShift is vital to MXP4’s mobile strategy, according to Albin Serviant, MXP4 CEO: “This partnership is a key element of our strategy to extend the MXP4 interactive music solution beyond the web and onto the mobile platform, allowing consumers to play with music from any location. Together we have developed a clear roadmap, starting with the iPhone, before moving onto the Google Android and beyond. The clear strategic fit and the blend of expertise between us were vital in ensuring we are first to market with an interactive, dynamic mobile music solution.”

Serviant added: “The launch of the iPhone app with EMI and David Guetta is an exciting first step forward, and a further demonstration that MXP4 has much to contribute to the music industry value chain. It marks a step change for mobile music.”

Alessandro Thellung, CEO and Founder at RedShift, said: “We’re extremely happy with this partnership with MXP4, a company that shares with us the same values of excellence and innovation. Our joint expertise will generate great mobile experiences for end users, and allow us to consolidate our leadership position on the D2C market of mobile applications.

French DJ and producer David Guetta dominated the world’s music charts this summer, scoring two UK Number 1 singles, as well as co-writing and producing the Black Eyed Peas’ global Number 1, ‘I Gotta Feeling’, the band’s most successful single to date.

For an exclusive preview of the app from David Guetta, visit:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qe-z1q6jbWY&hl=fr&fs=1&autoplay=1

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About MXP4

MXP4 develops interactive music solutions that are changing the music experience for consumers by allowing them to play with the music. MXP4 delivers an interactive digital music experience which enables the music industry to explore new revenue opportunities and engage more closely with consumers.

Based in Paris, the company was founded in 2006 by Gilles Babinet, Sylvain Huet and Philippe Ulrich. Albin Serviant (former GM at Vivendi Mobile Entertainment and MUSIWAVE CMO) is CEO, whilst industry leading board members include JF Cecillon (former CEO of EMI Music) and Jordan Greenhall (former CEO and Chairman of DivX). The company is backed by A-list investors Sofinnova Partners and Ventech.

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About Redshift
RedShift conceives and develops new generation mobile marketing solutions : design and development of advanced mobile sites and applications, monetization of the audience through Mobile AdServer, traffic analysis and performance measurement, mobile services promotion via cross-media communication tools, media planning (search and display), and Mobile Ticketing services.

Contact:

Ephraim Cohen
The Fortex Group for MXP4
(646) 807-8721
cohen@fortexgroup.com

Adding a third dimension to music: will interaction save the day?

Excellent article by Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends

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In the past four years there has been a growing focus on music interaction as a way to offer a third dimension to the consumption of music. Through my podcast I have come across many companies who have all approached the concept of music interactivity from different angles by creating new formats, games, enhanced auditory experiences and personalized remixes.

Though the vast majority of the companies listed below have fundamentally different approaches the goal is the same: enriching the music consumption process and turning a passive experience into an active and engaging one.

This attempt is not dissimilar to the way in which the movie studios have decided to push out 3D as a mean to get the public to attach a new value the cinema experience - they needed to find something the public could not get by sitting in front of their 40″ TVs. Unfortunately whilst 3D is an easy form of passive interactivity and has grown to become a somewhat unified experience that is easily understood by the public, creating an interactive experience with music is a lot trickier. Music is not something that can be simply “3-Defied”.

In-browser applications, standalone software, mobile apps, proprietary formats are only some of the ways in which the following companies have chosen to carry their products but they are by no means mutually exclusive. Categorization by means of implementation is therefore nearly impossible.

In the following paragraphs is an attempt to bring together some of the companies working in this space in a way that makes most sense to me. It does not want to be a definitive list but an overview of a field that is extremely dynamic. I would not be surprised to find that some of the companies listed below will have transformed their product and business model entirely in six months or a year’s time.

Full article here

AIR FRANCE MUSIC x PHOENIX

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A l’occasion du lancement d’AIR FRANCE MUSIC, Air France s’associe au groupe Phoenix pour faire gagner un séjour pour deux personnes au mythique festival américain Coachella, en Californie, du 16 au 18 avril 2010.

Tout juste auréolé d’un Grammy Award, le groupe français partagera cette année l’affiche avec Gorillaz, Thom Yorke, ou encore Julian Casablancas au plus incroyable des festivals américains.
Pour participer, les candidats pourront s’inscrire au jeu concours « Air France x Phoenix » en se rendant sur la nouvelle fan page Facebook Air France Music. Les 10 000 premiers participants pourront gagner un morceau mp3 inédit offert par Air France et Phoenix. Les autres pourront télécharger un podcast exclusif réalisé par Phoenix pour Air France Music. Ce partenariat est ainsi l’occasion de célébrer la naissance d’Air France Music. Air France propose depuis plusieurs années en collaboration avec son agence BETC des sélections musicales d’artistes du monde entier à bord de ses avions. Elle donne aujourd’hui accès au plus grand nombre à ses contenus musicaux rares, voire exclusifs, en investissant le Net et les réseaux sociaux tels que Facebook, Myspace ou Netvibes.

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Concours « Air France Music x Phoenix »
du 22 février au 31 mars 2010
sur Facebook.com/airfrancemusic

A GAGNER :

1 séjour pour 2 (vols + hôtel + transports) pour aller à Coachella Festival (Californie, USA) du 15 au 19 avril 2010.

1 titre inédit offert aux 10.000 premiers participants, Ce morceau exclusif sera dévoilé aux participants piste après piste à mesure qu’ils donneront les bonnes réponses aux questions grâce à la solution de musique interactive développée par Mxp4.

Retrouvez tout l’univers de Air France Music sur:

www.facebook.com/airfrancemusic,

www.myspace.com/airfrancemusic,

www.twitter.com/airfrancemusic,

www.netvibes.com/airfrancemusic


MXP4 powers new interactive music solutions for artists, fans, brands, labels and distribution platforms. MXP4 is a brand new multimedia format containing music, images and texts; allowing on the fly mixing of different versions of a song; updatable over time; allowing various interactive marketing applications with the end users. The format is either downloadable or streamable. It is available both on a personal computer and on mobile phones applications. With MXP4, people don't just play the music, they play with it! this is the dna of remix culture MXP4 wants to empower." Artists roaster : Michael Jackson, Vitalic, Cindy Gomez, Soldout, Bassnectar, Sliimy, Ghostface Killah, Pink, Calvin Harris, Wax Tailor, Ophelie Winter, Nouvelle vague, Pony Pony Run Run, Missill, Dragonette, Midival Punditz, La Fouine, Birdy Nam Nam, Stereos, Basement Jaxx, Paramore, Jully Black, Pet Shop Boys, Molecule, Friends Of Friends, La Roux, The Sounds, Satine, David Guetta, The Grouch and Eligh, Britney Spears, The Grouch, Justin Nozuka, Jack Penate, Pep s, Kleerup, Dave Stewart, Lily Allen, Esser, Albin, Amanda Blank, Data, Iliona Blanc, Speech Debelle, The Bravery, Bat For Lashes, Black and White Years, Basement Jaxx…