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Tribe of Noise Head Noise Maker Updates us on his Indie Music Tribe Business model evolution is constant and a must. After our initial interview with Hessel Van Oorshot last year, we learned that there is some new noise coming from the Tribe of Noise . If you still don't know the Tribe of Noise, it is a web service allowing indie musicians and media makers to collaborate. Hessel talks about new Tribe of Noise Pro features coming in the next few months which will allow media creatives to find the right music for their project with a new way to search. Partnered with IBM Watson, filters are out the door for for media music search using feelings like Energy Level and Emotions - makes sense to us. Hessel also talks about the new streaming music for restaurants  where services like Spotify, Pandora, Deezer don't offer multiple country commercial licenses so you can't just stream them at your business place (wink-wink). Finally, Hessel talks about their relationship with S...

(Duration 7 mins) Nerd Stalker (in partnership with SF New Tech) sits down and speaks with CEO Charles Feinn and CFO/Director of A&R Alan Khalfin of MixMatchMusic . MixMatchMusic is the new music community created by musicians, for and about musicians. They have created an environment where musicians easily collaborate online and profit from their art. They built tools musicians need to engage with and involve fans. And they put shape to a place where fans discover new music and new musicians. Of particular interest to me is the web based GarageBand like application for creating/editing music, very slick. The music creators cut of sales was impressive, and the fact that you can both upload and download large very high quality audio files in various formats was key. I believe we will see musicians flocking to this service, if they can get the word out.

Jam Legend seems like a web application that has massive potential, gaming + music + social+ internet = lots of $'s in my opinion. I can't remember the last time I've been this impressed with a web application, seriously. Nerd Stalker tracks down CEO Andrew Lee and Co-founder Arjun Lall. The give us their take on where the company is now and where it's going, very exciting stuff. BONUS, Jam Legend private beta invites available for Nerd Stalker viewers here .

SellaBand.com -- By deferring the cost and talent of scouting to a crowd of music lovers, SellaBand puts powerful marketing and production tools into the hands of those with a personal interest in the music. It ’s one of several examples of crowdfunding -- and it could change how the music business is organized. More…