Music Glue
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| Company type | Ltd. |
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| Founded | London, United Kingdom (March 19, 2007) |
| Founder | Mark Meharry |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | www |
Music Glue is a direct-to-fan platform which allows musical artists to sell digital content, merchandise, and event tickets in multiple currencies and languages.[1][2][3] The company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Sydney.[4]
History
Music Glue was launched in 2007 by Mark Meharry, with the goal of allowing artists to sell their music directly to consumers.[3][5] "Controlled filesharing" was introduced with the band Marillion.[6]
In 2013, Music Glue launched its direct-to-fan platform at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, United Kingdom. By this time, Music Glue had worked with artists including Mumford and Sons, Gabrielle Aplin, Nina Nesbitt, Enter Shikari, Ben Howard, and Ghostpoet.[3]
In July 2014, Music Glue became the primary ticket vendor for a two-day festival in Lewes, Sussex.[7] In September 2014, UK promotion group MAMA & Company announced a partnership with Music Glue for all applications for The Great Escape 2015, whereby artists applying to play the Brighton-based festival would need to create a Music Glue profile in order for their application to be accepted.[8]
Recognition
In October 2007, Music Glue was nominated for a 'Best Innovation' award at the BT Digital Music Awards.[9] Music Glue had been called one of the "Top 100 tech media companies" by The Guardian.[10]
References
- ^ "Independent venues on Music Glue". Music Glue.
- ^ Lindvall, Helienne (2012-11-28). "How music lovers lose out from fan-to-fan ticket exchanges". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Music Glue announce new D2C platform release". Record of the day. Record of the Day. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Music Glue contact details". Music Glue. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ Robinson, Tom. "Interview with Mark Meharry". Fresh on the net. Tom Robinson. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Marillion Use P2P for Album Release". Anti Music. 2008-11-09. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ "Mumford and Sons - Lewes". Mumford and Sons official website. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "The Great Escape - Apply to play". The Great Escpae. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ Oatts, Joanne. "In full: BT Digital Music Awards 2007 winners". Digital Spy.
- ^ "The top 100 tech media companies". The Guardian. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2014.