London Grammar falls from Coldplay's tree

Raphael Michilis Fonseca

Apparently we entered the COLDPLAY harvesting period. fter the opening of the season with Reload, by Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash and John Martin, now it is time to collect another fruit from Coldplay's tree of influence: London Grammar's Strong. 

Is it only me who can hear Coldplay's Trouble all over Hannah Reid's vocal in this tune? I'm not trying to say it is a cover version, neither plagiarism. Her vocals are strong and the lyrics are beautiful. I prefer to see it as a reverence to Chris Martin, his friends and the incredible job they have been doing all of theses years.

Also, I had so many people listening to Reload and asking me what's the name of this new Coldplay's song? Yeah! Agree. For me it is nothing less than a Cold Play's electronic child.

I'm not complaining. I like the three groups. In different levels of course, and think we should give the due credit to Cold Play as the precursor of this movement. Can I call it a movement? Trend maybe? I don't know. Lets just enjoy it all. 

BeatsMe wants to connect DJ's and party goers through mobile application

By Raphael Michilis

Social networking is quickly contaminating all segments of the current economy. More and more, success means popularity in the crammed cyber communities, and absence in those digital social spaces virtually means your product doesn’t exist, thus it doesn’t sell.

The music industry was one of the first to realize the social trend and sound waves flooded the now almost forgotten MySpace, with a countless number of artists setting up profiles and collecting followers.

Since then, singers and musicians have fought for a space in the internaut’s computer screen, but very few platforms dedicated to music have thrived and most of them left out a growing segment of music, the DJ’s.

Spotify has recently adapted its services to feature on Facebook updates, but it is still not dedicated to link the artists to their audience.

To build a bridge over this gap, the San Francisco-based startup BeatsMe Inc has initiated a Beta trial of its music social network mobile and web application.

The company aims to help DJ's promote their work and drive their audience up. On the other side of that bridge, BeatsMe promises to present new music to listeners bored of the sound they are used to.

The app lets DJs interact with their online audience as well as live and immediate connection with party goers at the club where they are palying.

Similar to Shazam app, BeatsMe identifies a song while it is being played and allows the audience to instantly buy the tune.

To raise capital and finance their idea, BeatsMe co-founder Joseph Brilliant is offering a batch of the company’s securities worth $1m for sales.

The “private offering” form was file today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but did not have any buyer. The form is generally filed when the funding is concluded.