Dart Music, or Dart, is a
digital music
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aggregator specialized in distributing classical music to
online music vendors and streaming services. Since
metadata
Metadata (or metainformation) is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data itself, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including:
* Descriptive ...
for classical music is different from that of popular music, Dart specializes in ensuring that the metadata for the music it distributes is correct.
Dart was founded in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
, in 2015 by Chris McMurtry,
and the company was developed through Nashville's Project Music startup accelerator,
and the company was featured as part of Google's Demo Day 2016.
The company launched in September, 2015, and as of late 2015, Dart had received more than $1.5 million in funding.
Dart is a fully automated digital music distribution platform
that allows classical musicians to distribute their music even if they do not record with a
record label
"Big Three" music labels
A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...
.
In June 2017 Dart Music's assets, including all technology, trademarks, patents, data, and customer relationships were acquired by Core Rights, LLC, a Nashville, Tennessee–based music and IP rights licensing and services company.
References
External links
Owner website
Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee
Music of Nashville, Tennessee
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