MyMusicStore is the first
online music store
A digital music store is a business that sells digital audio files of music recordings over the Internet. Customers gain ownership of a license to use the files, in contrast to a music streaming service, where they listen to recordings withou ...
in the Philippines operated by MobileCash, Inc. and Rising Tide Mobile Entertainment Inc. It is supported by the
Philippine Association of the Record Industry
The Philippine Association of the Record Industry ( Filipino: ''Kapisanan ng Industriya ng Plaka ng Pilipinas'', abbreviated as PARI) is a non-profit and private trade organization, that represents the recording industry distributors in the Phil ...
(PARI), the trade organization of the recording industry in the Philippines. Aside from
Original Pilipino Music
The music of the Philippines ( fil, Musika ng Pilipinas) includes the musical performance arts in the Philippines and the music of Filipinos composed in various local and international genres and styles. Philippine musical compositions are ofte ...
(OPM), the site also offers foreign songs.
History
MyMusicStore was launched on January 18, 2012, at the Robot Restaurant and Lounge in Makati Avenue with live performances from the country's top music artists –
Pupil
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,
Bamboo
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and
Gary Valenciano, and others.
Piracy
With the support of the
Philippine Association of the Record Industry
The Philippine Association of the Record Industry ( Filipino: ''Kapisanan ng Industriya ng Plaka ng Pilipinas'', abbreviated as PARI) is a non-profit and private trade organization, that represents the recording industry distributors in the Phil ...
(PARI), MyMusicStore endorses responsible downloading of music to combat piracy and to continuously promote and enliven the music industry.
Partners
Aside from PARI, the store have many partners which are:
* Alpha Music
*
EMI
* Galaxy Records
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GMA Records
* House of Praise
* House of Tunes
* Indie Pinoy
* Ivory Music & Video
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MCA Music
* Music Copyright Administrators of the Philippines
*
The Philippine Star
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, ...
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PolyEast Records
*
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...
* Soupstar Entertainment
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Star Records
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Universal Records
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...
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Viva Records
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Vicor Music
See also
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Music of the Philippines
The music of the Philippines ( fil, Musika ng Pilipinas) includes the musical performance arts in the Philippines and the music of Filipinos composed in various local and international genres and styles. Philippine musical compositions are oft ...
References
External links
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Online music stores of the Philippines
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