BigChampagne's Ultimate Chart (a/o February 3rd):
1. “What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger),” Kelly Clarkson
2. “Turn Me On,” David Guetta
3. “Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele
4. “Rack City,” TYGA
5. “Good Feeling,” Flo Rida
6. “Young, Wild & Free,” Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
7. “We Found Love,” Rihanna
8. “Sexy and I Know It,” LMFAO
9. “Domino ,” Jessie J
10. “International Love ,” Pitbull
Visual producers have lots of options for inexpensively matching music to action. But Slicethepie is seeing an opportunity helping copyright owners better understand their own catalogs. The fan-funded startup is now stretching its model into smart catalog search, a concept that allows companies to better mine their catalogs.
According to Slicethepie, discussions are underway with a few major catalog owners across the US and the UK. The idea has been named SoundOut Search, and descriptive, semantic searches are encouraged. "Music search is a notoriously tough nut to crack with existing catalog navigation typically resembling an iTunes experience - largely based around keywords and metadata," explained Slicethepie CEO David Courtier-Dutton. "SoundOut Search is closer to a Google experience and represents a major leap forward in semantic search for music."
This is still quite early, and the action is currently happening on a relatively modest catalog of 5,000 songs from unsigned artists. Those songs have collectively garnered about 500,000 reviews from Slicethepie members. In the initial run, results can be a bit spotty at times, though in many cases, the matches are good - and potentially usable in a production situation. More at soundoutsearch.com, look for a more formal company announcement on Tuesday.
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