SoundStorming launches social music app

The new app will allow singers, songwriters and producers, among other music professionals, to connect, collaborate and promote their talent by sharing their in-progress musical ideas with a global community.

SoundStorming says about nine out of 10 artists are left undiscovered so the new tool could change the way musicians and ideas are discovered.

The modern musician is constantly recording song ideas on their phone, which means there are a lot of potential songs that are never shared or developed further. The new app gives users access to beats, rhythms, melodies, remixes and collaborations that would usually not get exposure.

"We see ourselves as connecting the fragmented worlds of music creation, collaboration and distribution in one place," SoundStorming co-founder, CEO and musician Arnau Bosch said.

Together with SoundStorming co-founder and chief operating officer Alicia Rius, Bosch created the new mobile app, which allows musicians to record, share and brainstorm with other artists across a social platform, ushering in a new wave of collaboration and innovation.

An artist, for example, can record a melody, and another musician from the other side of the globe can collaborate on it and give the original song a new twist. The platform has an auto time-stamping feature that ensures each musician owns the rights to his or her own contribution to the composition.

The app could become quite popular with musicians around the world as countries are embarking on lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bosch says the app's allure also lies in its simplicity: “Just record, share and then collaborate. Music is the top category on social media, making it a potentially powerful tool for artist discovery, but musicians usually engage with audiences through content that has nothing to do with music on these platforms.

"SoundStorming is about talent, not looks, making it the first true social music platform. I would love for artists to understand the power that they have with their ideas, and to be able to give them the tools to really utilise those ideas."

Meanwhile, Music In Africa has compiled a list of four apps, in French, that could be useful to musicians in the midst of the pandemic.