Top Boston, MA Music Companies (12)
Sofar Sounds reimagines the live event experience through curated, secret performances in more than 400 cities around the world. Cofounded in London in 2009 by Rafe Offer and Rocky Start, Sofar brings guests and artists together in unique locations, without the distractions that plague other live events. Sofar shows begin as a secret: guests sign on for three unnamed performances at undisclosed locations, hosted by community members in everyday spaces — from living rooms and rooftops, to retail stores. Through the transformation of these spaces into captivating venues, Sofar serves as a platform for artists to connect with engaged audiences in cities around the world. Sofar invites guests to discover new artists, spaces, people, neighborhoods and cities, whether at home or abroad, creating an inclusive and accessible global community where people make genuine connections. To learn more about Sofar Sounds check us out at www.sofarsounds.com or follow the conversation on social media at @sofarsounds or using #sofarsounds. Need a little more? Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnjsN2NOl3k
Bose Corporation was founded in 1964 by Dr. Amar G. Bose, then a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, the company is driven by its founding principles, investing in long-term research with one fundamental goal: to develop new technologies with real customer benefits. Bose innovations have spanned decades and industries, creating and transforming categories in audio and beyond. Bose products for the home, in the car, on the go and in public spaces have become iconic, changing the way people listen to music.
We connect millions of listeners all around the world to the content they want, where and how they want it. Since inventing multiroom wireless audio in 2005, we have continuously innovated the listening experience, designing hardware and software that celebrates sound, empowers our customers, and brings the home to life. Our team is made up of passionate players united by a culture of respect, transparency, collaboration, and ownership who want to inspire the world to listen better.
The world’s preeminent college for the study of music
At iZotope, we’re obsessed with great sound. Our intelligent audio technology helps musicians, music producers, and audio post engineers focus on their craft rather than the tech behind it. We design award-winning software, plug-ins, hardware, and apps powered by quality audio processing, machine learning, and strikingly intuitive interfaces.
Bowers & Wilkins has an unrelenting dedication to audio excellence, delivering breath-taking performance with accuracy and clarity of sound that brings the listener closer to the original recording. We call this True Sound. Our award-winning headphones, loudspeakers and wireless audio systems combine engineering innovation and harmonious design that delight music lovers around the world. At the forefront of high-performance audio technology for more than 50 years, Bowers & Wilkins has earned countless awards and accolades from some of the most influential and important publications, musicians, recording studios, and music labels including Abbey Road Studios, Skywalker Studios, BMI, and Hollywood Records. Our valued relationships with BMW, McLaren Automotive, Maserati and Volvo Cars, has allowed us to push the boundaries of premium in-car audio systems. We have also delivered award-winning sound performance with Philips TV in their range of OLED+ televisions. Design excellence and technological innovation run deep in our lifeblood. The research and development laboratory that John Bowers founded in Steyning in 1976 was the first of its kind, hiring only the most talented and inquisitive of engineers in a quest to discover the secrets of acoustic behaviour. Many of the advances made by our engineers – such as the pioneering use of materials like Continuum™ and Diamond – have not only influenced the way we make our speakers, but how all loudspeakers are made.
ZUMIX provides free after school and summer enrichment programs for youth in the Greater Boston area. Founded in response to a year of record-breaking youth violence, the goal of ZUMIX programs is to provide a safe space for youth to build productive futures and expand their interests and skills in a supportive and nurturing environment. ZUMIX uses music and creative technology as tools to foster positive youth development, civic engagement, and the 21st century skills needed to achieve success in college and career.
With a lineage of over 30 years of music software innovation, Cakewalk is a world leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, including award-winning digital audio workstations, innovative virtual instruments and plug-in's. Since BandLab Technologies' acquisition of Cakewalk in 2018, Cakewalk by BandLab is now completely free. Millions of musicians worldwide—including Grammy® and Emmy®-winning producers, composers, sound designers, and engineers—use Cakewalk products daily to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries.
Audio Motion Music offers music supervision services as well as music and media licensing, music production and song selection.
When we couldn’t find the live music we love in our hometowns or other cities we visited, we created Area4 Labs. We help our partners across North America and the UK reconnect customers with their joy points using our real–time, AI-driven global music intelligence system. Our flagship experimental consumer lab, Hearby, located in our two hometowns of Boston, MA and Lexington, KY, allows us to cover the missing 60% of live music shows not covered elsewhere. By going deep into small venues, clubs, restaurants, and bars in neighborhoods where local live music happens, our anthropological approach results in expert curation, expanding audience choice from an abundance of live music, while increasing engagement and audience value. Simply put, Area4 Labs draws intensely passionate people across our diverse live music scenes, which helps our partners’ customers find and share live music (and their brands).
With more than two decades of successful experience teaching music, School of Rock is the global leader in music education for kids and adults. Students learn from professional musicians in an interactive environment combining weekly private lessons and structured group rehearsals with the ultimate goal of performing live in front of real crowds. We teach guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals and bass. School of Rock is a franchisor and operator of music schools with more than 300 locations across 15 countries and growing rapidly. We employ thousands of musicians worldwide, in addition to employing innovative and passionate business people at our Corporate office, and partnering with franchise owners who are successful business people and leaders in their communities.
Founded in 2007, OurStage.com is a leading destination for music listening, discovery, and editorial content. With more than 125,000 artists from 40 genres of music, OurStage.com receives 4 million visits each month from 170 countries. OurStage.com’s most acclaimed feature is its proprietary software where the site’s listeners judge the music of emerging artists. Through these competitions, listeners help artists to become finalists and win competitions, receiving priceless opportunities to warm up for headlining acts. To date, OurStage.com has provided opportunities for artists to open concerts for Bon Jovi, Drake, HANSON, John Legend, Lilith 2010, John Mayer, Monica, T-Pain, Trey Songz, and many others. OurStage.com is currently partnered with MTV and Radio One on content and marketing initiatives. For more information, visit http://ourstage.com
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