Digital music distributor TuneCore announced its partnerships with music identification technology companies Gracenote andShazam.
In a press release, TuneCore COO Scott Ackermano said, “Our new partnerships with Gracenote and Shazam, and the integration of the artists’ music with their respective technologies, brings music discovery to an entirely new level, increasing the opportunity for artists to earn more revenue from the downloads and streams of their music from store partners including ITunes, Amazon MP3, Rdio and Spotify.”
This partnership aims to use Gracenote and Shazam technologies and databases increase artists’ exposure to more consumers by providing artist information, such as track titles and links to purchase the tracks.