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Family In Music unveils more of their songwriter tools
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 22 February 2022
Family In Music – the company that says it is “building a new music creator network that will revolutionise the way [creators] work and get paid” – has revealed more information about some of the other tools it is developing for creators in that network.
Last month the company unveiled MgNTa, a new data system to make it easier for songwriters – especially early career writers – to identify themselves and their work, with some of that data stored on the good old blockchain.
The other tools now unveiled include a song title checker, to allow writers to check if the song title they’ve just chosen is already attached to lots of other songs; an airplay revenue tool, to assess the approximate royalties being accrued by the airplay of any one song; and a cover song finder, a music recognition technology that seeks to identify covers of songs within the catalogue of recordings currently available on most of the streaming platforms.
Commenting on the new tools, Family In Music’s Chief Innovation Officer Kevin Bacon says: “As a songwriter you want to focus on the creative at all times which is how great songs come to be. Our view is that technology has long been part of making music and now we want to harness it to create modern tools for the modern songwriter to enhance their creative and commercial journey”.
Meanwhile, the company’s Founder and Executive Chairman Juka Hynynen adds: “I started my music career as a songwriter and these tools are close to my heart. Securing the rights and proof of creation is the basis for everything. Finding the best song title is always an important part of the process and knowing what cover versions are out there is invaluable too. We are very excited to launch [this] toolkit for the amazing songwriting community”.
Bacon will be discussing the Family In Music songwriter toolkit as part of the MUSIC+DATA strand curated by CMU at The Great Escape Conference this May – more info here.
