FD (Dutch Financial Times)

FD March 11, 2009
(Dutch Financial Times, Nationwide)

Article about how Tribe of Noise is offering a modern solution for companies in need for music. Instead of copyright infringements, royalty and sync hassles Tribe of Noise is offering a free, 24/7 accessible and 100% legal solution (Creative Commons licensed) for brand managers, game developers, advertisement agencies, video sharing communities, broadcasters, filmmakers etc. Worldwide!

Ready to Share Music and thousands of composers, songwriters and bands interested in connecting with companies. Join Tribe of Noise! It’s FREE of course.

YouTube, Warner negotiations fail, music content gets pulled

The full article:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081221-web-content-licensing-stumbles-amid-youtube-warner-spat.html

Here is our solution for all YouTube members out there in need for legal music to add to their online video:

Endorsement Serious Game Industry

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“Music is an important, and often underestimated, aspect of serious gaming. Music can help the player get into the right ‘learning mode’ by setting up and then manipulating expectations.
(‘This is your brain on music. The science of a human obsession” by Daniel Levitin)

Tribe of Noise offers serious game developers a great opportunity to find the right music for the right ‘learning mode’ through searching not only by genre or style but also by bitrate and feeling (happy, angry, sad etc.). A great initiative to stimulate co-creation.

Joke Witteveen – serious games producer
xmediaworks



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Tribe of Noise, Announces One Billion Fans Contest to Musicians and the Masses

AMSTERDAM, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic downturns always affect marketing budgets from major corporations to street corner musicians. Money troubles tend to bring out fear but not so for the people at Tribe ofNoise. They have just announced their One Billion Fans Contest. ONE BILLION FANS! Is that even possible, you may ask? "Go out big or just stay home," says Chief of Noise, Hessel van Oorschot.

Here's the deal - Fans go to http://www.onebillionfans.com/ and vote for their favorite. The winner will be featured on the world's biggest digital billboard found in Times Square in New York City. Now that's exposure! The public voting contest ends on February 28th, 2009.

"Getting attention is getting money," said Gerd Leonhard, Media Futurist, and Author of "Music 2.0". He is right. In an ever increasingly crowded consumer space, companies are seeking new ways to compete with smaller and smaller budgets. A new sound can help them create a stand-out corporate identity but they need to find it safely and not feel threatened by legal action or forced to pay steep finders fees.

Tribe of Noise has legally tackled the historic problem of sharing music. It is the first and only website solely using the Creative Commons license and user agreements to share music for commercial purposes. But wait, Musicians and Corporations, isn't that counterintuitive? "Nowadays it's about really making it all happen yourself," said Gary Platt, winner of RIAA Gold & Platinum Record Awards.

Corporations are also invited to join in the fun and excitement. They can "sponsor" their current employees, friends, family or favorite musician from their own "street corner" in the online contest.

"Wait 'til you see the One Billion Fans winner up in lights over one of the busiest places in the world", Mr. van Oorschot.

For additional information on the One Billion Fans contest, please contact Sandra Brandenburg or visit http://www.onebillionfans.com/ or http://www.tribeofnoise.com/

ABOUT Tribe of Noise - One-of-a-kind online community which allows Independent Musicians to connect with Companies maximizing their message, building a global fan base, finding inspiration to/from musicians and enabling fans to find groundbreaking music, all legally.

http://www.tribeofnoise.com/ and http://www.onebillionfans.com/

Getting attention

If everyone can start a website, write a blog and upload music, HOW DO I GET ATTENTION!? The answer is simple, TEAM UP and make some NOISE!

What happened last month when all you where making music out there?

Tribe of Noise is spreading the word about you guys!
We showcase your music at important venues like the PICNIC festival in Amsterdam. We entered the BT Digital Music Awards and are nominated in the category 'Best Official Music Site Top 100' together with Coldplay, Keane, Annie Lennox and Natasha Bedingfield. We congratulate Coldplay with winning the award!

Sharing music with Tribe members around the world is a positive story that everyone wants to hear. Well respected journalists are writing great articles about the Tribe and you.

In the meantime we are meeting more and more enthusiastic people around the globe who can PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC. Together we open doors and find new ways to share & distribute your music. And we don't stick to the old fashioned CD. We are teaming up with smart people who can get your music on mobile phones, enable people to chat about your music on TV and embed your music in online videos and games.

Sharing music, getting attention, TOGETHER we make it happen!

To make more Noise we will organize a worldwide contest and get you, your friends, family, colleagues, companies and everyone else out there involved.

So stay tuned, join the Tribe and spread the word. Later this month we'll tell you how you can get worldwide attention, win great prices and in the process meet great people interested in YOU and YOUR MUSIC.

Let's make some NOISE!

Video New Music Industry - PICNIC '08

Tribe of Noise; the story

"Sharing music for free with your fans is rapidly growing in popularity. The next step is connecting musicians, fans and  professionals. Tribe of Noise is a great example of opening the market for lawfully sharing music and creativity even for commercial purposes."

Paul Keller

Creative Commons NL

Interested to know how Tribe of Noise is helping musicians to connect with each other and with professionals around the globe (searching for their music)? We will be presenting our online community for musicians, fans and professionals at the following venues:

• 10 Sept 2008: www.ilovebusinessmodellen.nl @ Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 25 Sept 2008: www.picnicnetwork.org @ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In the meantime, don't forget to vote for us!

• BT Digital Music Award (UK initiative), click here to vote
• Sprout Challenger 50 (NL initiative), click here to vote