Mike McCready

Adam Silverman, Platinum Blue’s VP Finance and Business Development and I went money harvesting in Greenwich, CT today. Click on the video below to see how we picked cash right off the trees. If you send us $10,000 we’ll send you Moneytree seeds (alternatively we’ll trade your cow for some magic beans). They say the […]

It looks like we’re making a little bit of headway in our education system. According to the Education Department reading and math scores among third and forth graders have made improvements over the last couple of years. In 2005 only 36% of fourth graders were proficient in math and only 31% were proficient in reading. I […]

I’m writing this on British Airways flight 487 from Barcelona to London’s Heathrow airport. This is the first time I’ve flown BA in several years. For the past few years I’ve always done this route with EasyJet but last week I’d finally had enough and vowed never to fly that sorry excuse of an airline […]

NEW YORK and DALLAS — DreMāk Studios, Inc. has chosen Platinum Blue to provide its Music Xray™ technology as an analysis tool to mine talent, that will aid its customers seeking to discover and develop new musical talent. DreMāk is putting studios in malls all around the country where people can easily and inexpensively create a […]

I have recently been asked to join the advisory board for a new and exciting company called Dremāk (pronounced “Dream Make“)out of Dallas, Texas. It’s a very exciting company that is installing mini-recording and audition studios in shopping malls and commercial centers which will allow budding artists to record demos, audition for opportunities in Hollywood or […]

Today I was pointed to a blog post from Ben Marshall at The Guardian where he is asking if Platinum Blue could save the music industry. The blog is here: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/08/according_to_software_designer.html Here’s the reprint: Could Platinum Blue save the music industry? For today’s web trawl check out Mike McCready’s software, which promises to tell record labels whether their latest release […]

I was reading the recent article in Business Week called The Greatest Entrepreneurs of All Time. I was encouraged to see John D. Rockefeller made the list. Frankly, I probably would have thought something was wrong with the list if he hadn’t made it. I was encouraged because if I have a chance of […]

July 11, 2007, New York & Ilmenau, Germany Platinum Blue, the company that offers real world technology-based solutions to the music and media industries and the famed Fraunhofer Institute today announced a strategic alliance to develop new and innovative services. Both parties have enjoyed an informal relationship since Platinum Blue was founded in December 2005 and they […]

Yesterday MyStrands announced they had raised a series B round of funding to the tune of $25M. As far as the market is concerned this is the equivalent of an acquisition because it effectively takes MyStrands off the block for the time being. The company is stating its desire to remain independent. That leaves […]

Launched by Platinum Blue to Discover New Talent Songs to be analyzed by Science-Driven Music Xray™ and then evaluated by top A&R executives. Winning Song Produced by Grammy-winning Producer New York, NY - June 7, 2007 Music Xray™, the technology-driven application that helps major and indie labels, Grammy-wining producers and leading artists accurately predict the success of hit […]