Mike McCready

I have got to get back to doing some serious posting but a friend sent me this and I thought it was funny enough to share. I can think of places I’ve worked where by following this system we’d have had a case of Bud Light every day. At least!! Anyway (and to make this [...]

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’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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Pandora [...]

Much to our surprise and delight, for the May 31st, 2007 episode of Studio 60: On The Sunset Strip , Platinum Blue was written into the script. The plot is that the show within the show is taking a ratings beating and the head of the network, Jack Rudolph (Steven Weber) walks into head writer [...]

This is an excellent piece on why Daniel Levitin (author of This Is Your Brain On Music) thinks the Beatles may be remembered in the same way we remember some of the greatest classical composers. Fascinating stuff!! Click here to read it.

A couple of months ago I was interviewed by Peter Day of the BBC about Music Xray. It aired the other day and this is the show. You can stream it by clicking here. Others interviewed for the segment were Ayappa Biddanda of Vanguard Records, the band Alternate Routes and Mike Smith, President of Columbia [...]

Last FM was just sold for $280million to CBS. This is evidence that those of us in the music recommendation field for the past 5 or 6 years have been on the right track. It also means… … The race is on!! There is room for several more winners in this space. Not every company [...]