Mike McCready

I’ve got some serious stuff to say on the subject and will do so when I can come up for air after the holidays. For now, take a look at this funny video I came across the other day.

This clip is from October 8, 2007 and I meant to post it back then but filed it and just now got back to it. It’s quite poignant and insightful as well as funny. Check it out:

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 […]

To read this post of The Huffington Post click here. It’s been 6 years since 9-11 and the question everyone is asking is, “are we safer”? All the news channels are filling air time with the multi sides of that issue. What we can all agree upon is that 9-11 changed our country. For as […]

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 […]

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 […]

On May 7th, 2007 I participated in The New Yorker Conference and showcased some technology and processes we use in license agreements with several of Platinum Blue’s technology partners including hit prediction technology and processes for which we license components from Music Intelligence Solutions and I showcased a technology by one of our music recommendation […]