Mike McCready

More mainstream awareness for Platinum Blue! On May 9, 2008 Platinum Blue’s Music Xray™ was a central part of the story line on the CBS television series Numb3rs. As we’ve seen before in the NBC series Studio 60: On The Sunset Strip, Platinum Blue makes for good and interesting drama. Music Xray is not always […]

This was recently sent to me. It’s a rendition of “Carry On Wayward Son” by Kansas on an organ. I know. But watch it and you’ll see what I mean! Amazing Young Organ Player Rocks Out - Watch more free videos

Oh Man!! I’ve thrown myself into the public eye more times than I should have. It probably has something to do with adolescent insecurities. This habit has brought me a looooooooooooooooong list of painfully embarrassing moments and public failures which play on endless loop in my head. Over the years I’ve accumulated enough humiliating footage for a […]

There’s a video that’s been making the rounds that millions of people have seen and that is generating a LOT of buzz. It’s gotten mainstream media coverage and the video is only about 3 minutes long and it has to do with three simple things you can do to become wealthy in about 30 days. […]

To read this post on The Huffington Post click here. Last night, Eve and I were fortunate to attend the Elton John concert / Hillary Clinton fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan (never a lack of things to do here). We’ve been supporting Hillary Clinton’s tumultuous race for the nomination and in spite of […]

The Washington Post has a story today that was all the buzz within the music industry yesterday and one that has been the topic of heated debate and controversy on various industry email groups I belong to. It’s about Warner Music Group hiring Jim Griffin, (a well known industry analyst and leading thinker) to […]

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 […]

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 […]