New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT), the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service, today announced that it has acquired SoundBetter, a leading global audio production and collaboration marketplace helping creators worldwide connect and hire top audio professionals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
"As we build out our tools for creators, we want to give them the resources they need to thrive. SoundBetter has the same vision," said Beckwith Kloss, VP Product, Creator at Spotify. "We're excited that creators can generate income through SoundBetter, as well as benefit from its network of top professionals - from instrumentalists to songwriters to producers - as they perfect their tracks."
SoundBetter taps into the growing market of audio professionals looking to create better sounding content and searching for partners to advance their work. Since its founding in 2012, SoundBetter has helped tens of thousands of music professionals buy and offer services across the globe. It has a community of more than 180,000 artists registered on its network.
"SoundBetter offers the most comprehensive global marketplace for music and audio production professionals for hire in the world along with a member community spanning 176 countries and 14,000 cities worldwide," said SoundBetter Co-Founder and CEO Shachar Gilad. "We are excited to benefit from Spotify's global scale, resources, and vision to expand our network and drive more economic opportunities for artists of all levels."
Spotify continues to invest in developing powerful tools to help creators create, connect and grow their audience, and have an opportunity to live off their work. SoundBetter will join the Spotify for Artists family to work toward this mission. Spotify for Artists provides valuable services like insights, profile management and promotion tools to the more than 400,000 artists and their teams using the platform today. This acquisition will give the artists and their teams on Spotify for Artists the chance to discover SoundBetter — as a way to find collaborators, produce great music or generate additional income.
SoundBetter is the world's leading music production marketplace, helping musicians worldwide connect and hire top music pros so they can get to great-sounding release-ready songs.
With tens of thousands of top Singers, Producers, and Mixing & Mastering Engineers, including dozens of Grammy Award winners, SoundBetter has the most comprehensive community of vetted music production pros for direct hire in the world, and a member group spanning over 14,000 cities worldwide.
With its transparency, verified reviews, trust, top-tier talent and growing customer base, SoundBetter has become the defacto LinkedIn for music professionals.
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