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The Heart Won’t Be Denied’ features on a current episode of One Tree Hill and there’s been such a great response we’ve decided to give the song FREE to fans for a limited period. Just click the link below to get it.

I recently made a simple performance video of ‘The Heart Won’t Be Denied’ in LA directed by my good friend Alex Smith. It follows on from the beautiful short film that Sebastian Lopez made for the song in Buenos Aires, which you can also see on my website.

Congrats to all our winners! All 50 of them!

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SoundHound, the revolutionary sound search company, announced the launch of a new, free version of its popular mobile app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The free app includes five searches per month, and offers the same rich features and blazing fast music recognition as the premium app, SoundHound Infinity. The SoundHound App can identify recorded music as well as songs users sing or hum.

“Fans love that the SoundHound App helps them search, discover, and share music instantly,” said Keyvan Mohajer, CEO of SoundHound. “Our free app puts SoundHound in the hands of more users, allowing the magic of instant search and discovery to be shared across even more fans as a result.”

The existing premium application that millions of music fans already enjoy is now called SoundHound Infinity – a nod to its unlimited search and discovery – and designated with the ∞ symbol. The free app inherits the SoundHound name; music fans wanting more than five searches a month can easily upgrade to the SoundHound Infinity App from within the free application – and retain their history and bookmarks.

The SoundHound App has instant mobile music search and discovery. Features in both the SoundHound and SoundHound Infinity Apps include:

* Blazing fast music recognition. Fans can identify music playing from a speaker (radio, TV, films) in as little as four seconds.

* Sing & Hum music recognition. If fans can carry a tune, the SoundHound App can identify it.

* Voice-directed search. Fans simply speak a Title or Artist to explore and get results instantly, including links to video, discography, artist info and more.

* Instant sharing with integrated and customizable email, Facebook and Twitter options.

* What’s Hot, Underplayed, and being newly ID’d on SoundHound around the world.

* Lyrics, videos, tour dates, and other rich content.

* Integrated Pandora radio stations. Discover something new and cool on the SoundHound App and use Pandora to quickly create a new station around it.

The SoundHound App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is available for free from the App Store or at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soundhound/id355554941?mt=8. The SoundHound Infinity App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is available for $4.99 from the App Store or at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id284972998?mt=8.

About SoundHound

SoundHound delivers innovative technologies and compelling user experiences in sound recognition, revolutionizing the way people interact with connected devices.

SoundHound’s breakthrough Sound2Sound technology searches sound against sound, bypassing traditional sound to text conversion techniques even when searching text databases. Sound2Sound has resulted in numerous breakthroughs including the world’s fastest music recognition, the world’s only viable singing and humming search, and instant-response large scale speech recognition systems.

SoundHound has produced multiple award-winning applications in music and voice search on platforms including iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. SoundHound also has numerous partnerships with global companies, including leading device manufacturers and operators.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, SoundHound is backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Global Catalyst Partners, TransLink Capital and Walden Venture Capital. For more information, visit www.sound-hound.com.

Contacts:

SoundHound Media Relations
June Parina, +1-415-321-1872
press@sound-hound.com

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100427006014/en/SoundHound-Launches-Free-Music-Search-Discovery-App

Want us to be featured on your show? Want to write a review about SoundHound? Send us an email here: press@melodis.com

…but we rolled out an update for SoundHound on the Android in between our naps.  We’ve added a feature many users have asked for and also improved the performance of the app.

Lyrics are here! Want to sing along with a song or want to rap along with Snoop Dogg songs? Well now you have your chance for some karaoke fun!

When we added the lyrics feature, we just had to improve the user experience by providing better graphics and speed up the ’search’ process. Now the app will been seen in high resolution and searches are done in as little as 4 seconds!

Existing users can update the app for free, while the app is available at the low low one time price of $4.99USD for new users.

Get SoundHound on your phone by going to the Market and searching for “SoundHound”

Of course we also have hired an exterminator to kill all the bugs, but if there is one or two still out there, please let us know by emailing us at support-android@midomi.com.

-CatherineG

http://www.midomi.com/android

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the clip, but you can find more information about us and other apps that were featured here:

As you know, we are nominated for a CTIA E-Tech Award (http://www.ctiawireless.com/) They had over 20 entries for our category and we are the top 5!  First, Second and Third Place Winners will be announced and awarded at the CTIA E-Tech Awards Ceremony next Thursday in Las Vegas by an expert panel of judges, keep your fingers crossed!

BUT WAIT, we still have a chance to take another award “Best Online Pick”. The entry that receives the highest total in online votes will win! You can make SoundHound your Favorite by clicking here:

BUT WAIT AGAIN, the entry that receives the highest number of text votes will win “Best in Show”.  I will make sure to notify you all when it is time for this! The winner for all of these will be announced at the ceremony.

Mobile Applications – Entertainment/Social Networking

BOLT Mobile Browser 1.7

Bitstream, Inc.

fring

fring

iTag.com

iTag.com

Root Coverage Mobile

Root Wireless

SoundHound

Melodis Corporation

Thanks for voting!- CatherineG

*Update 03/25/10

We didn’t win, but congrats to all the winners!

http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/1815

Simply click on our page and become a follower today!

Also, don’t forget to vote for SoundHound for “Best Online Pick”! Send SoundHound to CTIA Las Vegas by clicking on “Mark as Favorite”.

Deadline is March 22! Thanks SoundHounders!- CatherineG

Please cast your vote by clicking on the picture below.

On the  SoundHound page, please click on “Mark as Favorite” on the upper right hand corner. Voting deadline is Monday, March 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM (Eastern Time)!

Thanks for voting!

(Cut/Paste link into your browser) http://ctiait.ctia.org/etech/2010/public/index.cfm/viewEntries/?start=21&subCat=53&scoreStatus=all

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On March 4, the Stanford Wind Ensemble (a group of 50 players) will be performing “Reminiscence” for concert band composed by Kamyar Mohajer under the direction of maestro Giancarlo Aquilanti. The event will take place at Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium next to the music department. For more information, please see this link http://music.stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html (under March 4)

We would be delighted if you could join us that night. The event is free for Stanford students. $5 for other students. $10 for adults.

Kamyar Mohajer was born in Tehran, Iran in October 1976. His mother is a Persian folk music educator and vocalist, and father a passionate advocate of the arts. He started playing the piano at the age of 9, and continued his music education at York University, Toronto, after moving to Canada in 1995. He completed his undergraduate studies in piano performance and composition with masters like Christina Petrowska-Quilico and Antonin Kubalek.

Upon graduation with a J.D. and an M.B.A. in 2004, Kamyar began working as a business attorney in Toronto. In 2006, he moved to Silicon Valley, California to join his brother in starting Melodis (creator of SoundHound), a sound search technology and applications company. He has since been acting as the company’s legal and business development executive.

In 2007, Kamyar resumed the pursuit of his passion for music. He began by writing for the piano, and continued his education in composition and orchestration privately with maestro Giancarlo Aquilanti at Stanford University. He has written numerous pieces for various combinations of instruments, including woodwind quintet, string quartet, solo piano, orchestra, and wind ensemble. Kamyar recently completed writing a full length orchestral symphony in four movements. He transcribed parts of the symphony for the Stanford Wind Ensemble, entitled Reminiscence for concert band.

Melodis Corp will also have a presence at the event and will be giving out free promo codes for SoundHound, one of the most popular music apps on the iPhone.