Hitlab Music Company

Hitlab is a website owned and operated by WebHitContest; a small, Montreal-based  company [ [http://www.hitlab.com/about HitLab ] ] where bands and musical artists can promote and advertise themselves. Each artist or band has its own page that may include news, photos, upcoming shows, background/biographical information, contact information, and music for free listening and downloads. Over 400 artists [ [http://www.hitlab.com/ HitLab ] ] house such profiles on Hitlab.

Hitlab was founded in October 2007, the website is a promotional grounds for minor or up-and-coming artists, but also boasts signed mainstream bands as well.

Hitlab created the DHS (Dynamic Hit Scoring) which uses artificial intelligence to predict the hit potential of a new song. The DHS originated from [http://www.diagnos.ca/ Diagnos] , a company who develops and markets knowledge extraction solutions.

By comparing this new song to a massive database of chart-topping singles called the Music DataBase. Where every genre is represented: pop, country, hip-hop, rock, etc.

The database is updated constantly with new releases. Where a song lives in the universe (i.e. where it's positioned in the database's grid) is determined by patterns in its melody, harmony, chord progression, rhythm, beat, pitch and so on. Songs with similar patterns are close to each other and form groups; songs that are vastly different end up far apart.

Recent hit songs only account for a small number of these groups. To have more chances of being a hit in today's music environment, a new song should fall into one of these groups, i.e. have the same sort of patterns as other recent hits.

Features

*Free artist memberships
*Free memberships for listeners
*Artists can host mp3s and/or downloads, promote shows and events on their pages
*A listener's membership gives them the ability to create their own user profile and to buy songs
*Artists can submit their songs thru DHS (Dynamic Hit Scoring) which uses artificial intelligence to predict the hit potential of a new song

taff Members

*Tomas Gauthier - General Manager
*Youssef Erradi - Sponsorships / Artist Developer

External links

* [http://www.hitlab.com/ Hitlab.com]

References

* [http://web.mac.com/blinker182/UNICORN_STUDIO/UNICORN_STUDIO_%3A%3A_Just_about_music.../UNICORN_STUDIO_%3A%3A_Just_about_music....html/ Unicorn Studio]
* [http://www.tontuyau.com/membre.asp?id=12409/ Ton Tuyau]
* [http://www.diagnos.ca/ Diagnos]