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This article showcases our top picks for the best Tennessee based Music Based companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Music Based industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Tennessee Music Based Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Concord Music Group
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Concord is an independent label group.
Soundways
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Innovative Software Solutions for Sound Engineers and Audio Device Manufacturers
Soundstripe
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Soundstripe offers unlimited, royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other media projects.
Tin Roof Bars
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Tin Roof is a casual live entertainment and restaurant concept that specializes in recruiting and promoting live music acts.
Gibson Brands
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Gibson Brands produces electric guitars. Its products include electric guitars and basses, acoustic guitars/basses, mandolins,
Artiphon
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Artiphon designs interactive musical experiences combining smart hardware and interactive content.
Opry Entertainment Group
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Opry Entertainment Group is an online platform that offers independent artists, writers, and performers, events, and live shows.
Artist Growth
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Artist Growth is a workflow, data management, and fintech B2B SaaS for the music industry and creator economy.
Lyric Financial
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Lyric Financial Advances, Loans, and Financial Solutions for the Global Music Industry.
Muzology
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Muzology makes music learning fun, engaging and effective.
RootNote
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We build tech to help music and content creators build businesses.
THIEL Audio
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THIEL Audio is a loudspeaker manufacturer providing components for the highest quality music and cinema sound reproduction in the home.
Strumn
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Strumn offers a platform that connects artists, venues, booking agents, and promoters.
Free Market Music
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Free Market Music is a new music app and player creating and performing the music for listeners.
Foundry Records
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Foundry Records is an entertainment company that is dedicated to long-term artist development and will include a diverse roster of artists.
Music City Baseball
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Music City Baseball is an organization of Nashville business, sports, music, and community leaders.
Beatroot Music
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Empowering record labels and music publishers to prosper in the digital world by aggregating music catalogues, metadata and rights data
NPREX
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NPREX is the pioneering, patent-pending marketplace for direct licensing in music performing rights.
Blackbird Academy
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Blackbird Academy Professional School of Audio located on the campus.
Ripple Music
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Ripple Music is an online and mobile music collaboration ecosystem platform for music collaboration.
MusicStockExchange
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MusicStockExchange is a platform for investing in song royalties and other music industry assets.
The Orchard
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The Orchard is a music distribution, marketing and sales company for artists and labels to distribute content to digital and mobile outlets.
Big Machine Label Group
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Big Machine Label Group is a music label providing country music.
Crowd Surf
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Crowd Surf is a music marketing company that focuses on utilizing social media, offering both interactive marketing and creative services.
SkyJam
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SkyJam is a music community and marketplace service for producers and artists. Music your way.
Hear It First
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Hear It First is an entertainment website focused on Christian music.
RN Entertainment
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RN Entertainment specializes in songwriting, demo and background vocals, event planning and voice-overs.
Songfluencer
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Songfluencer is a creative marketing agency for music.
ActionVFX
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ActionVFX provides visual effect assets for professional artists and filmmakers.
Vaughn Live
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Vaughn Live is a broadcast media company that provides its viewers with content on people, music, news, and nature.
VideoBomb
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VideoBomb empowers fans by placing them in their favorite artists’ videos.
The House
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The House is a ‘what’s going on tonight’ app at the best restaurants and bars in town.
Fair Trade Services
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Fair Trade Services is an independent Christian music record company.
Listen Up
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ListenUp.fm is a loyalty rewards site for music fans.
Single Music
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Artist & label tools for Shopify. Turn your store into a distribution powerhouse w/ preorders, bundling, & livestreams.
QuaverMusic.com
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QuaverMusic.com is committed to being the most trusted, worldwide brand in music education.
BBR Music Group
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BBR Music Group offers Stoney Creek Records, RED BOW Records, Wheelhouse Records, & Magic Mustang Music.
AC Entertainment
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AC Entertainment is a music promotion company based in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Audiio
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Audiio is a creative agency that offers motion pictures, licensed music and advertising campaigns with a network of publishers & musicians.
SangCash
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SangCash is a payment platform that saves venues money on licensing fees and pays creators of the music in those venues faster.
The North American Guitar
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The North American Guitar is a specialist in premium guitars.
Seismic Audio
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Seismic Audio is an e-commerce company for pro audio and DJ speakers.
Anderson Media
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Anderson Media Corporation is a family-owned business operating innovative consumer product and services businesses.
SoundHouse
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SoundHouse focuses on working with artists and labels to acquire their music streaming royalty income.
Mojo Music & Media
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Mojo Music & Media is a next generation music rights company, offering both best-of-breed music publishing.
Pearl Corporation
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Pearl Corporation is a music company that manufactures drums and percussion instruments.
Metablocks
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Metablocks designs, develops and implements social media applications and solutions for large brands, music and entertainment companies.
Naxos of America
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Naxos of America is a classical music distributor that provides physical and digital distribution,publishing and licensing services.
Nashville Tennessee
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Music City news, events, concerts, travel info, special offers, happenings, developments and more from the Nashville Convention.
Churchstreaming.tv
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Churchstreaming.tv is a live streaming platform that allows its subscribers to get connected with a community, outreach & worship together.
Songspace
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Professional network that powers creative and business workflows via shared music assets and data.
Grand Ole Opry
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Grand Ole Opry is the live entertainment phenomenon.
Epic Stock Media
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EpicStockMedia creates and distributes sound and digital media products that change the way you hear and see audio in games, films and more!
ToneWoodAmp
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ToneWoodAmp is a revolutionary device that uses an acoustic guitar’s and sound hole.
G7 Entertainment Marketing
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G7 Entertainment Marketing connect brands to the power of music: artists, tours, festivals, award shows and big new ideas.
Bonnaroo
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Bonnaroo offers an annual four-day music festival that is held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
Crew One Productions
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Crew One Productions is an entertainment & concert promoter and technical staffing source.
The Mechanical Licensing Collective
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The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a non-profit service organization that serves songwriters from every genre.
Flood Bumstead McCready & McCarthy
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Flood Bumstead McCready & McCarthy is a music company offering music talent representation services.
Street Jelly Media
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Street Jelly Media is an online platform where musicians perform live online through webcam and computer.
Soundstache
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Soundstache enables musicians to interact with their fans in a live and real-time environment using GPS-enabled devices.
Eviesays
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Eviesays is an online directory of event listings that provides info on dance, film, comedy, theater, sports and more.
MusicRow
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MusicRow magazine has been Nashville’s forefront music industry trade publication.
SpinIntel
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SpinIntel is an online software platform that uses a modular dashboard system for the music industry.
United Record Pressing
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United Record Pressing is a manufacturer of vinyl records for record labels and artists.
Tempo
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Tempo provides cloud-based software that streamlines the processes for booking agencies, music publishing & tour management, including crew.
Solo Music
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Solo Music is a global marketplace for music that bridges the gap between the artist and the audience.
Sound Yeti
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Custom Kontakt Instruments and Custom Sound Design.
Compass Records Group
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Compass is a new breed of roots-music label: eclectic, sophisticated, and artist-friendly.
Curb Records
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Curb Records is an American record label company located in Nashville.
Nitetrain Coach
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Nitetrain Coach has served the transportation needs of the entertainment industry for over 30 years.
TJ Martell Foundation
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The T.J. Martell Foundation is the music industry’s largest foundation that funds innovative.
Sound Credit
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Sound Credit provides music producers with tools for tracking, editing, and delivering credits.
Thirty Tigers
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Thirty Tigers Management strives to help artists define their vision and achieve it.
5 Star Media Group
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5 Star Media Group is a broadcast media company offering radio advertising and digital media services.
Nashville Scene
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Nashville Scene is an alternative newsweekly that publishes commentary, news, and reviews of local arts and entertainment.
Stratosphere Parts
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Stratosphere Parts is an online platform to buy guitars and parts such as cords, pedals, neck plates, clothing, hardware set and strings.
Bauer Entertainment Marketing
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Marketing that delivers more fans, sales, & profit for sports, music, & entertainment companies.
RFD-TV
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RFD-TV is an entertainment company providing tv and radio broadcasting services.
Nashville Public Radio
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Nashville Public Radio serves Middle Tennessee by providing trusted in-depth news, engaging music.
The Mapes Piano String Company
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The Mapes Piano String Company is a string and wire manufacturer.
MCN Interactive
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The Web Guys, The Dreamz Team, or however you want to refer to us, we are here for all your internet and new media needs. http://fb.
Start MMT
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Start MMT is the cornerstone of a bold effort to advance music industry technology, creative talent, and music
Remix Hits
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Your ‘one stop shop’ for remixes: shop the hits, release your tracks, and manage all the royalties you receive on your creative work.
Centricity Music
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Centricity Music is a record company that produces, publishes and promotes music.
Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum
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The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the non-profit, educational Country Music Foundation (CMF).
Evolve Studio
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Evolve Studios is a production company that produces films, episodic series, documentaries, promos, and music videos.
Trew Audio
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Trew Audio provides equipment sales, rentals, and service for professional audio engineers and location sound mixers.
Ledger Note
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Ledger Note is a content magazine for music industry workers.
Music City Center
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Music City Center is a convention center that hosts events such as private dinners to large-scale conventions.
Samick Music Corp.
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Samick Music Corp. is a music company that manufactures musical instruments.
Highland Communications
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Highland Communications offers internet solutions and products like broadband, telephone, and digital music channels.
Zac Brown Band
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Zac Brown Band is an American country and rock music band.
Closeup.fm
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Closeup.fm is using software to create a network of private venues for music performance.
