Start Pill
This article showcases our top picks for the best Washington 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 Washington Music Based Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Roadie Music by Band Industries
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Roadie Music is a music technology company building the next generation musicians’ toolkit.
S!NG
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S!NG is a hesitation-free idea-sharing platform providing new groundbreaking technology services targeted for the music industry.
Lively
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Lively is a developer of a mobile music platform used to download live recordings.
Mint Songs
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Mint Songs is the largest music NFT marketplace helping music artists build web3 communities
Audiosocket
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Audiosocket is a music licensing and technology company that provides creative music licensing solutions for all media.
8Stem
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8Stem allows smartphone users to practice the power of a sound engineer and DJ artist.
Virtual Sonics
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Virtual Sonics offers software solutions for processing digital music files, recording, transmission, storage, retrieval, and reproduction.
Osiris Media
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Creating and curating music and culture podcasts for passionate fans and helping like-minded advertisers get in front of engaged customers.
Quu Interactive
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Quu Interactive provides an online service enabling listeners to select and interact with radio content.
Amazon Music
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Amazon Music is a music platform and online music store.
Oppty
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Service for marketers and website owners that sell soft,games, video and music
SyncFloor
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SyncFloor is a marketplace of commercial music that can be used in movies.
PlayNetwork
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PlayNetwork is a company which provide creative strategy, original and curated content, distribution platforms, and consumer insights.
Brown Paper Tickets
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Event Registration and Ticketing Company
Loud Technologies
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LOUD Technologies, Inc. is an American professional audio company.
Radio Javan
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Radio Javan is a Persian music streaming platform.
SoundExchange
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SoundExchange collects and distributes digital performance royalties for sound recording.
MediaNet
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Advanced global music technologies for data, catalog, licensing, and royalties.
XM Satellite Radio
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XM Satellite Radio is a subsidiary of SiriusXM Radio is an American satellite radio company.
Glacer FM
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Glacer FM is the The #1 Global Internet Radio Station focusing on Unsigned and Independent Music in all genres
Pretzel Tech
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Pretzel Tech is the first music streaming service fully licensed for live stream content creators on platforms.
Smithsonian Channel
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Smithsonian Channel is an entertainment company that offers tv entertainment services.
WAMbloc
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WAMbloc is an online platform that enables musicians, writers, and musicians to collaborate on new work.
RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America
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Recording Industry Association Of America is a trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry.
Widevine Technologies
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Widevine provides digital media solutions for the delivery of digital entertainment to any device.
Loudeye
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Loudeye provides digital media services that facilitate the distribution of media and entertainment for mobile and consumer electronics.
Sound Transit
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Sound Transit is a company which plan, build & operate regional transit systems for Central Puget Sound
The Stranger
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The Stranger is an alternatively weekly newspaper that covers news, reviews, arts, and culture.
Workhouse Media
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A multi-platform talent & content management company for radio, television, literary representation, digital and film.
tapTrax
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tapTrax offers an application that enables its users to discover, curate, and share music playlists with the other users.
KPLU
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KPLU is a Seattle and the Northwest’s source for NPR News, Jazz and Blues.
VALHALLA DSP
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VALHALLA DSP offers digital reverb and analog-inspired delay plugins for musicians, engineers, and other creative audio artists.
Coda Music Technologies
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Coda Music specializes in performance based solutions for musicians.
NMPA
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The National Music Publishers’ Association is the largest U.S. music publishing trade association with over 3000 members.
Sub Pop
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Sub Pop is a medium-sized independent record label that releases record albums and popularizes grunge music.
LOUD Audio
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LOUD Audio is a consumer goods manufacturing firm that develops, distributes & markets affordable professional audio products & systems.
Victrola
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Victrola is an online store that offers record players, turntables, speakers, radios, and accessories products.
Light In The Attic Records
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Light in the Attic is a media and entertainment.
3diosound
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3Dio Microphones Accessories binaural, binaural Audio, 3D Sound, 3d microphone, 3d mic, 3d audio, binaural recording, binaural mic.
Gigturn
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Gigturn is an e-commerce platform that helps DJs and musicians connect and interact with venues, promoters, and influencers.
Tracktion
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Tracktion designs, manufactures and distributes music production tools.
Echodio
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Echodio enables users to keep iTunes music libraries in sync, securely backed up, and streamable from anywhere.
Ninety9Lives
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Ninety9Lives is a content-creator focused record label dedicated to releasing royalty-free music
Kill Rock Stars
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Kill Rock Stars is a record label company.
KEXP 90.3 FM
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KEXP provides rich music experiences on the air, online, and on the streets.
Real Hip-Hop Network
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A digital media and entertainment company .
I.M.P. Entertainment
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I.M.P. Inc. owns and manages the major entertainment venues 9:30 Club, the Merriweather Post Pavllion and the Lincoln Theatre
Sonemic
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Sonemic is a brand new music discovery site from.
Respect My Region
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Respect My Region is a online media platform.
Mackie
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Mackie is a developer and marketer of high quality, affordable professional audio systems with “Built-Like-A-Tank” reliability.
WHUR 96.3
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WHUR 96.3 is a digital radio platform that offers local news, university news, music, podcasts, events and programs.
MusicFIRST
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MusicFIRST works to ensure music creators get fair pay for their work.
The 5th Avenue Theatre
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The 5th Avenue Theatre is a musical theatre company that creates musicals by bringing together passion and bigger than life productions.
Lockstream
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Lockstream is a digital rights management technology for content such as ringtones, music and games on mobile phones.
Otherworld Media
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Otherworld Media was founded in 1981 to create programming for public radio, television, and new media for children and families.
VZR, Inc.
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VZR, Inc. develops cutting edge audio technology with the goal of making great sound affordable.
KOCH Entertainment Group
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KOCH Entertainment Group engages in the development, acquisition, production, marketing, and distribution of recorded music and video.
Radio World
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Radio World is a radio broadcast technology company.
Pacific Studio
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Pacific Studio is an entertainment company offering exhibit detail designing and metal fabrication services.
Herding Cats
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Herding Cats is a Seattle-based cover band that provides live shows and music for individuals.
Exponential Entertainment
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Exponential Entertainment offers multiplatform services such as social games, widgets, and applications for fans of Hollywood movies.
xDJs
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We’re building Cardioid, an app that links Spotify with Instagram, Twitch, Bandcamp (and more!) for an artist-centric listening experience.
Startup Rocket
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Startup Rocket is a diverse group of artists, engineers, and business developers.
Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment
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Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment aims to tackle digital piracy and copyright of creative content for the entertainment industry.
Jaguar Audio Design
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Jaguar Audio Design seeks out music products that deliver the best combination of quality, performance, and value.
Triad-Orbit
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Triad-Orbit offers multimedia accessories such as a tripod, microphone and other gear for sound professionals and enthusiasts.
Teatro Zinzanni
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Teatro Zinzanni is a cirque, comedy, and cabaret artists served up with a scrumptious multi-course meal.
Kovue
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Kovue is the union of Facebook and Spotify for live TV and streaming video.
Roland Cloud
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Roland Cloud is a cloud based suite of software synthesizers, drum machines and sampled instruments for creators.
Internet Product Development Group
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Offers highly targeted automated custom news packages that deliver specific breaking updates on topics ranging from music to politics.
Washington State Fair
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Washington State Fair is a state spring fair that organizes various musical events & concerts for entertainment purposes.
cuddletunes
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Cuddletunes provides an MP3 teddy bear that plays any MP3 music, through Cloud Recorder, can record loving messages for the child to listen.
Media & Entertainment Services Alliance – MESA
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Building efficiencies in the creation, production and distribution of physical and digital media and entertainment.
Folk Alley
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Folk Alley is 24/7 internet radio, streaming its unique blend of traditional folk, roots, Americana, contemporary singer, indie-folk, etc.
Homemaide
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Homemaide helps you buy the items you love that you see on Streaming (Netflix, Youtube, Prime) and Social (FB, P, T, IG, Snap, WhatsApp)
Melodeo
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Melodeo delivers music and other media for the web and mobile devices.
Kennedy Violins
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Kennedy Violins is a web store that delivers, markets, and rents violins, basses, cellos, guitars, string instruments, and accessories.
Key Leaves
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Key Leaves offers saxophone and woodwind care products.
Seattle Music Partners
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Seattle Music Partners provides music education opportunities for students and tutors.
Magnum Entertainment Group
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Magnum entertainment group is a full-service entertainment event planning firm headquartered in washington.
WebFives
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WebFives is a Developer of a software designed to create and share digital media.
Ted Brown Music Company, Inc.
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Ted Brown Music is a family-owned company offering full line music instrument sales, rental, lessons and repair.
Kitsap Regional Library
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Kitsap Regional Library serves 258000 residents through nine community libraries, online access to materials and services.
MixMeister
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MixMeister creates innovative software tools for playing, producing and performing music mixes.
Josplay
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Josplay provides Music Consultancy and tailor-made playlists suited for luxury brands and hospitality businesses.
Concurrent Media
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Concurrent Media Strategies was founded in 2010 by long-time industry analyst and journalist Paul Sweeting.
Swoon Records
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Swoon Records is a music service firm that provides music of various kinds that including synth-pop & glam rock.
AudioTheme
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AudioTheme is a wordpress music themes and plugin provider for bands and musicians.
ToneBirds
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ToneBirds is a new platform to help artists get feedback on their tracks.
Band Industries
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Band Industries is a music technology that creates impactful innovations that enhance the lives of a musician.
The Vera Project
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The Vera Project is a nonprofit firm committed to fostering personal and community transformation through creative music and art.
Paradise Sound
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Paradise Sound is a music production and a recording studio.
World Famous
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World Famous is a motion pictures and film company providing films, commercials, and music promos.
WPFW
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Washington DC, listener supported community radio station dedicated to Jazz and Justice streaming live.
Music Works Northwest
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Music Works Northwest is an educational organization that specializes in the training of music and provides musical therapy courses.
KEXPlorer.com
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KEXPlorer.com is a site that helps enhance the listening experience of KEXP 90.3 FM. It helps you get more familiar with the great music
