Canadian Musician September / October 2019 | Page 74

TECH
TOOLS
ArrangeMe, which is owned by music publisher and distributor Hal
Leonard, is an online self-publishing platform that allows songwrit-
ers and composers to sell sheet music of their own compositions
or original arrangements of popular songs. Through ArrangeMe,
composers can upload their works for free and set their own sale
price for the piece to be sold on sites including SheetMusicPlus and
Noteflight. ArrangeMe takes care of paying the appropriate fees to
the copyright holders and also pays commissions on each sale to
the composer/arranger who uploaded the works.
www.arrangeme.com.
SoundTrap is a Spotify-owned online collaborative music and
podcasting recording studio with over 4,000 loops and presets, plus
automation features and its own Patterns Beatmaker drum machine.
It also has AutoTune built in and musicians can connect their own
microphone, guitar, or any other instrument to collaborate from any-
where using their computer, phone, or tablet. It is a tiered monthly
subscription service and, recently, SoundTrap removed project
number limits from its free tier.
www.soundtrap.com.
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BeatStars is an online marketplace for buying and selling
beats. Producers can sell exclusive or non-exclusive licences
for their beats and can earn royalties when their music is used
on SoundCloud. Its Pro Pages are responsive across all mobile,
tablet, and desktop browsers and come with a fully-integrat-
ed shopping cart. The Blaze Players can be an instant beat
store that allows producers to lease beats, offer free beats, or
negotiate exclusive licenses. Users can create custom contracts,
promo codes, deals, and voice tags.
www.beatstars.com.
Splice is a cloud-based subscription service that offers a collab-
orative online studio, music creator community, sound sample
library, and plug-ins. With the Splice studio, users can back up
their work in the cloud and collaborate with other artists. There
are millions of samples, loops, effects, presets, and exclusive
artist packs available for download from the sound library, and
Splice also offers a rent-to-own plug-in program with the latest
offerings from many major plug-in developers.
www.splice.com.