Tribe of Noise explained

Tribe of Noise BV
Company Type:Privately held company
Website Type:Social networking service, music websites, music licensing
Foundation:2008 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Launch Date:July 14, 2008[1]
Founder:Hessel van Oorschot
Sandra Brandenburg
Headquarters:Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Website:www.tribeofnoise.com, pro.tribeofnoise.com, www.bizmusiq.com, sonos.tribeofnoise.com
Products:music

Film music, video game music, production music, soundtrack, theme music, music databases, internet radio, digital curation

Tribe of Noise BV is a "music-for-business" service company. The company has a catalogue of "over 34,000 independent artists"[2] across 194 countries.[3]

Music uploaded in the Tribe of Noise Community are licensed through Creative Commons 4.0 By Share Alike while Tribe of Noise Pro use its own licensing.

History

Tribe of Noise was founded by Sandra Brandenburg and Hessel van Oorschot in 2008 with an objective "to create fair and sustainable business opportunities for talented artists". It was one of 23 finalists in The Next Web PayPal X Startup Rally 2010.[4]

Tribe of Noise has partnerships with companies including Getty Images.[5] On September 12, 2019, Tribe of Noise acquired Free Music Archive for an undisclosed amount.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Enlightenment in the Music Industry: Tribe of Noise Launches Lawful Music Download Alternative. https://web.archive.org/web/20140728021025/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/16/idUS111843+16-Jul-2008+PRN20080716 . dead . 2014-07-28 . Reuters .
  2. Web site: FMA Story . Free Music Archive . 18 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903123306/https://freemusicarchive.org/about/#story . 3 September 2024 . With a catalogue of over 34,000 independent artists across 190+ countries and a fair, sustainable business model, Tribe of Noise aims to shape a healthy future for independent musicians around the world..
  3. Web site: About . Tribe of Noise . 18 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903123302/https://www.tribeofnoise.com/pages/about . 3 September 2024.
  4. News: Announcing the finalists of The Next Web Paypal X Startup Rally 2010 . TheNextWeb.com . Patrick . de Laive . 12 April 2010.
  5. News: Getty Images and Tribe of Noise partner to help talented artists with new business . Getty Images . 16 Feb 2012.
  6. Web site: Tribe Of Noise Acquires Free Music Archive. hypebot. 19 September 2019. 2019-09-19.