PureSolo

PureSolo

Web address	www.puresolo.com
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Music Recording
Registration	free
Available language(s)	English
Launched	2008
Alexa rank	1,921,773 (February 2014)[1]
Current status	Active

PureSolo is an online music-recording platform that allows users to download professionally produced backing tracks and accompaniments from a vast catalogue, and record their own versions using the website’s own built-in recorder. The PureSolo recorder simultaneously displays lyrics, sheet music and tablature during the recording, so that the user can play or sing along.

Once completed, a recording can then be exported to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and a profile is also created on PureSolo where users can upload a photo, share some of their musical inspirations, and comment and interact with other members of the community. Users can also download a backing track as a MP3 to take away and use outside the website.

The catalogue contains recordable versions of songs for Karaoke, Guitar, and Accompaniment. With 35 different genres of music, from Rock and Hip-Hop through to Jazz and Classical there is a wide variety of tracks to choose from for over 20 different instruments.^[2]

Licensing

Through licensing agreements with leading music publishers including EMI, Universal, Warner/Chappell, and Sony/ATV and collecting societies including the PRS, PureSolo is the only website which provides this recording service legally.

Competitions

PureSolo has teamed up with artists including David Guetta^[3] , Mark Knopfler^[4] , Westlife^[5] , P!nk^[6] , The Saturdays^[7] and JLS, to hold competitions where users can upload their own versions of songs to win prizes such as attending concerts and meeting the artist(s).

PureSolo also launched the original online X Factor Karaoke site in 2009^[8] in an exclusive deal with the X Factor, and has run competitions with Jazz FM featuring some of the UK’s finest Jazz artists including Snake Davis, Dennis Rollins and Steve Waterman.

Educational Partnerships

The ABRSM platform enables instrumentalists to record musical pieces from the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) examination syllabus using the PureSolo app. Puresolo also offers content and discounts for schools through the Education Platform.

PureSolo has also formed a partnership with the UK Government’s Sing Up Campaign. Sing Up is a not-for-profit organisation promoting singing in the classroom and can be found at www.singup.org. The resource, in the form of backing tracks, lyrics and accompanying notes, provides teachers the means to encourage students to get involved with singing songs from the new UK songbook. At the end of January 2010, they added a new ‘Sing & Share’ functionality which enables individual pupils, classrooms or whole schools to record and share their efforts. This functionality is powered and hosted by PureSolo.

History

PureSolo was founded by former Goldman Sachs partner David Kaplan, and UK session musician, John Thirkell. Mr Thirkell has had an illustrious career as a trumpet player, playing on songs by artists such as David Bowie, Jamiroquai, George Michael and Tina Turner, added to live performances with Phil Collins, Eric Clapton and Bon Jovi along with many other stella names.^[9] PureSolo’s Beta launch took place in October 2008.^[10]

References

External links

• PureSolo Website