CASH Music

ABOUT:

CASH Music is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to improving the music experience for artists and listeners alike. We're building a free open-source platform that is designed to serve artists, industry, and listeners. We're working with artists to find the best way forward for them and their music, helping to build unique experiences online and off. But more than anything we're trying to make sure that music remains a vital part of our culture, and an integral part of our increasingly digital lives.

Our goal has always been to help artists and to assist in building a music industry culture that can support them. A big part of that is decoupling our business model from that of the artists for whom we advocate, hence our non-profit status. We have a firm mission to create open-source software tools for artists; and to provide guidance, assistance, and education in music industry best practices for the digital age. We believe that this mix can foster both creativity and new revenue models in music. And as a non-profit we can be open and publicly accountable in all our efforts.

THE MISSION:

CASH Music develops open tools and solutions for the music industry.

Our primary technical effort is the development of an open source platform designed specifically to provide functionality to artists, labels, listeners, and other music stakeholders. This is an open, API-driven platform that will support public artist projects, external web applications, and promotional endeavors. Development is ongoing, with early public releases scheduled for Q3 2009.

CASH uses those tools and solutions to support or create new music business models.

The platform's asset management, content management, and user management capabilities form a formidable foundation for distributed web applications. As the platform matures we hope to see it powering other businesses and efforts.

CASH serves as a think-tank for all stake-holders in the music industry.

Engaging artists and the industry directly is the best way to ensure that innovation continues to play a leading role in our efforts. We will continue to build compelling music projects as a way to work with and learn from all that is going on in music today.

CONTACT:

CASH Music
http://cashmusic.org
info@cashmusic.org
PO Box 3782
Newport, RI 02840