In a transfer aimed toward redistributing artistic energy throughout the music business, multi-platinum pop disruptor Kesha has launched SMASH, a brand new collaborative platform designed to place autonomy and possession again into the arms of music creators. Constructed to serve producers, vocalists, songwriters, and engineers alike, SMASH guarantees a protected, supportive ecosystem the place artists can join, collaborate, and—crucially—retain the rights to the work they create, with none contracts with invisible effective print and gatekeeping execs.
“My purpose is to shift the facility construction of the music making enterprise in favor of the creators,” stated Kesha in a press release. “I signed a predatory deal once I was 18 after which spent greater than a decade preventing to regain rights to my voice and picture. After I lastly gained my freedom I noticed the battle wasn’t over. I need to be sure what occurred to me by no means occurs to anybody else once more.”
The platform, now stay at smashmusic.io, was co-founded by Kesha alongside tech veteran CTO Alan Cannistraro (former Apple and Fb engineer) and COO Lagan Sebert. The trio, alongside a group of prime music business and tech veterans, brings collectively many years of mixed expertise from each the leisure and tech worlds, aiming to rewire the gatekeeper-heavy construction of the music enterprise.
SMASH isn’t simply one other networking app; it options built-in contracting, a distant collaboration studio, and a expertise market. “SMASH is the place any music creator can discover their musical tribe and create their very own…SMASH,” the platform states.
To have a good time the launch, the group is kicking issues off with a remix problem for Kesha’s latest and “unapologetically horny” occasion anthem, “BOY CRAZY”. The stems for the music might be made accessible completely to creators who join the SMASH e mail checklist. The perfect remix, chosen personally by Kesha, will see an official launch later this summer time by way of Kesha Data.
The discharge of SMASH coincides with an enormous summer time forward for Kesha, who will drop her long-awaited new album, merely titled “. (PERIOD)”, on July 4—fittingly, Independence Day. She’ll assist the document together with her largest tour so far: The Tits Out Tour, produced by Dwell Nation and introduced by Feeld. The North American run kicks off July 1 in Utah and contains stops at main venues like LA’s Kia Discussion board and NYC’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
Cannistraro, who performed a key function in constructing Apple’s authentic app ecosystem and later Fb’s mobile-first options, brings deep expertise in product structure. His background as a musician and DJ provides private resonance to his new function. Sebert, a longtime content material strategist and neighborhood builder, has beforehand labored with manufacturers like Google, Apple, and Meta and co-founded the award-winning international manufacturing community, Hometeam.
Whereas nonetheless in its early days, SMASH is clearly aimed toward redefining how music is made and who controls it—an more and more pressing query within the age of streaming, AI instruments, and hyper-digital collaboration.
For more information or to enter the remix problem, go to www.smashmusic.io.
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