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Music App Company Smule Acquires Khush
Smule is a music app company that created Ocarina, I Am T-Pain, and Magic Piano apps for the iPhone. Smule has announced that they are acquiring Khush. Khush created LaDiDa (When you sing, a beat is generated) and Songify (Turns speech/coughs/howls/etc. into beats). The financial details of the acquisition was undisclosed.
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Categories Ge Wang, Khush, Parag Chordia, Smule
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Lang Lang Plays Piano Using The Smule iPad App During A Concert [VIDEO]
Pianist Lang Lang has done something different during a concert. He pulled out his Apple iPad and played “Flight of the Bumblebee” on the Magic Piano application, designed by Smule. “I’ve never seen the freestyle Magic Piano played like he [Lang Lang] did,” stated Smule co-founder Ge Wang in an interview with the WSJ. I’d love to see Lang Lang and A.R. Rahman do a concert together with their iPads. [WSJ]
Categories Apple iPad, Ge Wang, Lang Lang, Smule
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I Am T-Pain App Developer Smule Raises $8 Million
Smule, the company that has developed the I Am T-Pain application has raised $8 million in a third round of funding. The I Am T-Pain application has been downloaded over 700,000 times and there are in-app purchases that allow you to do karaoke to some of T-Pain’s hit songs like Bartender and Got Money. Smule has another application called Ocarina that has been downloaded over 1.65 million times. Smule expects to make about $3 million in revenues this year. Smule’s most recent funding round was provided by Shasta Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Granite Ventures. Smule has raised a total of $13.7 million.