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Music Mastermind

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Music Mastermind was co-founded by Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter and former Chairman/CEO of Virgin Records Matt Serletic and former Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Trading at JP Morgan Bo Bazylevsky. Zya, Music Mastermind’s first product, is the brainchild of Matt and Bo, and was realized with the help of music industry executive Dean Serletic, US High Yield trader Andrew Bazylevsky, and Wall Street veteran/lifelong musician Terry Solomone. Founded in 2008, the company is dedicated to developing technologies that break down the barriers to music creation and expression. Music Mastermind is a venture-backed startup whose investors include Intel Capital and Liberty Global.

Recent Milestones

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  Music Mastermind — Music Mastermind Unveils Zya at the Billboard FutureSound Conference (11/17/11)
  Posted 11/18/11 at 1:13am via facebook.com
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  Music Mastermind received $10.8M in Series B funding. (5/19/11)
  Posted 5/23/11 at 2:26pm via cnbc.com
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  Music Mastermind — IBM Cloud Computing to Help Music Mastermind Reach Music Fans Worldwide (2/15/11)
  Posted 5/11/11 at 9:19am via ibm.com
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  Music Mastermind — The company was converted from a liability liability company to a corporation. (8/5/10)
  Posted 11/18/10 at 6:37pm
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  Music Mastermind received $4.85M in Series A funding. (2/24/10)
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm via paidcontent.org
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  Music Mastermind added Bo Bazylevsky as Co-Founder & President.
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm
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  Music Mastermind added Andrew Bazylevsky as SVP, Operations and Business Development.
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm
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  Music Mastermind added Matt Serletic as Co-Founder & CEO.
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm
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  Music Mastermind added Reza Rassool as CTO.
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm
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  Music Mastermind added Dean Serletic as SVP, Marketing.
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm
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  Music Mastermind added Terry Solomone as Product Evangelist.
  Posted 2/24/10 at 7:57pm
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  Music Mastermind added Albert Lomeli as CFO.
  Posted 11/18/11 at 12:27am
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  Music Mastermind added Chris Mancil as VP, Interactive Marketing.
  Posted 11/18/11 at 12:33am

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Screenshots

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Above: Music Mastermind
Uploaded: 11/19/10

Products

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Zya

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Website	zyamusic.com
Blog	blog.zyamusic.com
Stage	Beta

Zya is the only platform that allows you to easily make studio-quality music and use famous hooks to reimagine hit songs. Combining patent-pending SoundBetter technology and a unique interactive studio environment, Zya delivers a new form of music entertainment: a powerful recording tool wrapped in a fun game-like experience. With Zya, users can enhance and transform their voices, create new beats, and integrate hooks from a number of Zya Characters that represent different musical genres. Zya users can also incorporate famous hooks from hit songs into original, unique works. All songs created with Zya can be shared across popular social networks.

Videos

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Zya First Look Trailer

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Forbes SXSW: The Future Of Music Generation

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Zya Tutorial: How To Make A Song

Sources

1. Music Mastermind Gets $4.85 Million For Music Creation Tools (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Music Mastermind Closes $10.8 Million Series B Raise Led by Intel Capital and Liberty Global New Funding Accelerates Launch Plans for 'Create-and-Share' Music Platform (cnbc.com) [edit]
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