{{Short description|Music service website}} {{Infobox website | name = Music Story | logo = Music Story Logo.png | image = | type = Music database | url = {{url|www.music-story.com}} | commercial = yes | advertising = | language = English, French, German, Japanese, Korean | registration = | owner = | author = Jean-Luc Biaulet, Loïc Picaud | launch_date = 2008 | current_status = [[Online]] }}
'''Music Story''' is a music service website and international music data provider. It curates, aggregates and analyzes [[metadata]] for digital music services.
==History== Music Story was launched in 2008 as an online musical encyclopedia inspired by [[AllMusic]]. It was founded by Jean-Luc Biaulet and Loïc Picaud,<ref name="Philippe/DBTH" /> the last of whom is the site's editor-in-chief and has authored books on [[David Bowie]], [[Serge Gainsbourg]], [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]].<ref name="Picaud/Babelio" /> Picaud also wrote ''L'Odyssée du Rock Français'', a study of French rock music,<ref name="Picaud/Babelio">{{cite web|url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Loic-Picaud/9314 |title=Loïc Picaud|publisher=[[Babelio]]|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> and contributed to the reference work ''Le Rock de A à Z''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20080226&article=2596786&type=ar |title=David Bowie. Loïc Picaud: "Une rencontre choc"|newspaper=[[Le Télégramme]]|date=26 February 2008|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref>
The site included artists' biographies, features on various musical genres and album reviews.<ref name="Philippe/DBTH" /> Among the contributors and reviewers were music critic Christian Larrède,<ref>{{cite web|first=Christian|last=Larrède|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053026/http://www.music-story.com/ravi-shankar/tana-mana/critique |url=https://www.music-story.com/ravi-shankar/tana-mana/critique|title=Critique de ''Tana Mana'', Ravi Shankar|publisher=Music Story|archivedate=29 November 2014|accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref> who has written for the cultural magazine ''[[Les Inrockuptibles]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/auteur/christianlarrede/ |title=Christian Larrède|publisher=[[Les Inrockuptibles|lesinrocks.com]]|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> Stan Cuesta, a musician and journalist specialising in rock and folk,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stancuesta.com/articles-itws.html |title=Stan Cuesta – écrivain, auteur, journaliste, presse musicale, biographie de Nirvana, Edith Piaf, Léo Ferré, Jeff Bluckley, U2 ...|publisher=stancuesta.com|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> who has also contributed to ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Rock & Folk]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castorastral.com/auteur/stan-cuesta/|title=Stan Cuesta|publisher=castorastral.com|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> and Guillaume Belhomme,<ref name="Staff/MS">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606044026/http://www.music-story.com/equipems|url=http://www.music-story.com:80/equipems|title=Equipe|publisher=Music Story|archivedate=6 June 2013|accessdate=3 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> a jazz musician and author.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/jazz/jazz-culture-eric-dolphy-par-guillaume-belhomme-60982 |title=Jazz Culture: Eric Dolphy, par Guillaume Belhomme|publisher=[[France Musique|francemusique.com]]|date=10 April 2018|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref>
Music Story later developed as an editorial enrichment service for digital music platforms, such as artist biographies, and processing and qualification of metadata. In 2013, the company launched an [[application programming interface]] (API).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalbusinessnews.com/metadonnees-le-francais-music-story-leve-600-000-euros/ |first=Bertrand|last=Lenotre|title=Métadonnées: le Français Music Story lève 600 000 euros|language=fr |publisher=Digital Business News|date=29 May 2015|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> Titled Music Story Pro,<ref name="Philippe/DBTH">{{cite web|url=http://dbth.fr/2013/06/music-story-se-transforme-en-api |first=Julien|last=Philippe|title=Music Story se transforme en API|publisher=DBTH|date=18 June 2013|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> it offers integrated digital [[music search engine]]s, access to third-party content (audio/video streams, photos, lyrics), and music recommendations. In October 2014, the company's products were featured in Radio 2.0 Paris' music technology event, hosted by [[Radio France]].<ref>{{cite web|author=News admin|url=http://bigmediaconnect.es/les-nouveaux-enjeux-de-la-prescription-musicale-par-music-story-radio-2-0-paris-2014/|title=Les Nouveaux Enjeux de la Prescription Musicale par Music-Story @ Radio 2.0 Paris 2014|publisher=Big Media|date=16 October 2014|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref>
In 2015, Music Story carried out a fundraising of [[Euro|€]]600,000 to further its international development. The initiative was supported by France's Institut pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalettre.pro/Music-Story-finance-son-developpement-a-l-international_a7547.html |author=Brulhatour|title=Music Story finance son développement à l'international |publisher=La Lettre Pro de la Radio|date=1 June 2015|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> As of May that year, the company's customers included [[Deezer]], [[Fnac]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], Radio France, [[Lagardère Group|Lagardère]] and [[Universal Music Group|Universal]].<ref name="IRMA">{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.asso.fr/Music-Story-600-000-euros-pour-se |title=Music Story: 600 000 euros pour se développer à l'international|publisher=IRMA|date=29 May 2015|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website | http://www.music-story.com/}} * [https://doc.music-story.com/ API Documentation]
[[Category:Online music and lyrics databases]] [[Category:American music websites]] [[Category:French music websites]] [[Category:Entertainment companies based in California]] [[Category:Internet properties established in 2008]]