Smule Takes Its Mobile Creations to the Web

Smule, the mobile app developer behind Magic Piano and I Am T-Pain, has opened up its creations to the world. Starting Tuesday, songs created on Smule's moible apps are available on the Web for the first time ever. As a result, some of its best creations may find new fans.
 
Over 125 million users have created over one billion songs using apps such as Magic Piano, Sing! Karaoke, Ocarina, Guitar! and I Am T-Pain. Users of Sing! Karaoke sing over 20,000 songs per hour. Magic Piano users play 50,000 songs per hour. Users have shared half a terabyte of content every day through these apps.
 
The upshot: Smule creations can be heard and shared via the web, which should allow for a select number of them to find a wider audience. The new web-based social network allows these creations, stored in the cloud, to be shared with social media and accessed by anyone with a web browser. 
 
As co-founder and CEO Jeffrey C. Smith explained in a statement, "a couple nuggets rise to the top. I would even say there are some seriously talented people on the network. Regardless, I think we all are having a lot of fun creating music together.”
 
Smule was founded in 2008 by Stanford PhD student Jeff Smith and Stanford assistant professor Dr. Ge Wang. Over the years, Smule has raised $25.5 million in funding from such investors as Bessemer Venture Partners, Granite Ventures, Shasta Ventures, and Floodgate.