Partnership allows users to experience Grooveshark's 15 million songs together in a social 3D-avatar-based music discovery service
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Music lovers will be able to enjoy their favorite tunes in a virtual world with the partnering of Grooveshark and DJparty.fm. Grooveshark is powering the social music discovery application on DJparty.fm, granting users full access to their music catalog. By partnering with Grooveshark, the largest internationally available on-demand music streaming and discovery service, DJparty.fm is able to offer music fans a library of over 15 million songs to share with their friends across the world.
"We are very happy to be partnering with Grooveshark, a service which provides the highest quality music experience," said Alexander Jorias, Founder of Cooee, which operates DJparty.fm.
A new social media experience, DJparty.fm allows users to create avatars and listen to their favorite artists in 3D music rooms. DJparty.fm makes music a community event, allowing users to listen to music, talk, exchange ideas and play all the hits they love in a social environment. Users can also become DJs themselves, playing songs while chatting with other music fans. The virtual crowd votes on each tune, allowing DJs to increase their level with each positive review.
Founded in 2006, Grooveshark has become a major worldwide online music streaming service with more than 35 million unique users per month and a library that surpasses 15 million songs. Grooveshark allows visitors to search, discover and share music from a vast library of artist, label and user-created works, while providing new ways for artists to promote, distribute and monetize their music online.
About Cooee
Cooee GmbH operates the social music application Cooee.fm and the international 3D Chat Community Club Cooee. The company, headquartered in Kaiserslautern, was founded in 2007 by experienced 3D game developers Alexander Jorias and Ingo Frick, together with Werner Bruckner and Markus Wiekenberg. The company has won several international awards and was selected by Microsoft as one of 70 companies worldwide for the exclusive promotion program BizSparkOne. Cooee GmbH is backed by major international venture capital investors from Europe.
CONTACT: For information regarding Grooveshark, Kristin Harris, +1-407-733-7090, Kristin@Grooveshark.com; For more information regarding DJparty.fm, Simon Birkenfeld, +49-175-22-36-995, simon@disco-very.net