Midomi & SonicLiving Announce Karaoke On The Go

On Wednesday night at one of San Francisco’s co-working spaces, two great startups presented their products to a pretty packed house at one of the city’s most popular co-working locations, Citizen Space. The two companies were Midomi and SonicLiving – both of which are in the business of helping people figure out what songs they’re listening to and where to get more information.

As I sat through and listened to Midomi give their presentation, it’s apparent that there was some real music ingenuity going on here. The premise behind Midomi is this: it’s a mobile platform so it can be used for the iPhone (yes, there’s even an app for that) and if you’re trying to figure out the name of a song that you’re listening to, you can sing/hum a verse & then it will pick it up and display the song (including any covers of the song). What’s even more impressive is that it can also be used for karaoke – and if you didn’t know, the tech scene is infamous for karaoke…so there you go…it’s karaoke on the go!

SonicLiving has also created a product centered around music, but not necessarily through the same way on mobile phones as with Midomi. The goal behind SonicLiving is to help music fans connect with the bands at a live concert or show. By connecting through music streaming programs like Pandora, Facebook, Last.FM and Lala, fans can keep track of when their favorite bands/artists are coming to a location near them and purchase tickets to the event – it’s an interesting way of keeping in touch with your bands. Just imagine as you’re listening to a song using Midomi that you love (and perhaps are belting out during karaoke?) and then get a ping from SonicLiving saying that the song’s band is set to perform at the nearby concert hall – wouldn’t you want to grab yourself some tickets to see how the pros sing the same song?

Here are some photos from the event:

You can view more photos from this event on my Flickr set here.