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Forbes Features Starchive’s Work with the Bob Dylan Music Company
Our work with our first client, the Bob Dylan Music Company, caught the attention of Forbes. Starchive, the latest in media asset management, enabled Dylan’s team to easily organize and play audio, video, and photo files, in addition to records of physical notebooks and lyric sheets.
Starchive excels in tapping the potential of all types of digital assets. The archive included footage from Dylan’s 1965 and 1966 tours, and we turned the footage into still frames, rendered in high-res TIF files. Previously, few high-quality images of Dylan’s life were accessible. Now, high-quality audio, photo, and video are at the company’s fingertips, and the original file metadata, or information about permission and dates, stays intact.
Our CEO, Richard Averitt, says: “Even the folks that have worked with Dylan for years have said, ‘oh wow’ at emerging material that has changed or enriched their ideas and helped round out the story.”
Read the full story about our work with Bob Dylan here.
Anatomy of an Upload
Why does it take so long to upload to the cloud? Upload is more than just sending information from one place to another, and there are numerous factors that play into upload time. Here’s a handy overview of what goes into an upload to help you estimate how long it might take to move your media into the cloud.
What’s next for digital content in 2019?
2019 will be the year organizations reframe their content as an asset on a massive scale. Tapping the power of AI, cloud storage and other technologies, users will transform managing and optimizing their content troves from a dreaded, overwhelming chore to lucrative discovery and revitalization.
The “Jackie Robinson” of classical music: Charlie Burrell’s storied career
After hearing a radio broadcast conducted by Pierre Monteux, Burrell knew he wanted to pursue classical music. In 1959, he became the first black orchestra member hired by a major U.S. orchestra, breaking the color barrier in classical music.
Starchive helps WFMT Relaunch a Radio Legend
Dubbed “the voice of the working man,” Studs Terkel reached international acclaim as one of the most intellectually curious newscasters of the 20th century. His work included coverage of the civil rights movement and conversations with the power players of jazz, blues, and politics.
