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BAMM.tv (Bricks and Mortar Media), is a San Francisco-based media company that enters a direct music licensing relationship with independent artists to record high-definition video of live performances and distribute the content to mobile, web and television platforms. Unlike major label agreements, the artist retains 100 percent of the underlying copyright and publishing rights to the work, and participates in a 50/50 net profit share. BAMM.tv is one implementation of the concept of Voluntary Collective Licensing proposed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2008. Its publicly distributed music videos are released under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 US license. In November 2013, BAMM.tv was recognized in a UK Trade & Investment publication as one of the leading creative agencies operating in the United Kingdom.

Partners
BAMM.tv distributes its content through various global partners like Samsung Apps, Mozilla, Chungwa Telecom, Samba TV (formerly Flingo), SelecTV, Fuugo, Ringz.tv, and MunduTV, reaching audiences in over 150 countries on mobile devices, television and the internet.

List of Artists
BAMM.tv works with emerging artists in many popular music genres such as indie rock, electronic, Latino, hip-hop, soul, folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, and jazz, among others. The following are a selection of BAMM.tv artists:


 * Ana Tijoux
 * Bang Data
 * Bocafloja
 * Birds & Batteries
 * Cahalen Morrison and Eli West
 * Carla Morrison
 * Con Brio
 * Emily Jane White
 * Funky C
 * Geographer
 * Ha Ha Tonka
 * Hollerado
 * Infantree
 * Kelly McFarling
 * La Santa Cecilia
 * Lulacruza
 * Mirah
 * Monsieur Periné
 * Pedro Moraes
 * Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
 * The Ferocious Few
 * The Flashbulb
 * The Soft White Sixties
 * The Stone Foxes
 * Typhoon
 * Wallpaper.
 * Wild Child

Artist Awards and Accolades
A number of BAMM.tv artists have been recognized in major award ceremonies and have featured in television and radio shows, commercials, trade magazines and a video game.

2006-2010
In 2006, electronic artist The Flashbulb composed the song "Passage D" for the Dove Evolution advertisement, which won two Cannes Lions Grand Prix awards and a Clio Award. Hip-hop artist Ana Tijoux was nominated for "Best New Artist" and "Best Urban Artist" awards at the Premios MTV Latinoamérica in 2007. In 2010, her song "1977" was featured in the video game FIFA 11. That same year, the indie-rock band Geographer had their song "Kites" featured in an episode of MTV reality series The Buried Life and singer-songwriter Carla Morrison was featured in Rolling Stone México in an article on her solo career.

2011-2014
In 2011, baroque folk band Typhoon performed on the Late Show with David Letterman and folk-rock band Infantree performed on Conan as musical guests. That same year, hip-hop group Bang Data had their song "Bang Data" featured on an episode of Breaking Bad and indie rock band The Stone Foxes had their song "King Bee" featured in a national ad campaign for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey. The Stone Foxes' song "Beneath Mt. Sinai" was also featured in an episode of Showtime series Shameless. Latino group La Santa Cecilia received a Latin Grammy nomination their song "La Negra" under the "Best Tropical Song" category. Ana Tijoux was featured on National Public Radio's show World Cafe in 2011. Her song "1977" was also featured on an episode of the television series Breaking Bad.

In 2012, singer-songwriter Carla Morrison won "Best Alternative Music Album" and "Best Alternative Song" at the 13th Latin Grammy Awards. The same year, hip-hop artist Wallpaper. performed two songs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Folk duo Cahalen Morrison and Eli West featured in a performance on BBC Two during the 2012 Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, Scotland. The folk-rock group Infantree was an opening band on Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s North American tour in 2012.

Folk musicians Wild Child received the "Best Folk Band" award at the SXSW-affiliated 2012-2013 Austin Music Awards, and also had their song featured on a Purina cat food commercial. Monsieur Periné won "Artist of the Year" and "Best BogoShorts Video Clip" at the 2013 Tigo Shock Awards in Colombia. Typhoon was featured on National Public Radio's World Cafe show in 2013.

In 2014, La Santa Cecilia won "Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album" at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

BAMM.tv App
On October 9, 2012 BAMM.tv released an iPad app featuring free interactive music video content. On December 21, 2013 the app became available for Android mobile devices.

The app features selections from the BAMM.tv content library in a "real-world" environment based on the company's former studio in San Francisco's SoMa District. According to BAMM.tv's co-founders, the app is intended to replicate the real-life experience of going to concerts. App users can explore different rooms, play tapes on a boombox, create playlists, and interact with social media platforms. Furthermore, the app utilizes a points-based rewards system that incentivizes users to return to the app.