Reside Nation Launches App Mixing Music And Meditation

Reside Nation is stepping into the mindfulness enterprise.

The corporate, which controls the lion’s share of the dwell occasions market and counts TicketMaster and Roc Nation as subsidiaries, launched an app referred to as Aware Nation that blends music and meditation, and is focused on the normal inhabitants. Obtainable within the App Retailer for a month-to-month price of $4.99, the app provides greater than 1,000 lessons together with classes tuned to numerous vibes and tailor-made to thoughts, sleep, and day-to-day life, with music playlists from artists spanning a wide range of genres.

Aware Nation started primarily as a B2B platform bringing dwell classes to raise company tradition. It was launched by Niamh McCarthy, a former artist supervisor who labored for Madonna and U2’s administration workforce at Maverick. After experiencing burnout on the highway, she started finding out meditation, breath work and yoga.

“The Aware Nation app brings collectively meditation and music in a singular approach,” stated Michael Rapino, CEO and president of Reside Nation. “We first launched Aware Nation as a program for our workers, and it’s nice to see Niamh now bringing the advantages of mindfulness to touring artists and crew throughout our business, in addition to music followers.”

Sonic beats for meditations are curated by producers and impartial artists, together with Janax Pacha, Mose Musica and Chris IDH.

“Music is transcendent and has the facility to attach and assist. The artists on Aware Nation are automobiles to that increased supply which we’re bringing into folks’s on a regular basis lives via our meditation lessons,” stated McCarthy. “The lessons on the app are like a timeless album, by no means outdated. Customers can hold going again to those assets many times to assist themselves via the highs and lows of life.”

Reside Nation posted a document $3.1 billion in income—up 73 % from final yr—within the first quarter of 2023. The corporate’s live performance income throughout the first quarter of 2023 reached $2.3 billion, up 89 % from 2022 Q1. Ticketing income hit $677.7 million, up 41% from 2022 Q1, and sponsorship and promoting drew $170.1 million, up 47% from 2022 Q1.