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A Jacksonville entrepreneur, Jason Belanger, has just launched a new mobile app for discovering new local music by proximity to your device. The app called LokalMusik is available for Android phones in the Google Play store.
Basically you open up the app and based on your GPS coordinates you can find new music and artists of multiple genres. New unsigned artists create profile pages which allow you to learn more about them, hear their music, even find out when and where they are playing next.
This is great for people who love to find new music and artists a lot or even if you want to keep up with your local music scene. Since the app is proximity based, if you’re in New Orleans you’re going to get an entire different set of artists then you would n New York, LA or even Florida.
Now if you’re attending a big music festival like SXSW, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, or even Bonaroo you can check out the national acts coming to the stages and the home brewed talent in whichever genre you like. Whether you want to support up and coming hip hop artists or a local string quartet LokalMuzik will offer it all.
More after the break
We got a chance to quickly speak with Belanger about LokalMuzik;
Briefly Describe LokalMuzik.
Explore your world. Discover new music. LokalMuzik is a location based local music discovery service. The purpose of LokalMuzik is to gain exposure for local music artists through the use of our app.
Who are the founders and what are their backgrounds?
R. Jason Belanger – Founder
Jason holds two degrees from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Multimedia and Interactive Media Design. He has worked with companies like Verizon Wireless, Kaplan University, and Jarden Consumer Solutions.
Where are you based?
Jacksonville, Florida
What is the problem your startup is solving?
A better way for music fans to discover new local music.
What is the way your startup is solving that problem?
By making use of location enabled mobile devices, music fans are able to discover and support local music artists.
Who is the target user?
Any music artist looking to build up their local fan base and music lovers age 13 and up.
For LokalMuzik to work effectively you’re going to need to build enormous nationwide scale, fast, what are your plans to do that?
Current strategy consists of word-of-mouth and making use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
How many regions or areas would you say are active? Currently Android only. Iphone app in development.
What are three benefits an artist will get from LokalMuzik over any other music service?
Our location based service provides a more efficient way to build up their local fan base.
What are three benefits the user will get from LokalMuzik over any other music service?
By simply launching the app, this is a much easier way to discover and support their local music artists.
Is this a full time project for you? And are you bootstrapping it or funded?
Right now this is a part-time, bootstrapped, one person project.
Linkage:
Check out LokalMuzik here at their website
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