MusikPitch

We’d like to thank the following people for their extensive help in the creation, development, and launch of MusikPitch:

Aensa Bow for creating our MusikPitch logo. Aensa entered and won our logo contest that we ran on 99designs. Aensa works as a layout designer for an Indonesia magazine company and as a freelance graphic designer creating logos, banners and websites.  His favorite programs for designing are Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator, Gif  and Flash and he is always hunting for freelance jobs. You can find him working at: 99designs, Crowdspring, Logosauce, Mycroburst and Hatchwise.

Toma Carmanto for our webpage designs.  The page designs for MusikPitch were done by our friend Toma at BiruMedia after winning our design contest on Crowdspring.  Toma also resides in Indonesia.  Biru Media is a website and graphic design studio focused on developing a high end profile for both small and large companies no matter if they’re building a first website from scratch or wanting improvement to their existing website.

Mitch Canter a.k.a. Studio Nashvegas for our blog and press room. Mitch is a WordPress Designer / General Web Developer based in Nashville, TN. He specializes in partnering with start-ups/small businesses and taking their web presence from concept to reality. He also loves sushi, photography, and playing video games with his wife. She usually wins.

Gray Vick for such an amazing job with the launch videos. Gray Vick is a Nashville based Freelance Director, Designer. He has a passion for all things film and runs the Nashville Filmmaker meetup group.

Dani Heileman for helping us out with our initial page design concepts and the handling of all of our promotional material designs to include t-shirts and business cards. Dani is the Creative Director at Red Canary Creative and volunteers often for Nashville tech events to include Podcamp Nashville and Barcamp Nashville. The Nashville tech community wouldn’t be the same without her!

James Haltom of Burr and Forman for his excellent legal advice and professionalism. James is a cum laude graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law. While in law school, James was as a staff editor and the office manager of the Mississippi Law Journal, member of the Ole Miss Moot Court Board, and served as president of the Law School Student Body. James received his undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is married to Nashville native Claire Cowart Haltom.

Justin Davis of Madera Labs for his user experience expertise and advice. I highly recommend meeting with Justin as early in the development and design process as possible to ensure you develop your service thinking of the Customer first.

Vinny Ribas of IndieConnect for amazing insight from a songwriter, independent artist, and web entrepreneurs perspective.
Indie Connect (www.indieconnect.com) is a professional organization for independent singers, songwriters, artists, musicians and music industry professionals. They are establishing local chapters in cities around the country, designed to teach musicians how to make money with their music, and connecting them with the professionals and service providers who can help them. They have a free social network and publish a free online magazine all about making money making music.

FutureWorks is an award-winning digital and social media agency founded and lead by author, speaker and thought-leader Brian Solis. FutureWorks fuses “best of breed” social media, new media, digital PR and conversational marketing.

FutureWorks’ client base and experience extends across many industries and ranges from emerging start-ups, Web and iPhone app developers and consumer electronics mfgs. to enterprise software, “blue chip” corporations and mainstream consumer brands. FW’s objectives are simple – become an integrated partner with their clients; provide aggressive outbound social media support; secure positive coverage and engage in online conversations on a daily basis and, most importantly, build long-term relationships.

Gary Ashton of the Ashton Real Estate group for being a great sounding board for all our ideas from web interface to search engine optimization and social media outreach. He has maintained a number of high ranking real estate websites including www.NashvilleBuyers.com, www.NashvillesMLS.com and www.Nashvilles-Real-Estate.com. The Ashton Real Estate Group of RE/MAX Elite has been in the Top Three Teams for RE/MAX in Tennessee for the past 2 years and has always been a leader in simplifying the process of buying and selling homes using the newest internet technologies.

Michael Turner for his help in copywriting, site testing, and networking. Michael Turner, the ScholarshipMan, is an educator, writer, and a scholarship expert.

He runs the Nashville Writers Meetup (over 700 members) and the Nashville Podcasting Meetup. You can read his blog at scholarshipman.blogspot.com ; if you think he has something to teach you, you can buy his book here.

Marcus Whitney for his advice and feedback during the launch process. There’s not a lot going on in the Nashville Tech scene that Marcus isn’t involved in. He is an amazing asset to the Nashville community.

Marcus Whitney currently serves as CTO of Moontoast. As CTO at Moontoast, a “Social Commerce Network” launched in December 2009, Whitney leads product development and also engages with customers to design and execute marketing and merchandising strategies that best leverage the power of the Moontoast platform.

Frothy Monkey Coffee House for providing a great place for meeting, working, and getting our caffeine fix!