2008 Woodie Awards
MTSU alumnus creates 'bandFind' to help musicians connect, network
Tiffany Gibson
Issue date: 7/2/08 Section: News
A new Web site called bandFind, created by Chris Purifoy, MTSU alumnus, allows musicians to connect and communicate nationwide.
BandFind is a Web site that allows musicians of all styles and genres to find other musicians to meet, share and network with.
"The idea is that it is a comprehensive network for the entire industry, whether you're an intern or a professional," Purifoy said. "We tried to cover everything they [musicians] would need in order to connect with one another."
Purifoy launched bandFind in April 2008, after two years of planning and perfecting his vision of the Web site.
"I was going to MTSU and I had been working with a girl doing artist management and she was a singer/songwriter that wanted to fire a guitarist she was working with," Purifoy said. "This guy was a brilliant guitar player and the problem was she couldn't replace this guy with someone of the same caliber."
"I guess I realized at that point there was a real need for contact for musicians, and I began to form this idea," Purifoy said.
After Purifoy came up with the concept of bandFind in November 2006, he soon received the opportunity to present his business plan to his entrepreneur professor, Robert Lahm.
"He knew he wanted to find a better way to connect with other people who had professional interests in music," Lahm said. "Creating an actionable idea is the hard part, I know Chris struggled mightily and valiantly to actually implement the idea, but Chris rose to that challenge."
Lahm said Purifoy's initial business plan, as a class assignment, was one of the best he has seen from a student.
"Chris is a fountain of ideas, and now having launched bandFind, I am sure that he knows what I have been talking about: ideas are easy, doing them is what's time consuming," Lahm said. "I think it's obvious to those who know him that Chris will be a serial entrepreneur."
Purifoy said that bandFind is made up of two sections - a social network and professional branch.
BandFind is a Web site that allows musicians of all styles and genres to find other musicians to meet, share and network with.
"The idea is that it is a comprehensive network for the entire industry, whether you're an intern or a professional," Purifoy said. "We tried to cover everything they [musicians] would need in order to connect with one another."
Purifoy launched bandFind in April 2008, after two years of planning and perfecting his vision of the Web site.
"I was going to MTSU and I had been working with a girl doing artist management and she was a singer/songwriter that wanted to fire a guitarist she was working with," Purifoy said. "This guy was a brilliant guitar player and the problem was she couldn't replace this guy with someone of the same caliber."
"I guess I realized at that point there was a real need for contact for musicians, and I began to form this idea," Purifoy said.
After Purifoy came up with the concept of bandFind in November 2006, he soon received the opportunity to present his business plan to his entrepreneur professor, Robert Lahm.
"He knew he wanted to find a better way to connect with other people who had professional interests in music," Lahm said. "Creating an actionable idea is the hard part, I know Chris struggled mightily and valiantly to actually implement the idea, but Chris rose to that challenge."
Lahm said Purifoy's initial business plan, as a class assignment, was one of the best he has seen from a student.
"Chris is a fountain of ideas, and now having launched bandFind, I am sure that he knows what I have been talking about: ideas are easy, doing them is what's time consuming," Lahm said. "I think it's obvious to those who know him that Chris will be a serial entrepreneur."
Purifoy said that bandFind is made up of two sections - a social network and professional branch.
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good luck
posted 7/02/08 @ 1:24 PM CST
Hope you have better luck than TAXI.com and all the other sites exactly like this that are out there... Maybe this "new" spin on an idea that already exists will be a vast improvement. (Continued…)
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