AudioScratch is the brainchild of Stephen Robinson, it has taken him two years of work to build the website from the bottom up and now he is ready to go, delaying the launch of his company until after the ‘Pitch to Rich’ competition with the hope that he makes it into the top 10 shortlisted companies.
Lancashire-based AudioScratch is a social media site for artists and music lovers, incorporating all of the things we know and love about social media and letting music makers have followers and a place to shine.
Stephen said he wanted there to be a go to place where up and coming artists could exhibit their music and where users could find fresh new sounds.
The support from friends and family has been invaluable with lots of encouragement from everyone he has told about the project.
A lot of the details of how he has made his network are still under wraps but all will be revealed when Stephen finally launches AudioScratch this Summer.
Stephen spoke to Bdaily, he said: “I have been that busy for the past two years, I have been constantly working on the project by myself.
“I’m ready to launch the project to the public soon.
“I only had 13 days of public voting as I was a late entry into the competition
“I have a music background, I started Dj-ing and did it on and off for 17 years of my life
“I have met a lot of talented people over the years and noticed how they were networking online, and I didn’t think it was the right way to do it.
“I decided to look into it, started digging and two years later I’m here, having created something brand new.
“I can’t divulge too much, with it not being in the public domain yet, it’s hard to say whether people will flock to it, it will be trial and error but I have a lot of interest from a lot of artists.”
Stephen has always been into computers but had to teach himself how to code for this project, he says he has done a lot of research and taught himself a lot over the last few years as he has got stuck into the project.
Building the site himself over the last two years means that stephen hasn’t needed a lot of financial investment. Greater server space however will be needed as the project gets bigger and he hopes the inbuilt revenue streams will fund future growth.
Winning ‘Pitch to Rich’ overall would mean Stephen would gain expert advice and guidance and a cash injection that would allow him to launch the website with advanced server configurations from the outset as well as gaining a lot of exposure.