SpinVid – a new mobile app that provides grassroots DJs, musicians, producers, and record labels with a quick, easy, and creative solution to get their music seen and heard on social media – has secured a $400,000 investment to strengthen product features, capabilities, and technology – and accelerate the company’s growth and scale.
UAE-based serial investor and techpreneur, Jamie Wilks, has partnered with entrepreneurial cousins, Shyam P and Ravi, to further develop the app and increase the brand’s visibility to a growing global audience of more than 50 million artists, who may have limited options when it comes to producing high quality audio graphics.
What is SpinVid?
SpinVid is a free-to-download app that empowers creativity and aims to put new music talent firmly in the spotlight for digital audiences.
It is the world’s first free design tool that enables DJs, producers, and musicians to publish high-quality animations with their music for social media distribution, with premium functionality available on a subscription basis.
The combination of animations – including classic spinning vinyl graphics – and fully customisable music editing tools makes SpinVid easy for new artists to connect with their digital audience and promote their own work.
How does SpinVid work?
Users select an image or moving GIF, a background, add text and add audio to their SpinVid visual file.
Audio is uploaded from the user’s phone as an MP3 audio file which can be custom cropped.
The video is rendered out in seconds and provides a unique social media video that is well-produced, of high quality and ready to share.
Users can also download SpinVid videos to a device for sharing later.
Shyam and Ravi’s initial investment and launch of SpinVid has already turned the heads of several global industry professionals within the music and tech space.
Partners in the SpinVid business
Jamie Wilks now becomes the third partner in the business, supporting with not only investment, but adding crucial and valuable experience into SpinVid’s product development, marketing, and media.
The chief growth officer (CGO) of SpinVid, Jamie Wilks, said: “I’m always looking for disruptive but simple ideas that I believe in, led by people who share my work ethic and tenacity for evolution. I found all of this and more with the boys at SpinVid.
“What really got me to invest was the sheer desire to help grassroots musicians and this product does exactly that. This app will be the go-to visual production tool for every young DJ, musician and producer on the planet.”
The CEO of SpinVid, Shyam P, said “Music is close to my heart and as someone who recognises the struggle to grow a music career, the idea of SpinVid instantly struck home. Combining the styles of old-school vinyl records with today’s digital approach, SpinVid is what today’s generation of DJs and music producers need to create videos to showcase their talents.”
Since its soft launch last year on both the App Store and GooglePlay, the overwhelming interest and buzz the app has generated amongst the grassroot music producer and DJ community has demonstrated the value of such a tool in the music industry.
SpinVid is rapidly building a strong following and has gained support from global DJ’s and producers including WaFF, Seb Zito, Rich NxT, Ferrreck Dawn, DJ Chus, and more.
The partners have ambitious plans to add new, exciting features to the app as well as host events in Dubai, Amsterdam, and London in 2022 and further develop upon the app’s huge potential.
When asked if they plan to bring onboard any more partners, Wilks responded “Why not? We want to build a community around this product. A community of people who want to support the future of the industry.
“If there are powerful industry people out there that want to get involved; artists, labels, producers and so on – then we’d be delighted to hear from them. The more people we can support with this product, the better. It’s that simple.”
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