1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 It all started with a connection. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,000 And now, five million connections later, 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Vampir has become the essential tool for connecting creatives. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Make music happen. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Find your team. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Collaborate. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 And if you think you've got it in you, go pro 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:25,000 and unlock distribution, sync opportunities, analytics, and so much more. 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Vampir. 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Download today and make music happen. 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:35,000 We have linked in Instagram, Fiver, Thumtack, and then SoundCloud. 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 And so what's so special, unique about Vampir? 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,000 So all the platforms you just mentioned do one or two things really well. 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,000 But comparing SoundCloud to LinkedIn, the fact that you even made that comparison 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 is problematic because they have nothing to do with each other. 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 One of them is a place where you upload songs, 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 the other is a place where you upload a resume. 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,000 So with Vampir, we did look at literally every one of those things you just said 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,000 and we said, well, how do we create a dedicated space? 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Because that's what was missing. 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:15,000 If you go on LinkedIn and type show me a drummer who's female, 22, lives in Arkansas 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 and listens to Pink Floyd and the Beatles, it'll get confused and say no results. 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Where you can go on Vampir and put all of that in and get an answer. 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,000 So as I just said, you can quite literally search for that person on Vampir 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 where you can't on any of those other platforms. 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 That's what makes us unique. 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 And it's a dedicated space. 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,000 So we could remove all the labels in the app that say genre, skill, favorite artists, 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,000 all these sort of categories that people display on their profiles. 30 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,000 You could put any words you like and then the app becomes that. 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,000 The point I'm making is like with platforms and social apps, 32 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 a lot of the usefulness comes from the context. 33 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:59,000 And the context here is that we're an app for musicians made by musicians 34 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 to help you meet other musicians. 35 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 That's the context you have when you go in. 36 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,000 That's the context supported by the labels in the various sections in the app. 37 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 But it's a social network. 38 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,000 So it does what you think it does. 39 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:19,000 To hear the entire conversation with Josh Simons, CEO and co-founder of Vampir, 40 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,000 the world's largest and most active social professional network for musicians, 41 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000 please join the chat during the premiere of this special episode tonight, 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Tuesday, June 6th, 8 p.m. Eastern on my YouTube channel. 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,000 The audio version of this episode will be dropped on your favorite podcasting platform 44 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 at the time of the video premiere. 45 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Don't forget to subscribe or follow the PianoPod. 46 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 All the links are in the description. 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:49,000 See you tonight.