May 18, 2010 - Atlanta, GA USA · ZOOZ Mobile has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant of $150,000 will support the development of an innovative music intelligence engine for a new line of ZOOZ music creativity apps.
“The NSF SBIR grant validates the quality of our research and the high prospect of commercialization of our efforts,” said ZOOZ Mobile Founder and CTO Dr. Gil Weinberg who is also the Founder and Director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT). “We hope that the first phase of support will lead to great results and to the continuation of the NSF SBIR support, which can grow to mmore than $1 million in funding.”
The SBIR grant will be matched by additional funds from Georgia Research Alliance and Georgia Tech’s Venture Lab, who have supported ZOOZ Mobile in the past. ZOOZ Mobile is one of two spin-off companies that came from GTCMT. Various versions of ZOOZbeat apps have been downloaded more than 1.4 million times from the Apple iTunes App Store.
ZOOZ Mobile has partnered with brands such as Sprite and labels such as Universal Motown to deliver innovative music creativity and remixing apps, including ZOOZbeat Sprite and ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix apps. Our thanks to the NSF and GTCMT where more than 20 faculty members are involved in research and commercialization of innovative music technology.
You can now ZOOZ with three of the Jackson 5 mega-hit songs for $1.99.
“Our new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix 3-Pack app - for just $1.99 - allows more people to remix beats, loops and samples from multi-platinum Jackson 5 songs: ABC, Dancing Machine and I Want You Back,” said ZOOZ Mobile, Inc. CEO and President Scott Geller.
“We continue to offer the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app for just $4.99 that includes beats, loops and samples from five Jackson 5 songs: ABC, Dancing Machine, I Want You Back, Mama’s Pearl and The Love You Save.”
Plus, when you remix Jackson 5 music with either ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix or ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix 3-Pack, you can enter our ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Challenge Contest to win your share of $6,000 in cash and Jackson 5 swag. The Grand Prize is $1,500, plus a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag; and a premium 3-CD Michael Jackson Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises.
To enter the Contest, upload your remixed Jackson 5 song to ZOOZbeat.com between now and Tuesday, June 1, 2010 using the Save/Contest button on either ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix or ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix 3-Pack apps.
ZOOZbeat app (formerly $1.99: now free through Tuesday, June 29, 2010.) It’s our way of celebrating the third anniversary of the launch of the Apple iPhone on June 29th.
ZOOZbeat Sprite app (free and available through May 31, 2010) - ZOOZ Mobile teamed up with Spriteto launch the first iPhone app to be offered through the Sprite ‘Under the Cap’ promotion and features beats from eight hot Artists including Dallas Austin.
“The ad might read, ‘Percussionist wanted, preferably marimba player, for jazz-influenced band. Must be able to improvise, bob head and wear metal,” writes CNN Reporter Valerie Streit in her April 29, 2010 story. “And the perfect candidate? It may be Shimon, a marimba-playing robot that, despite having four arms, is remarkably human. It has a shiny aluminum-steel head that bobs with the music and acknowledges other people when they’re nearby.”
And, when the new ZOOZbeat app launched in October 2009, CNN Reporter John Sutter wrote: “The iPhone’s accelerometer, which allows users to control apps by titling the phone, makes the ZOOZbeat app possible, said [Dr.] Gil Weinberg, director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology and founder of ZOOZbeat.”
April 27, 2010 – ATLANTA, GA USA – The ZOOZbeat app, formerly $1.99, is now free through Tuesday, June 29, 2010 in the Apple iTunes App Store.
It’s our way of celebrating the third anniversary of the launch of the Apple iPhone on June 29, 2010.
Buy TOO $HORT Beats in the ZOOZbeat in-App Store
The sale of iPhones and iTunes apps downloads are a huge success. We want to leverage Apple’s success to enable even more ZOOZbeat Musicians - like you - to remix music on the go.
In just the last three months, Apple sold almost 9 million iPhones. “Revenue for the phones made up 40% of Apple’s total business,” according to The Wall Street Journal (4/21/10). “Apple said sales from its iTunes store hit a record $1.1 billion [in the first quarter 2010] due to strong demand for music, video and iPhone apps.”
Since you have both the ZOOZbeat Music reCreation Studio app - and an iPhone or iPod Touch - you can appreciate how ZOOZbeat on an iPhone or iPod Touch can enable everyone, anywhere, to creatively express themselves musically - easily through gesture.
ZOOZbeat Would Like Your Help (Please)
And, while various versions of ZOOZbeat have been downloaded more than 1.4 million times, we would like to dramatically increase the number of ZOOZbeat Musicians in the next 60 days - way beyond 1.4 million.
Because the more ZOOZbeat-enabled musicians, the more likely artists and record labels will want to offer their beats through the ZOOZbeat In-App Store. The more Artists and beats: the more opportunities for you to remix music with the ZOOZbeat app. So, free can be great for everyone!
Please let your family and friends know that the ZOOZbeat app is free now through June 29, 2010 on the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. And, thanks for ZOOZin’ and sharing your reCreated song at: ZOOZbeat.com.
Postscript 4/28/10 • 11:09 am ET: The ZOOZbeat app is among the Top 40 free music apps in the Apple iTunes App Store.
This means there’s still time for you to download ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix ($4.99) app and enter your Jackson 5 multi-platinum song - with your remix - for your chance to win your share of more than $6,000 in cash and Jackson 5 merchandise - 34 prizes in all!
More Than $6,000 in Cash and Jackson 5 Prize Packs!
ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 RemixGrand Prize (1) - $1,500, plus a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag; and a premium 3-CD Michael Jackson Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises.
Second Prizes (3) - $250, plus a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag.
Honorable Mentions (30) - a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag.
“As easy as ZOOZbeat (4.2) already is for anyone to remix music regardless of musical ability, ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Apphas new ways to make learning how to remix music easier,” says ZOOZ Mobile Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg. “First, we added a step-by-step video tutorial to show different way the Jackson 5 beats can be remixed; we also made the music re-creation experience more intuitive and richer - including adding more loops and longer samples from the original Jackson 5 songs as well as reverb, filters and other music re-mixing tools. ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix iPhone app is the next generation of ZOOZbeat.”
For your chance to win, download the new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app (US $4.99) and remix the bass, lead vocals, background vocals, keyboard, etc. You can even record your own vocals. The judges will score re-mixed Jackson 5 songs based on a 99 point scale: a) Overall Creativity (33 points); b) Originality (33 points), and: c) Entertainment value (33 points).
The new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app includes these five multi-platinum Jackson 5 songs:
To enter, upload your remixed Jackson 5 song to ZOOZbeat.com between now and Tuesday, June 1, 2010 using the Save/Contest button on the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app.
More Than $6,000 in Cash and Jackson 5 Prize Packs!
Grand Prize (1) - $1,500, a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag; and a premium 3-CD Michael Jackson Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises.
Second Prizes (3) - $250, a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag
Honorable Mentions (30) - a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag.
“As easy as ZOOZbeat (4.2) already is for anyone to remix music regardless of musical ability, ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Apphas new ways to make learning how to remix music easier,” says ZOOZ Mobile Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg. “First, we added a step-by-step video tutorial to show different way the Jackson 5 beats can be remixed; we also made the music re-creation experience more intuitive and richer - including adding more loops and longer samples from the original Jackson 5 songs as well as reverb, filters and other music re-mixing tools. ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix iPhone app is the next generation of ZOOZbeat.”
For your chance to win, download the new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app (US $4.99) and remix the bass, lead vocals, background vocals, keyboard, etc. You can even record your own vocals. The judges will score re-mixed Jackson 5 songs based on a 99 point scale: a) Overall Creativity (33 points); b) Originality (33 points), and: c) Entertainment value (33 points).
The new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app includes these five multi-platinum Jackson 5 songs:
To enter, upload your remixed Jackson 5 song to ZOOZbeat.com betwee now and Saturday, May 1, 2010 using the Save/Contest button on the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app.
ZOOZ Mobile, Inc. CEO Scott Geller will participate in the Canadian Music Week 2010 (CMW) mobile panel: Reaching Fans Directly? There’s An App For That.
Mobile panel participants include:
Mandar Thakur - Founder, Thakur Company, Mumbai, India
Scott Geller – CEO & President ZOOZ Mobile, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Will Mills - Music & Content Director, Shazam Entertainment, London
Shawn Cooper - Chief Architect, The Mobile Cartel, Toronto, Canada
“… today’s latest smartphones have changed the paradigm, with targeted applications that can turn iPhones … into a custom-made indi delivery system,” according to the synopsis for this mobile panel. “In this panel, we’ve assembled some of the most creative executives on the smartphone scene. They’ll let you in on some powerful new artist-based mobile applications that can extend your reach … to a whole new world of listeners.”
“CMW is the single longest running and premiere conference focusing on business of Music and New Media, bring together Sound Recording, New Technology and Broadcast for one spectacular week of events,” according to Conference Coordinator Danya Dixon. “Our Conference is for those who truly shape the entertainment industry. The Conference attracts [attendees] from around the world.”
The mobile panel will be held 4-6 pm Thursday, March 11, 2010. The conference will be held Wednesday, March 10 through Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
We’ve just submitted an update for ZooZBeat to Apple. Answering wide popular demand from our users and iTunes reviewers we have added three major revisions to this FREE update:
Synchronized voice recording (not available for iPod Touch) - press “Record” while on the microphone track and start recording your voice immediately! You can synchronize your recording to the playback (using headphones) or to a click track (using the speaker). We also fixed the “alien voice” effect experienced by some of our users. Your voice will now play back clearly now without distortion.
Accurate note entry - tilt your iPhone or iPod Touch to landscape orientation to accurately enter notes in our new widescreen grid view.
Disable shake/tilt function - listen to your music without unintended interruptions.
Here’s a screenshot of the new landscape-oriented edit mode:
“The NSF SBIR grant validates the quality of our research and the high prospect of commercialization of our efforts,” said ZOOZ Mobile Founder and CTO Dr. Gil Weinberg who is also the Founder and Director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT). “We hope that the first phase of support will lead to great results and to the continuation of the NSF SBIR support, which can grow to mmore than $1 million in funding.”
