bandFIND - Press Releases

Bandfind Inc. is a privately owned AR Corporation with business offices in Fort Smith, AR, a marketing and promotions office in Nashville, TN, development offices in Greensboro, NC, and a creative development office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Bandfind inc. was founded by Chris Purifoy, a 24-year-old Recording Industry Management and Entrepreneurship student at MTSU, along with his sister, Amy Piazza, a professional graphic designer, photographer, and artist located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The company was originally founded in November of 2006 by Chris Purifoy and Amy Piazza as Purifoy Enterprises LLC. Chris Purifoy studied Recording Industry Management at Middle Tennessee State University located in the Nashville metropolitan area. He began his career in the music industry reping for Aware Records and occasionally helping Matt Kearney on his ''Nothing Left To Lose'' tour. In addition to his rep position and his studies, he also managed a singer/songwriter act on the side. He was asked to find a replacement for the act's lead guitarist. This task lead him to discover the need for an online based 'utility' for finding band members. In the winter of 2006 bandFIND.com was born.

Jeff Spangler, a web developer based in Greensboro NC, joined the team in early 2007 as the Program Director. He put together a team of programmers including John Cravens, the SR developer, and Brad Paterson, SR Flash Developer. Amy Piazza, the co-founder, was responsible for the design aspects. Over the course of 2007 and 2008 the website was conceptualized and built.

In the spring of 2007, Cole Thornton joined the team as the EVP. And, in the summer of 2007 the project was fully funded by a few AR based angel investors. In July of 2007 Bandfind, inc. was officially formed. The new venture put together a marketing team and a business management team and began planning it's future. Led by Chris Purifoy's vision for new horizons within the music industry, in only a year and a half the company has now grown to include offices in Fort Smith, AR, Nashville, TN, Greensboro, NC, and Belfast, Northern Ireland.

In December of 2007 the new venture moved into a private beta state. In March of 2008 the website opened to the public in what they called a "soft launch". The site officially launched April 1st of 2008.

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