This is the first part of the interview I had the pleasure of conducting with William Rodríguez, CEO/Designer of Tweet My Song, a service I reviewed here.  Part 2 of the interview (“Music & You”) is here.

Full Name: William Rodríguez
Age: 25
Startup: Tweet My Song
Position:  CEO/DESIGNER

PART I

THE STARTUP

Tell us a little about your startup. How was it conceived?

I was thinking of new ideas like I usually do on a daily basis. I had decided I needed something that can market itself. Twitter is the most viral thing on the internet right now so I decided to look at applications. I then evaluated niches I was interested in. I decided in making something for music. I then checked out twitpic.com and twitvid.com and looked to see if there was something similar in music and could not find anything. That’s when I knew I had to create something for the musicians out there to easily market their music to the millions of Twitter users.

What are its most distinctive features in your opinion?

Most distinctive feature is the easy and quick ability to upload your music to be tweeted to your followers and Tweetmysong.com’s followers.

What was the original launch date?

October 15, 2009 Continue reading →