Welcome to Broadjam - the fastest growing global community of independent musicians and fans on the web.
Keywords: independent music, indie, social network, web hosting, music, online community
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Broadjam, Inc. was founded in 1999 with the first website launching in fall of 2000.
What is your primary product or service?
Broadjam is an international web community for musicians and their friends. It's a place to discuss music, collaborate with other artists and submit songs for exciting professional opportunities. Broadjam offers a range of services including social networking, music placement and website hosting.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
Founder and CEO Roy Elkins has been involved with music since a very early age and has worked in the music industry for over 20 years. Always a visionary, in the late nineties he conceived of a business model to serve musicians and the music industry using the Internet, and decided to establish his own company based on this innovative concept. The specific business model came to Roy when he was visiting a music supervisor’s office, and saw a stack of CDs delivered for review. He saw first-hand what a time-consuming process it was and wanted to find a way to streamline and simplify it, plus make a greater variety of original music available to a wider constituency. Broadjam’s offerings were first designed to appeal to musicians but now reach out to industry professionals as well as fans.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
At Broadjam, all contests and deliveries use a peer review mechanism to rate and sort entries. This way, the top songs are generally selected by other musicians.
Additionally, Broadjam does not screen entries to our placements, delivering every song to the destination provider.
Which areas do you service?
As we are an online community, we are an international company with members in all 50 states and over 150 countries around the world.
What are your hours of operation?
Customer service lines are open from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM CST.