NC IDEA WINNER: CrowdTunes, This Generation’s (Digital) Bar Jukebox

NC IDEA announced its Spring 2014 grant winners on June 5, 2014. This piece is part of a series of stories on the six winners. Read about them all here. Brandon Magsamen likes to joke that the genesis of CrowdTunes came during his teenage days serving up burgers and milkshakes at Johnny Rocket’s. As a server, he gave out nickels that let diners control the jukebox from their tables. Fast forward to today, and it only made sense that patrons of a bar or restaurant should have that kind of control over a venue’s music from the Internet-enabled smartphones...

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