SEPTEMBER 2020
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Temecula Teen Develops New Social Music App During Quarantine Temecula, 19-year-old, Matthew Dull, is preparing to launch his new social music app, Paddle - which he has been developing during quarantine. Paddle allows you and your friends to share musical suggestions with each other. Thanks to music streaming services like Spotify and Soundcloud, exploring music has become easier than ever. Currently a convenient, virtual platform for sharing music doesn’t exist. While you can text your friend the link to a song or post a small section of a song on your Instagram story, texting was designed for texting and Instagram was designed for sharing pictures. Paddle is designed like a typical social media platform with the ability to follow other users, share and interact with posts, and customize a profile, however, rather than posting pictures or captions, Paddle allows you to share songs. Whether it’s one of your favorite songs or a new song you discovered, Paddle offers a convenient plat-
form for you and your friends to share and discover with each other. “In light of COVID-19,” explains Dull “one of my goals is to provide a platform that allows people to experience music together from a distance.” Dull is running a Kickstarter Campaign to raise money for Paddle. Seeing the struggles brought about by COVID-19, he has committed to donating 10% of all pledges (after his funding goal is met) to the MusiCares x Recording Academy COVID-19 Relief Fund. This money will go directly towards helping musicians and music workers who are in need of financial and healthcare assistance due to the pandemic. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paddle/paddle-the-future-ofmusic https://www.grammy.com/musicares/get-help/musicares-coronavirusrelief
