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with Michael Dougherty

PROFILE CEO of ZOOTAP.COM

Rocknation: ZOOTAP is a direct user to visit them from on the 19th of June in the year online social and music zoo in
social and music site other sites even if they do not of our Lord 2007 ZooTap - The their honor. And it shall be: A
available for people to have their own website. Zoo was born. Then in 2008 come as you are people
interact worldwide correct? Rocknation: Do you have ZooTap was Incorporated. music and social zoo, where
Mike: Yes. Currently, we have many types of musicians and ZooTap – aka The Zoo is a the gates are open and you
crew members in America, bands on your site OR certain music and social people zoo make the rules. Tame or Wild
Australia, Canada, Europe, styles? where it’s your zoo.
Russia and the United Mike: Because musicians and Rocknation: The www.zootap.
Kingdom. Now we added the a typical zoo zoo crew com is the social site, what
Android and iPhone app to would have members alike options do you have
the mix so everyone around animals and from around compared to Facebook and
the world can connect while mammals of the world Myspace?
on the go. all walks of gather to Mike: Although most social
Rocknation: The music site life contained express sites have similar functions,
www.zootap.net is designed within it. Each themselves the Zoo is unique in itself.
for many different languages different in un-caged! What sets ZooTap apart from
not just english. Please fill us their own way. Let there be most other social sites, is that
in what bands can do by ZooTap.net light: Back in ZooTap uses the level up
using www.Zootap.net. uses the same the 70’s and concept. Whereas crew
Mike: We offer English, idea and made late 80’s there members can participate in
German, Spanish and it an all genre was a radio sta- achieving points and progress
Russian so that musicians music site for tion in Dallas - to the next level and unlocks
around the world can create musicians Ft Worth Texas new features. This was an
a profile defining who they from all walks called KZEW ingenious idea and concept
are in a language they may be of life, whether 98.0 FM - The conceived by a popular social
familiar with. While on the zoo signed, un- Zoo. Of course site called Fubar.com. Plus
musicians can upload tunes, signed or self this was a rock a zoo crew member can use
videos, post events, create a expressed to station in the points to convert into zoo
bio and even list the members be unique and metroplex that bucks and buy virtual gift
in their group. Sell MP3 down- un-censored. ruled images to send to other
loads, offer to a user timed We believe at during that time members. Another cool
samples of their music as a the zoo, that period. Made feature is within the home
preview, custom a profile to talent should up of a really page and the zoo crew
have the look and feel similar be unrestrict- cool bunch of member profile page, they can
to their website and have stuff ed creative dj’s actually move blocks around
posted back to their MySpace Rocknation: What is ZooTap who made their own rules and and even turn on or off blocks
page. Musicians can use their and How did it come to being? made it happen. So, with that that they do not want to be
profile as a web page and Mike: In the beginning: Thus thought why not create an seen. Basically styling a