UPlaya ‘Discovered’: Innovation Awards Winner gets love from The Discovery Channel

Posted by
Summer Teal Simpson
on November 9, 2009 at 03:37 PM

Savannah’s own Music Intelligence Solutions was featured on The Discovery Channel’s website, just days after coming off a big win at the 2009 Innovation Awards. It would seem that the same innovative and technological prowess that enamored our judges also caught the eye of America’s most popular science/technology/history channel.

What’s the scoop?

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc. (uPlaya) took home the gold in the Small Business category for their interactive online services - including creative development, branding, social networking and discovery tools - for established and budding musicians and songwriters, producers, music supervisors, mobile distributors and anyone who has an affinity for music. One of only a host of resources for musicians, producers, songwriters and consumers, uPlaya.com uses proprietary and patent-protected technology to produce immediate, scientific market analysis and popularity ranking prediction of music worldwide.

“The songs that score the best include a certain amount of unpredictability in the music,” CEO David Meredith told Discovery News in the article. “Norah Jones is a great example of an artist who pulled from jazz and pop to create a sound that was different from other artists at the time, but the underlying patterns of her music was strong and the music scored very well.”


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Winners, Photos, Highlights & Thank You’s from the 2009 Innovation Awards!

Posted by
Fitz Haile
on October 27, 2009 at 06:02 PM

Thursday. What can we say? What a night. What a night!

We are still recovering and are thankful to everyone who came out to help us honor innovation in Savannah.  It was our second year, and wow - it was just as big (but not quite as wet) as last year, and still drew close to 500 of Savannah’s finest (YOU!).

(Having trouble viewing the slideshow? Check it out over at flickr.)

The Winners

For those of you who missed the big night (or the great follow-up coverage in the Savannah Morning News, Connect Savannah and Savannah Business Journal), we present the winners of the 2009 Innovation Awards!

Music Intelligence Solutions (uPlaya.com) In the Small Business category, Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc. (uPlaya) took home the gold for their interactive online services - including creative development, branding, social networking and discovery tools - for established and budding musicians and songwriters, producers, music supervisors, mobile distributors and anyone who has an affinity for music.
One of only a host of resources for musicians, producers, songwriters and consumers, uPlaya.com uses proprietary and patent-protected technology to produce immediate, scientific market analysis and popularity ranking prediction of music worldwide.


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Top Ten Reasons To Go to the 2009 Innovation Awards

Posted by
Fitz Haile
on October 15, 2009 at 10:44 AM

We are almost a week out (next Thursday, October 22nd) from the 2nd Annual TCCa Innovation Awards, sponsored by Lott + Barber, and you still haven’t bought a ticket. You’re biding your time, considering your options and thinking to yourself, “why should I go and spend $60 at yet-another-awards-banquet?”

This isn’t just another awards banquet.

For the second year in a row, there will be a star-studded cast of awards finalists and judges in attendance and we’ll play host to 500 of you guys — the most noteworthy creatives, geeks, power players, hobnobbers, movers and shakers in town. (Skip the seduction and get your tickets now…)

For all those who are undecided, we present:

The Top Ten (Reasons To Go to the 2009 Innovation Awards)

# 10: It’s a Street Party, Y’all!
This party is so big, it’s taking over Broughton Street, blocking off the street between Lincoln and Abercorn. Imagine yourself dressed to the nines, cocktail in hand, chatting up the most eclectic group of Savannahians with a back-lit Jen Library behind you and world-famous Trustees’ Theater to your front.


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An Open Letter to Lott + Barber

Posted by
TCCa Staff
on October 14, 2009 at 07:24 PM

Dear Lott + Barber,

What would we do without you? Your support of the 2008 and 2009 Innovation Awards has been key to our success. You’ve helped make the best annual awards event (ok, we’re biased) even better. You’ve helped us to expand our reach, excite our innovators, mobilize creative energy and entertain event goers.

But you’re bigger than that. You’ve been the perfect sponsor for our Innovation Awards because your company is the epitome of innovation. You’ve dedicated your work and workforce to four progressive pillars: architecture, community planning, visual communication and Integrated Project Delivery. In each of these, you’ve exemplified technological advancement and taken an out-of-the-box approach to contemporary design in the historic context, through high-tech, integrated and creative design.

In layman’s terms, You da bomb. But to put it more eloquently, you’re redefining architecture, design and planning in Savannah. You’re cutting edge and your support of TCCa and the Innovation Awards is just fanning the flame.

If you don’t mind we’d like to share some of your recent accolades with the good people who follow our blog. Now, don’t be modest. We just want to mention a few things…


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