Tully App is a

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and

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lication that provides a variety of tools for musicians and music business executives to use for

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. Tully was first developed as a songwriting app to enable artists to play, write and record within one screen. The app later expanded its services with both management and distribution tools. Tully launched in 2015 on

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and Android and has an average of 50,000 monthly users.

History

In 2015,

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, Dhruv Joshi founded technology company ''Vertical Craft Inc.'' with

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artist,

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. The company was founded in

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. Vertical Craft Inc. develops various technology tools catered to artists in the music industry.Joyner Lucas Speaks About His App Tully & Sony Music Investment
at Hot New Hip Hop; by Cole Blake; published April 19, 2020; retrieved December 18, 2021 Tully was the first platform released by Vertical Craft Inc. in late 2015. Tully shares a corporate office space with

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in New York City. Tully has a strategic alliance with

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. This is a gated distribution service for artists that qualify.

Development and features

The Tully app is a

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platform for independent music artists. Its main features include music and file storage,

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and publishing chart access, songwriting and

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tools, royalty-free beats, and overall workflow management. Through the app, users can also distribute their music to

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platforms, like

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, and

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. Since its launch, Tully offers in-app services and has expanded to include a web-based platform. Tully was created using iOS and Android Native programing language,

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and

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. As of 2021 Tully is now fully scaled and built on

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. Tully has two

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to cover their proprietary songwriting technology, allowing users to play, write, and record in a single screen.

Usage

Tully has 50,000 average monthly users and has been downloaded by over 700,000 people. Over 1,000,000

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have been written or recorded by

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s. As of 2021, Tully offers a three-tiered pricing model and features available vary per plan.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://tullyapp.com/ Audio engineering Android (operating system) software Companies based in New York City Companies based in San Francisco IOS software Mobile applications Mobile music apps Music software