Education
Davidson College.
Davidson College.
Since 2007, Morse has expanded Songwhale from its offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to several overseas markets, including Tokyo, Japan, Bangkok, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia. As Chief Executive Officer, Morse has been twice nominated as an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and has led Songwhale to two Pittsburgh Technology Council nominations for Technical 50 Startup of the Year and Technical 50 Nominee for New Media. In 2015, Songwhale launched Cheapest Texting as a low-cost SMS platform.
CheapestTexting.com was voted the #1 low-cost SMS solution for small businesses by Technical Review Pro.
As the leader of a growing SMS-focused business, Ty has been featured as an expert in digital strategy for direct response marketing in the New York Times, Forbes, Wired Magazine, National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service, Discovery Channel, and other leading media outlets. In 2014, Morse started a joint venture with MCN called Big Smile, which markets mobile technologies for direct-to-consumer products, primarily in Asia.
Records based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which produces records from Space Camp, Middlepicker, Seymour Saves the World, Collapsticator, ZibraZibra, and Grickle-Grass. Morse has released two of his own albums, Saint Agnes Eve and Teaching Art to Lovers, through his label.
Additionally, Morse and Songwhale co-founders Jon Greenlee and Jay DeMerit, who plays soccer for the Vancouver Whitecaps, released the song "Soccer Rocks".
Prior to founding these enterprises, Morse co-created two rock operas based on classic texts: Beowulf and Frankenstein. Frankenstein the Rock Opera, which Morse wrote while a student at Davidson College, was performed at his alma mater and went on to appear in a professional stage reading at Ripley-Grier Studios in New New York Morse worked at Discovery Channel, where he wrote a song for Animal Planet, and Virgin Records, where he learned about the music business, before launching his two major ventures, Royalty, Etc.
Records and Songwhale, and settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
