We are working through what exactly that will look like at the moment.
First thing we think we want to add is comments to tracks.
Following this I want artists to meet other artists and to start sharing their fan base. Some kind of ‘connect’ feature that allows artists to chat and shows they support each other. Also if an artist shares a track they get mentioned on the home feed in some way.
Finally we want to add a full forum type thing like indie hackers as well as a blog for artist tips and advice.
Thanks so much! I’d love to hear about your experience and what ways this sort of community might benefit you. Send us an email [email protected] if you fancy :)
We definitely need to be cautious of people gamifying the system. Humans are smart though and they will always find a way!
We will do our best and hopefully can always find a positive way to turn any bad acting on its head and make it benefit the whole community… wish me luck!! XD
Great advice. I’ve used submit hub for many years, it is a great product.
The issue with have with genre is you really can have any genre, and new ones are being made up all the time. We won’t be able to have competitive lists for all of these so decided to approach it from as few genres as possible, then will Implement a tagging system that an artist can write anything in. We will then offer search by tag so they can be found.
It’s a slow process as this is a part time project but hopefully we will get there!
You are spot on, we don’t yet say enough that this is primarily an artist centred platform. We want this to be a place that artists share fans and get discovered by industry and playlisters so I think making this clear is key. Thanks for the input!
We are already collect genre data so will switch it on and have leaderboards when there is enough tracks of each genre. Just need to build up the pool of tracks and active artists first and prove the concept.
I used to use Last FM for this, but no longer. I think this needs to be brought back on modern services. An artist might be in a totally different genre but if they have the same ‘feel’ you might like both
Great feedback! I'm pleased to say genres are coming, all tracks are tagged by genre already so it's just a matter of waiting till we have enough to show them by genre.
Good points here. What we want to achieve is something akin to the 'support' act before a headline set. Where a more successful artist champions a smaller artist because they like what they are doing. With this site the goal is for artists to share fans to help grow their fan base. This version is the first step towards that. If that makes any sense :)
Love this, I totally agree. That's why we want to find a way to make this work without algorithms. We know what hits us in the same way as something else. I'd love to build this site to achieve close to what you suggest.
I love your music! Thanks for sharing your insight. I'm happy to say that verifying and posting from other services is coming... we just chose to start with Spotify. We are a small team of two working on this as a passion project so have to build little by little. We will keep you updated :)
We are working through what exactly that will look like at the moment.
First thing we think we want to add is comments to tracks.
Following this I want artists to meet other artists and to start sharing their fan base. Some kind of ‘connect’ feature that allows artists to chat and shows they support each other. Also if an artist shares a track they get mentioned on the home feed in some way.
Finally we want to add a full forum type thing like indie hackers as well as a blog for artist tips and advice.
Little by little for now though!