Ask HN: Please Review My New Social Music Website

Your idea seems solid, and the site looks fairly good, considering only 5 days of work.

That said, I found the UI to be a bit cluttered. In particular, the landing page seems a bit unordered, with variable spacing between the various textual lines, and really, just too much there.

If I were you, I'd go a bit more minimalist on the front page. Just my 2¢. Good luck!

I like the idea, getting the audio only off videos could be really useful.

However, I agree with unignorant, the UI needs work. When you get more tracks it could become hard to browse.

Plus, have fun when you start getting hit by DMCA notices every day!!

Like what others have said, improve the UI... even with so few songs it was hard to navigate and see the artist/song title...

Also, the ability to que songs

Cool, I'll see if I can work with a designer friend to get some tips.

Yeah, I'm hoping if I can orient this towards people uploading their lectures, or something where bands can have a place to upload their music (I know, places like that exist), then I won't have to worry about DMCA stuff as much.

Thanks for the review.

Clicking the "Browse" link takes me to "Browse Random Files". First, I don't believe that the uploaded songs should be thought of as "files." People want music, tunes, and tracks. "Files" almost makes me weary of having to download something. Second, there needs to be some structure to browsing - by artist, genre, year, popularity, etc. Presenting a person with a few random tracks when your database has 1000s of them makes it difficult for users to find anything specific.

On profiles, the url pattern needs some work. You mention in your blog that you would like bands to say "check us out on Tune To Us." However, if they're uploading their songs and want people to hit their profile they'd have to say, "Check us out at Tune To Us slash profile slash view slash 2934." Perhaps adjusting to something shorter with more significance. A band/user should be more than just a number.

I believe your site's has potential, but it also needs some work to make it useful to the masses. Good luck with it. I'll keep an eye on where it goes.