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Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by p1esk »

StavrosK wrote: post #4
ClassicalmOnly wrote: post #2

Hello HN! I am really excited to show you Classical Music Only, a social website dedicate to discover, listen and discuss classical music. I actually tried to do a "show HN" thread 6 months ago when the first alpha release was published but somehow the link was dead and nobody saw it except me:D. Now the website is in beta phase and has become much more mature since first published. The website has many features that…

Pretty long and off-topic shot, but would you (or anyone else) happen to know this piece? We've been looking for a name for years: https://soundcloud.com/stavrosk/unknown-piece-from-brewsters... On-topic, how can I listen to a performance? I clicked through to a few lists but haven't found any buttons to do that on the site.

If you can produce a MIDI encoding of this piece, I can run it through a classifier trained on a large dataset of classical composers, and identify most similar pieces.

Alternatively, you can ask someone who trains deep learning models on audio files, and has a large classical dataset.

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by thomas »

ClassicalmOnly wrote: post #87
thomas wrote: post #86

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Awesome site! Really like how it's build, how it works, etc. Any chance you'd do an explainer on how you built it, why you built it, etc? Sort of how indie hackers handles these things? I'd love to learn more.

Thank you! I was planning to mention some technical details but I totally forgot! The website mainly uses Vue.js for frontend (which was a total pleasant experience for a somewhat not small project (12,000+ vue LOC)) and Python (Django) + Golang for backend. I really want to share my experience with the vue community. I was more than satisfied dealing with it on a daily basis.

OK great. And then is that Semantic UI?

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by ClassicalmOnly »

thomas wrote: post #93
ClassicalmOnly wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! I was planning to mention some technical details but I totally forgot! The website mainly uses Vue.js for frontend (which was a total pleasant experience for a somewhat not small project (12,000+ vue LOC)) and Python (Django) + Golang for backend. I really want to share my experience with the vue community. I was more than satisfied dealing with it on a daily basis.

OK great. And then is that Semantic UI?

Yes! Semantic UI is used but not fully, only a few but imortant css components like grid, container, input and separator. There's also some old jQuery dependency but is about to be removed since only the Ajax methods are used so it's irrelevant to use jQuery just for that.

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by StavrosK »

p1esk wrote: post #91
StavrosK wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty long and off-topic shot, but would you (or anyone else) happen to know this piece? We've been looking for a name for years: https://soundcloud.com/stavrosk/unknown-piece-from-brewsters... On-topic, how can I listen to a performance? I clicked through to a few lists but haven't found any buttons to do that on the site.

If you can produce a MIDI encoding of this piece, I can run it through a classifier trained on a large dataset of classical composers, and identify most similar pieces. Alternatively, you can ask someone who trains deep learning models on audio files, and has a large classical dataset.

Hmm, I have the sheet music that someone transcribed, and an MP3 of the midi, but not the midi itself, and I don't know how to produce one :/ I will try to ask them for the midi and get back to you, thank you.

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by brooklyn_ashey »

StavrosK wrote: post #49
brooklyn_ashey wrote: post #40

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wait... you contacted the cellist???? wow, ok. I'm impressed with your research! Who was the cellist? That might help me. If it was something he had with him, it was more likely for a gig or a student. I did a quick check of all Dvorak Quartets- but didn't hit upon the passage. I chose Dvorak because of the pre-copland what would become the American vibe. Don't you think? The reason I don't think it's by Ry Cooder is…

It was Marston Smith: http://lordofthecello.com/ It's definitely not by Ry Cooder, we contacted him and he said he hadn't composed it. It sounds a lot like Glazunov, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_05mIC3BIBc#t=2m10s

Glazunov is an excellent guess! I remember playing a student quartet by him when I was a student, and it totally had that modal parallel melodic/harmonic movement in 4ths and 5ths. It is so Dvorak though, minus his noodly viola jamz under the melody. Hint of Ravel, but not French enough- maybe Chopin too. Will be thinking on it this week. I'd like to hear the whole piece too now!Update: I just watched the first few seconds of your clip- and that is the exact piece I played as a student that reminded me of it as I mentioned above. Listening now.

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by dvt »

Hey, awesome project! I'm a huge fan of classical music and can definitely see myself using this. I'm going to share it with my dad who's also a big classical aficionado.

Anyway, my question may get lost, as this post really blew up, but here it is. I'm launching a project I've been working on soon-ish, and I'm wondering: what steps did you take to gain traction? My project is somewhat socially-oriented like yours (i.e. there's no paid product), so I'm wondering if you can share any insight into how to get it out there and get high-qualify contributors.

Thanks, and again, awesome job :)

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by yawn »

I know this is a wall of questions, but I'm really impressed with your accomplishment. I'm interested in the origins of the site, how you chose the tech stack, any scaling issues you might have, how you create the content on YouTube, how you are handling cost, etc. I've been wanting to create something similar for a different domain and worry about scaling and costs. Have you written about any of this anywhere? Thanks for any answers, and good luck!

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by ClassicalmOnly »

dvt wrote: post #97

Hey, awesome project! I'm a huge fan of classical music and can definitely see myself using this. I'm going to share it with my dad who's also a big classical aficionado. Anyway, my question may get lost, as this post really blew up, but here it is. I'm launching a project I've been working on soon-ish, and I'm wondering: what steps did you take to gain traction? My project is somewhat socially-oriented like yours (i…

Thank you for this awesome feedback! I didn't take any special steps. I just made a show HN thread and frankly I didn't expect to be that successful since most successful threads I saw were SaaS or other technical projects. I am truly indebted to HN and the community for featuring the thread. I also submitted it on ProductHunt but it failed miserably :D

Thanks again and good luck with your project.

Re: Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music

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Post by ClassicalmOnly »

yawn wrote: post #98

I know this is a wall of questions, but I'm really impressed with your accomplishment. I'm interested in the origins of the site, how you chose the tech stack, any scaling issues you might have, how you create the content on YouTube, how you are handling cost, etc. I've been wanting to create something similar for a different domain and worry about scaling and costs. Have you written about any of this anywhere? Thank…

Thank you! I hope you really enjoy it. The main stack is Vue for frontend and Python/Django + Golang for backend. I might share my pleasant experience in the future with vue enthusiasts since I became one myself!
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