A good implementation of an idea I've seen before.
The really impressive part of this is "mixturtle". I remember it and its easy to type. You've got time to improve the interface. The name is very clever: WIN on branding.
Rate/Review my startup - mixturtle
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#82Please change the blog so I can subscribe to it. I'd love to see how this develops over time. Plus, if I'm ever feeling timid, I can just go check out that turtle :)
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#83are you using the songza api? i tried a few searches, and its clear, while your search is good, theirs is much better. great execution, but where's the differentiation with Songza, Seeqpod, Streamzy, et. al?
The differentiation from songza is in the brand - which, in a market like music, may in fact matter a good deal.
(also the differentiation is that songza's more usable. but yeah.)
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#84If you're going to do something that is as jolting to the user as hijacking the right-click menu, you'd better get it right. As in, get it _perfect_.
When I right-click near the right edge of the browser window, the playlist pops up off-screen and hidden, creating scrollbars. Novices won't get this at all, esp. since it's not the interface people are used to.
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#85Needs controls to play/stop/pause, and a volume slider please!
I also hate having my right-click menu hijacked. Please re-think that...
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#86I liked it. For my search it brought back some very obscure artists so I am not sure where you're getting your data. But I discovered some music I liked by some new artists so that was great. Memorable URL.
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#87Now on cNet WebWare
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9995938-2.html
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#88I just lost my music hard drive to the click of death, so this is really hitting the spot right now.
Two things that would have made my first 5 minutes better: 1. Giant play button 2. Giant playlist link, or playlist always visible in a column, or something.
Have you considered hooking into a service to pull more thorough album information so stuff could be organized a bit better than just a list of songs?
I'm really enjoying this. Thanks.
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#89louislouis great start. I'm some competition...lol http://www.myplaylist.biz/ I would recommend Linode for hosting/scaling. you need controls, SEO advice, legal statement - have a read of this: http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/30/the-music-wars-continue-war... Good luck with the app, it looks great.
The site is pretty slick. Though, I have to admit that there are many sites that do pretty much what you have done. Nevertheless, I guess it’s a huge market and there is room for many players.
Question to agentbleu( I have used myplaylist.biz, interesting!)
• How do u monetize such service- Google ads?
• How do handle the legal issues with music companies. This scares the shit out of me. I was reading about Michael legal issues with music comp and how they were targeting his car, house and everything.
• Though u don’t store any music files, why would legal folks come after you
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#90don't understand what the fuss is about, there are plenty of website like that around, in particular i use www.melodyshot.com, its the same concept, only difference is you can download and there a way way more results.