Rethinking Sheet Music, With A Few Bells And Whistles
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#2Congrats, Dan! What a great write-up. So glad to see how far this has come.
Leaving aside the practical matters native to the iPad, I think not having an extensive classical selection is one of the best ways you could be dinged. It speaks the app's value and a desire to use the app more. And it leaves the door open for a followup story.
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#3Congrats on the acquisition Dan!
It's awesome to see how old school companies are making the transition to compete in the digital era.
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#4Interseting how many startups tackling music business. I was quite interested in a similar startup named Tonara, which debuted on Techcrunch Disrupt[1] earlier this week.
[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-20105113-250/tonara-puts-s...
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#5Original story: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3001020
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#6I think a killer feature for this (or a competitor...) would be auto-turning pages using the ambient audio.
"While I am playing piano and have no hands I have to deftly change the music, therefore I need another human" is a huge pain point for performing pianists.
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#7I think a killer feature for this (or a competitor...) would be auto-turning pages using the ambient audio. "While I am playing piano and have no hands I have to deftly change the music, therefore I need another human " is a huge pain point for performing pianists.
Tonara does this.
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#8I think a killer feature for this (or a competitor...) would be auto-turning pages using the ambient audio. "While I am playing piano and have no hands I have to deftly change the music, therefore I need another human " is a huge pain point for performing pianists.
Tonara does this.
I'm excited about Tonara, but the app itself seems like a tech demo for that specific technology.
They have yet to experience the pain of a thousand cuts that (that my team and I have gone through) that is working with the music publishing industry.
The thing with these apps is that people who don't really understand them group them all together. "Oh, another music-y app for fancy music people!"
While their app now is not remotely a competitor, if they actually get some real funding, they could pivot in a number of ways to compete against apps like mine, because they've been able to position themselves well in the "music app startup" slot by presenting at TC.
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#9The main problem with sheet music is copyright law. Its differences across Europe will make anyone's head hurt. If that weren't enough, the established publishing industry is extremely conservative. In my experience the musicians --that is users-- would be the last and least hurdle.
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#10The main problem with sheet music is copyright law. Its differences across Europe will make anyone's head hurt. If that weren't enough, the established publishing industry is extremely conservative. In my experience the musicians --that is users-- would be the last and least hurdle.
This times a million.