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Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by weq »

rayrag wrote: post #23

I've downloaded few mixes with relaxing music from YT and created a playlist in my foobar, it's simple and it doesn't require browser. I also recommend some radio streams: https://somafm.com http://echoesofbluemars.org/ https://plaza.one/

Been listening to these channels most of my programming career.

https://di.fm + somafm

this network it has many sister channels including https://zenradio.com

soundcloud can be good, once it knows your preferences, but to much random stuff and volume changes happen that i switched back to di now. di has a treasure shows now for each genre which basically what i used to use SC for so im set.

hos.com get s special mention

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by zimpenfish »

tra3 wrote: post #62
r3trohack3r wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No idea. Deezer is DRM free, has a deep catalogue, has a solid API, and provides high fidelity files. I have no use for other services. Personally I’d recommend them. As an example of a personal project I’ve built on their API: https://audile.app (a random album on every page load) Unless you have an online service you won’t be able to keep this playlist in sync on another platform as I continue cultivating it. I do…

Fair enough. I'm pretty coupled to Spotify's ecosystem so for anyone on Spotify here's the first 200 songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IcZx8V66DzI2apfnutcvq I used a service (soundiiz) that only allows 200 songs to be converted for free.

I've currently got Soundiiz Premium - converted it to an Apple Music playlist (1810 tracks, https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/focus/pl.u-PJD9BskgpYKR ) and a Spotify playlist (1827 tracks, https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0OFXAFqVC5A5yJMp7gxDTs )

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by dprophecyguy »

tra3 wrote: post #62
r3trohack3r wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No idea. Deezer is DRM free, has a deep catalogue, has a solid API, and provides high fidelity files. I have no use for other services. Personally I’d recommend them. As an example of a personal project I’ve built on their API: https://audile.app (a random album on every page load) Unless you have an online service you won’t be able to keep this playlist in sync on another platform as I continue cultivating it. I do…

Fair enough. I'm pretty coupled to Spotify's ecosystem so for anyone on Spotify here's the first 200 songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IcZx8V66DzI2apfnutcvq I used a service (soundiiz) that only allows 200 songs to be converted for free.

Hey man, can you generate a Youtube music playlist too ?

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by bricemo »

oan wrote: post #44
TobyTheDog123 wrote: post #13

While I think this is a really cool product with incredible art assets, I just can't see myself paying $4 monthly (or $100 once) for a number of looping videos, a spotify playlist, customizable audio effects, and a few productivity tools, most of which could be stored in the user's browser, and most of which have better, free alternatives. As a user I'd probably feel more comfortable handing over closer to $1/mo, but…

Hey! This is actually a website of mine, so I appreciate the feedback. About the price, any alternative or similar products' memberships cost around double (if not more) for often less features, so I'd say the pricing is actually quite low. For the costs, I would say S3 for the assets is the biggest one, at least with the current 150-200,000 monthly users. The actual art as well is a cost since it's all original, but…

Hi there, paid lofi.co member here (I joined to try it out). First off thanks for making this site. I am super into Lofi, listen to it every single day, make my own playlists, have lofi merch, etc.

As much as I love lofi, I agree with the other comments that it's hard to compete with the abundant cheap/free content out there. I'm not saying this isn't higher production quality (it definitely is) or this doesn't pull it all together better (it does). I'm saying: it's not 10x better such that I would want to pay for it. I don't think $1 vs $4 makes much of a difference - it's the jump from free to paid that's the sticking point.

I want this to succeed and I think I am your exact target market, so I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what would make this worth it. In its current form it seems to only be providing enough value to be ad supported (hopefully your revenue proves me wrong?).

Stepping back: the overall purpose of lofi IMO is to be able to concentrate and work in a chill productive environment. Some crazy ideas of things I would definitely pay for: - Maybe it's a monthly coffee subscription sent to your house and the coffee gets featured in the artwork - Maybe you can set up group study sessions and listen together. There's been some great experiments of scheduling a focus time with another person and they are highly productive - There's coffee shops in Japan where you can't leave until you finish your work. Maybe some kind of social commitment like that built into the site - Commit Action is a cool service that helps you break down tasks. Maybe some human consultation like that

All of these are pretty big investments.

Good luck!

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by rayrag »

rco8786 wrote: post #70
rayrag wrote: post #23

I've downloaded few mixes with relaxing music from YT and created a playlist in my foobar, it's simple and it doesn't require browser. I also recommend some radio streams: https://somafm.com http://echoesofbluemars.org/ https://plaza.one/

Foobar?

As others said it's a music player, it can also play radio streams and podcasts but that requires plugin.

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by kirso »

cultofmetatron wrote: post #2

as someone who is currently subscribed to both endel AND brainfm AND has several lofi playlists on spotify, you need to work on your onboarding process. first I had to navigate several tutorial screens and then I have to sign in just to hear music? You're going to lose a lot of signups. You need to make the music available asap so that I can see what I'm buying into. even taking the time to fill out another signup fo…

Big fan of Endel, never went back to any playlist. The development and collaborations are amazing.

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by Scea91 »

TobyTheDog123 wrote: post #13

While I think this is a really cool product with incredible art assets, I just can't see myself paying $4 monthly (or $100 once) for a number of looping videos, a spotify playlist, customizable audio effects, and a few productivity tools, most of which could be stored in the user's browser, and most of which have better, free alternatives. As a user I'd probably feel more comfortable handing over closer to $1/mo, but…

I wish there were in general on-demand payment alternatives with low friction. If I go to a real cafe I also do not have a monthly subscription there but pay for what I consume. Similarly, I do not want to pay monthly Netflix subscription but I could see myself paying from time to time to get access to a movie or series I am interested in (similar to video rental).
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