Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
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Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#2Cool startup, I like the logo. The video is a nice touch, people are just too lazy to read these days (myself included).
Suggestions: - Lose some of the fluff. For example, in your "what?" section, you could've written it as simply "We notify you when artists release new albums". There is no reason to have more words than you need to describe your product. - I would have preferred voice in the video. Don't be shy, having a voice over helps a lot. - Maybe add a way to import information from existing sources like Last.fm or Facebook's music interests?
I'm intrigued by how you guys plan to monetize this, but maybe I'm just greedy and should be thankful for a web app that helps alleviate some of my headaches.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#3Cool startup, I like the logo. The video is a nice touch, people are just too lazy to read these days (myself included). Suggestions: - Lose some of the fluff. For example, in your "what?" section, you could've written it as simply "We notify you when artists release new albums". There is no reason to have more words than you need to describe your product. - I would have preferred voice in the video. Don't be shy, ha…
Thanks Charles! I'm exploring the Last.fm integration, there are some interesting possibilities. As for monetising, CD and mp3 sales commission should fit nicely. People should want to buy the new music they are into.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#4Pretty good idea and easy to monetize if people actually purchase through your site. I see this being less than 5% tho.
The logo concept is ok I suppose, but the overall presentation of your brand (logo+site) will significantly impact adoption of a product like this. I recommend you put some energy ($) into it... the logo reads like there's a 'T' in it btw.
I think you should enable some public features, for example a user can easily see any new releases within the last week. This will also boost your saturation on search engines.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#5It's a pain to add artists one-by-one, and the service isn't valuable until I do.
I (and a lot of my friends) already have a list of artists in my Facebook profile. You should let me paste that in and parse it.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#6The concept is fine but I find the design a little drab. In my opinion this is an "entertainment" based site and you mentioned possibly selling music... you need to jazz it up, give it some pop - create a vibrant color scheme - then I think people will feel more in-tune with your site.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#7this is cool, but the real reason I'd want this? honestly?
When the albums get leaked to what.cd.
I like the layout, I really like the sign up form (nice and simple) one thing, when searching for something with multiple results there is no way to go "back" once you've clicked "n more artists"
its a bit weird that the album links dont go direct to amazon/iTMS -- i assumed that was your revenue stream?
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#8It's a pain to add artists one-by-one, and the service isn't valuable until I do. I (and a lot of my friends) already have a list of artists in my Facebook profile. You should let me paste that in and parse it.
Good call, I'm going to add import from last.fm, facebook and probably iTunes.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#9this is cool, but the real reason I'd want this? honestly? When the albums get leaked to what.cd. I like the layout, I really like the sign up form (nice and simple) one thing, when searching for something with multiple results there is no way to go "back" once you've clicked "n more artists" its a bit weird that the album links dont go direct to amazon/iTMS -- i assumed that was your revenue stream?
this is cool, but the real reason I'd want this? honestly?
I guess it depends on how many artists you want to follow. And also how obscure they are. I personally have about 80 artists I absolutely want to know when they have a new release (to sample it or at least to read a review). And 80% of them are not even on Amazon.
its a bit weird that the album links dont go direct to amazon/iTMS -- i assumed that was your revenue stream?
They will, we are working on this.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#10Pretty good idea and easy to monetize if people actually purchase through your site. I see this being less than 5% tho. The logo concept is ok I suppose, but the overall presentation of your brand (logo+site) will significantly impact adoption of a product like this. I recommend you put some energy ($) into it... the logo reads like there's a 'T' in it btw. I think you should enable some public features, for example…
I think you should enable some public features, for example a user can easily see any new releases within the last week. This will also boost your saturation on search engines.
Great suggestion, thanks!