I've actually googled around (in vain) to find such a service (after searching everywhere on last.fm for this feature - I was convinced that they'd have it - but no...)
So, excellent idea, I needed it yesterday!
Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
21–30 of 35 posts
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#22Pretty 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 ($) into it... the logo reads like there's a 'T' in it btw. I think you should enable some public features, for example…
yes re: the "t" in the logo, when I was on the site I kept reading it as "Musty"
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#23Pretty good idea and easy to monetize if people actually purchase through your site. I see this being less than 5% tho. The logo concept is ok I suppose, but the overall presentation of your brand (logo+site) will significantly impact adoption of a product like this. I recommend you put some energy ($) into it... the logo reads like there's a 'T' in it btw. I think you should enable some public features, for example…
yes re: the "t" in the logo, when I was on the site I kept reading it as "Musty"
Totally agreed.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#24I think this is an interesting idea. I definitely agree with other comments here. Open it up to let users import data from Last.fm or other apps that are recording their listening trends. Then let them know what albums are being released from artists they frequently listen to.
Pulling in info then making a recommendation system would be great. Maybe work on an iTunes plugin to read star ratings and phone back to the app? Just thinking out loud here, I have no idea if something like that would be possible.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#25Overall, I think it is a nice and useful service. I could definitely see myself using it.
My first thought once I grasped its function was "where do they get the data? Can I be sure that my favourite, obscure indie band will show up there?". Perhaps you should add this info somewhere?
Disclaimer: I did not sign up for an account, so there is a possibility that I missed a members' faq somewhere.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#26It'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.
I don't own a copy of Delicious Monster, but people who do would probably fit your demographic very well. Don't know if there are enough of them to justify import functionality.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 re…
If you're able to get referral revenue from amazon there's no reason your service couldn't be extended to authors/books as well.
Yes, and directors/actors ;)
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#28Overall, I think it is a nice and useful service. I could definitely see myself using it. My first thought once I grasped its function was "where do they get the data? Can I be sure that my favourite, obscure indie band will show up there?". Perhaps you should add this info somewhere? Disclaimer: I did not sign up for an account, so there is a possibility that I missed a members' faq somewhere.
It's in the FAQ, we are using the MusicBrainz database.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#29Would it be possible to have a RSS feed with the latest album releases rather than email notifications?
It's already there. We should probably make more visible, but if your browser has the RSS detection built-in - you can already subscribe.
Re: Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)
#30I think it would make sense to allow people to use your app (start building a list of artists) before registering. Just store their list to a cookie and show a little notification that tells them to enter their email and a password to save their artist list and start receiving notifications.
Great suggestion, thanks!