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Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by hyperadvanced »

wheels wrote: post #137
hyperadvanced wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting. My perspective is pretty skewed as a semi-pro musician and someone who is mostly a recording artist and not a live band/jam guy. I think there are a lot of people who CAN do it all but might be open to collabs with the right person(s). You are correct that the pro market is vanishingly small but if OP thinks they’re making any money off of bassists who could just post on Craigslist I think they’re in for…

I've used sites that are trying something similar to find bands in the past. So I think I'm pretty close to the target market (or have been in my past). I don't want to post bass-player-looking-for-band on Craigslist or such -- did it once, and you get swamped by shitty bands who mostly still don't send any audio. As a bass player, I want to hear if the singer can sing, and if the sketches of songs are good. I can al…

For sure. When I’ve played bass in bands or filled up a stage for a live show, that skill is indispensable. And I don’t mean to downplay the importance of gigging or band-formation for this kind of thing: OP should cater to as many people as possible. I was originally just saying that I understand the desire to outsource content hosting to avoid the long fingers of the majors or user-generated content controversies.

Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by hyperadvanced »

jimbokun wrote: post #133
wheels wrote: post #117

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I work in the music industry. An important thing said once to my arrogant twenty something self by a product manager: "Our market is amateurs. The pro market is a unsustainably tiny." There's basically no product in the music industry that can be supported by just pros. There just aren't very many of them. And again, most drummers and bass players don't create complete tracks on their own, and they're the main thing…

So you don’t need an app like this in order to find gigs or collaborators.

I don’t know. Similar to comment OP I don’t “need” it but I think it’s cool and it has the potential to be better than Craigslist.

Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by dmix »

I love this idea, two things:

1) You should have "drum machine" or "sampler" as an instrument option for hip-hop/electronic producers looking to connect with other beatmakers, I get it's for live band type stuff but plenty of electronic-based production teams double up and form teams.

2) The email entry box on the first screen of the mobile app is some non-standard input. I had to manually type in my email when every other app autocomplted with 1password

Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by mmclar »

pg5 wrote: post #35
999900000999 wrote: post #2

Cool idea, but I'm not giving you my location. Please allow me to select a city manually.

I figured that "allow once, approximate location" would be sufficient for the privacy conscious. A little scared to make it selectable, as it would make it much easier for spammers/scammers to target locations, as the only verification is email. I do realize they can still change their location that with an emulator.

What if I'm not in the location I care about? Musicians are famously people who are often on the road.

Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by wheels »

hyperadvanced wrote: post #98
pg5 wrote: post #79

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Since this is the first iteration, I went the easiest route where people link their SoundCloud/Spotify/or Youtube channel. I considered having MP3 uploads or even video uploads, but didn't seem worth it building a transcoding/streaming system, when someone could still upload things that is not them playing. Another idea is to "verify" linked Spotify accounts by having the artist place a short random code in their Spo…

It’s awesome that you did the simplest thing. Whenever I’ve done these kinds of attempts to collab with strangers online kinds of things, I’ve always found that people will express a desire to be in a band but are awful at creating music. Just requesting that someone posts a sample through another channel is a great idea. Do you think this could become toxic though? Like people stealing tracks and trying to release t…

> Unless they’re incredibly talented instrumentalists (usually not the case, they find bands) at a certain point it becomes either a jam sesh (not interested) or you become a producer for someone who isn’t very good.

For the case of instrumentalists finding bands -- the times I've used sites like this in the past are right after a move or considering stepping out of the music scene that I've been in (going from techno back to bass).

Also I feel like the Tinder-like mechanics would be suited to cities with big music scenes. You're right that it's easy to just stumble into everyone in smaller places. What I've enjoyed some on musician-finding sites is the ability go genre shopping to some extent. Sometimes I run across stuff I think I'd enjoy playing that probably wouldn't have popped out of my social network.

Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by wheels »

jdiez17 wrote: post #114
wheels wrote: post #78

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There's a simple website for where I live (Berlin) which is basically musical want ads. Biggest problem is that while it allows it, most musicians don't include an audio clip. People self-describing their musical ability is almost entirely useless.

What's the website called?

https://www.berlinmusiker.de/

Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab

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Post by pg5 »

dmix wrote: post #145

I love this idea, two things: 1) You should have "drum machine" or "sampler" as an instrument option for hip-hop/electronic producers looking to connect with other beatmakers, I get it's for live band type stuff but plenty of electronic-based production teams double up and form teams. 2) The email entry box on the first screen of the mobile app is some non-standard input. I had to manually type in my email when every…

Ah thanks! I don't know how I missed #2, but both are easy fixes and I'll knock em out.
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