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

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

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Post by analog31 »

sergiotapia wrote: post #146

I play guitar - never played live with any group. Has anyone played in a "virtual band" does that even work or does the latency kill it?

I did this during the pandemic, using Jamulus. I'm a jazz bassist. I felt that the amount of latency was a mixed bag, depending on your Internet service. Just because you're in close physical proximity to other players doesn't mean your latency is short.

Also, it works as advertised if you play an electric instrument and can block out the natural sound of your instrument with headphones. For this reason, electric bass was a lot easier than upright bass for me.

Many of the musicians are not techies, and explaining these details is impossible. "I took my headphones off because hearing the mix was messing me up" is a constant refrain. Trying to maintain a sense of time under those circumstances made it mentally fatiguing to play, and no fun, so I eventually gave up and started just working on my technique and improvisation.

Jamming with people outdoors was a lot more fun.

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

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Post by codedokode »

AlecSchueler wrote: post #189
treme wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. People on HN won't even signup for Twitter because "reasons". I think gate keeping finicky people is fine, you should at least A/B test how likely you can encourage registration because building initial network effect for something like this is crucial.

I agree with this, don't get too bogged down by what people here think, focus on your target audience. This is the crowd that would have passed on Dropbox because it's so easy just to use rsync.

When you use rsync, you don't have to share your data with foreign intelligence.

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

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Post by mgbmtl »

ramraj07 wrote: post #158
novaomnidev wrote: post #64

What does swiping left mean? I may not want to collab with someone for a particular project but that doesn’t mean I never want to see their profile again. Also swiping left feels like rejecting them. What if I’m just browsing the artists? I don’t want to be rejecting while I’m browsing options. Also why am I limited to my area? I want to be able to collaborate digitally. I don’t need to be in close proximity to do th…

So you’re asking for okcupid of band mates when OP made tinder..

More like Feeld, imo :)

(Feeld also lets you skip a profile, and get back to it later)

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Post by htrp »

pg5 wrote: post #27
htrp wrote: post #12

Can we page the owners/devs of the app to at least explain what they've built and at least answer some questions about it?

Hi, I'm here. I built this as an alternative to city-based Facebook groups (for people who don't use it) and in part to learn React Native. It lets you create an artist profile, view nearby ones, match with them, then have a real-time chat with your matches. Added a "nearby concerts" tab mainly so that the first adopters in new areas would have something useful besides a blank screen.

Did you try/build on other frameworks ? What made you choose ReactNative?

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Post by normcoreashore »

SethMurphy wrote: post #181

I find that the more music creation and distribution is gamified, the less gratifying it is for me. Discovery of the music and people who share your distinct musical passions is such and important part of the process of enjoying music and it's creation. On first look I thought, interesting, why would they go ruin the best (if also one of the more frustrating) parts of music creation. No thanks, too derivative and sol…

So true. get out there, go to shows, find/attend jam sessions by asking around, visit studios, make friends in person.

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Post by AlecSchueler »

codedokode wrote: post #202
AlecSchueler wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with this, don't get too bogged down by what people here think, focus on your target audience. This is the crowd that would have passed on Dropbox because it's so easy just to use rsync.

When you use rsync, you don't have to share your data with foreign intelligence.

I'm aware of the benefits of rsync but you've sort of proven the point. Regardless of the niche concerns of the HN crowd Dropbox was an extremely viable product and the company went on to make a lot of money.

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Post by teucris »

I’m loving the feedback everyone is posting here. While there are some cynics, you all have posted a treasure trove of useful insights for this creator. And for people like me who are constantly trying to improve user experience for the products they make, reading these comments has been incredibly insightful.

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

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Post by teucris »

wheels wrote: post #139
jimbokun wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Record a couple minutes of you playing something, upload it to your YouTube channel, and submit the link. You’re acting like young people wanting to join a band don’t know how to post things on the Internet.

Are you a musician? Have you ever used a site like this? My comments are literally based on the disappointments in using similar sites in the past. Most people don't add audio. Profiles without audio are useless. Making (and possibly providing minimal vetting?) people post audio would already be a big step in the right direction.

Just my experience but as a musician who used Bandmix for a while, I found that most profiles I was interested had audio. It felt like it was expected and profiles without links to audio weren’t complete.
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