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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 tflol »

Stratoscope wrote: post #182
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…

This is the same problem that every modern dating site seems to have after they copied Tinder. Swipe left - I never want to see this person again! Swipe right - I must contact this person right now! What happened to the idea of curating a list of interesting people who I may or may not want to meet right this moment, but I would like to make a list that I can refer to later? Just look at OkCupid for what a disaster t…

a hack solution to your problem could be to become romantically involved with every option in as little time as possible

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

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Post by notfed »

pg5 wrote: post #90
feoren wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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. So there's not really any hurdle at all for automated spammers who can fake their location easily, but you're making it more difficult for genuine users anyway?

My thought process was that clicking allow or allow once would be less difficult for genuine users than searching for their city.

Then support both?

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

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Post by cush »

I tried the app and have a bit of feedback

Since it’s designed to have people meet up, it’s important to require a photo. It’s a safety thing.

This seems like it would be the first feature (what photo-swipe is to Tinder) but it would be nice if, when the card is displayed, you heard a sample of the musician’s music. It’s odd that the cards are silent. The entire app should be a sonic experience. Linking to YouTube is fine but why send people away from the app?

Also, sad but true, don’t forget to populate every major city with a few really good looking and sounding fake profiles. There were just 5 blank profiles near me.

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

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Post by electrondood »

cush wrote: post #224

I tried the app and have a bit of feedback Since it’s designed to have people meet up, it’s important to require a photo. It’s a safety thing. This seems like it would be the first feature (what photo-swipe is to Tinder) but it would be nice if, when the card is displayed, you heard a sample of the musician’s music. It’s odd that the cards are silent. The entire app should be a sonic experience. Linking to YouTube is…

This is a great idea- sound samples per profile.

Love the app idea!

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

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Post by dhananjay23 »

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…

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

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Post by drusepth »

kmoser wrote: post #122
drusepth wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the "app" form-factor is preferrable to a "website" for a lot of people. Almost every website I've built over the past 10 years (summing to ~900k-ish users) has had constant streams of users always requesting an app alternative to the website, quote "even if it's just the regular website in an app".

Why not both? Assuming it's running off a DB in the cloud, it should be simple enough for the developer to write a web front-end for it. I try to keep my phone lean and mean, and I'm not inclined to install an app for something I don't use all the time. Heck, even if I were to use this all the time, I would much rather use it through a web interface.

The answer probably always differs, but for me I'm just one developer without any mobile dev experience and plenty of site features to keep working on -- so taking time away from the main product to work on a complex app equivalent (and implicitly commit to update/maintain it over time with each new feature) didn't make a lot of sense.

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

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Post by impulsivepuppet »

amelius wrote: post #53

Using this terminology you might as well call Uber: "Tinder" but for finding a cab driver.

Using Tinder as analogy for bandmate-finding works quite well, as the end goal can be abstracted away as some "intimate relationship".

Whether the mechanics of Tinder are worth parodying is another question, I need to try the app first.

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