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Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#31

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Same. Firefox 15, XP.

Thanks for the heads up - we'll work on fixing this mobile view issue. Is the site looking (more) normal when you're viewing on a wider browser?

These people clearly stated they were using desktop browsers...

So am I, and here is what I see: http://puu.sh/161Xi

Firefox 16

edit: Maybe it is a font issue. I am not loading the fonts I see in your screenshot.

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#32

I have a hard time believing that many indie artists are willing to pay $15/mo for access to a distribution platform with no traction with music purchasers or listeners. That's putting all the risk on them. I'd structure it more like "we get the first $15 of your earnings on our service each month". That said, welcome competitor! I admire you guys taking a stab at this problem; it is one that needs solving.

Thanks for the feedback :)

Hartley and I actually have some good connections in the music blogging space, and we're working on building some tools that we think will help artists and bloggers work together.

For example, right now bloggers either:

a) use an artist's embeddable player in order to post a song. They can't track plays/downloads coming from their site or their impact on an artist (I contributed 20% of their downloads, for example).

b) upload their own versions of audio files so that they can track plays/downloads. But now the artist can't see the reach of their music.

I think we can fix this.

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#33

The misspelling and the .co URL instead of .com is going to hurt you so bad. When consumers choose a brand to trust, a lot goes in the name. You might be able to prove out an MVP of a product but you won't go big on that domain name.

We're actually pretty happy with the name choice. Mvsic should be an easy term to rank for, while also having connotations of "music" to a human reader. Plus, we think it's simple and elegant, which describes the service. See also: http://svbtle.com and http://svpply.com

Maybe the name is okay, but this is gonna kill you: http://www.mvsic.com/

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#34

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We're actually pretty happy with the name choice. Mvsic should be an easy term to rank for, while also having connotations of "music" to a human reader. Plus, we think it's simple and elegant, which describes the service. See also: http://svbtle.com and http://svpply.com

Maybe the name is okay, but this is gonna kill you: http://www.mvsic.com/

It'll be a hurdle, for sure, but not too much different than The Hype Machine being at hypem.com

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#35

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Thanks for the heads up - we'll work on fixing this mobile view issue. Is the site looking (more) normal when you're viewing on a wider browser?

These people clearly stated they were using desktop browsers... So am I, and here is what I see: http://puu.sh/161Xi Firefox 16 edit: Maybe it is a font issue. I am not loading the fonts I see in your screenshot.

Yeah, that's a fallback issue on our end - thanks for the screenshot.

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#36

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Maybe the name is okay, but this is gonna kill you: http://www.mvsic.com/

It'll be a hurdle, for sure, but not too much different than The Hype Machine being at hypem.com

Not quite the same. "Hey, this site is music but with a V instead of a U. Check it out." I go to http://www.mvsic.com/ and it's a Go Daddy parking page. Oh well. User lost.

You and I don't think like this, but many users do.

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#37

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Same. Firefox 15, XP.

Thanks for the heads up - we'll work on fixing this mobile view issue. Is the site looking (more) normal when you're viewing on a wider browser?

Looks perfect to me.

Google Chrome Stable (official Ubuntu PPA)

Version 21.0.1180.89

Ubuntu 12.04 x64

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#38

I have a hard time believing that many indie artists are willing to pay $15/mo for access to a distribution platform with no traction with music purchasers or listeners. That's putting all the risk on them. I'd structure it more like "we get the first $15 of your earnings on our service each month". That said, welcome competitor! I admire you guys taking a stab at this problem; it is one that needs solving.

Thanks for the feedback :) Hartley and I actually have some good connections in the music blogging space, and we're working on building some tools that we think will help artists and bloggers work together. For example, right now bloggers either: a) use an artist's embeddable player in order to post a song. They can't track plays/downloads coming from their site or their impact on an artist (I contributed 20% of thei…

So does that mean that you would sell access to the analytics data for a song listing to both the artist and the blogger? Would the blogger's data be limited to traffic on their own site? Does the artist control who gets access to their data?

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#39

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Same. Firefox 15, XP.

Thanks for the heads up - we'll work on fixing this mobile view issue. Is the site looking (more) normal when you're viewing on a wider browser?

If I maximize browser, it looks correct. Looks like the switch is at 1200, which is higher than I usually run.

Re: Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

#40

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Thanks for the feedback :) Hartley and I actually have some good connections in the music blogging space, and we're working on building some tools that we think will help artists and bloggers work together. For example, right now bloggers either: a) use an artist's embeddable player in order to post a song. They can't track plays/downloads coming from their site or their impact on an artist (I contributed 20% of thei…

So does that mean that you would sell access to the analytics data for a song listing to both the artist and the blogger? Would the blogger's data be limited to traffic on their own site? Does the artist control who gets access to their data?

Those are good questions, and ones we're also working through at the moment!
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