Great, I was looking for a baritone sax player for a demo just yesterday. Look forward to seeing it available in my part of the world.
Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
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#112Can't believe you don't have the UK :/
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#113Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
#114Does the app feature music by musicians? As a musician that's what I'd expect to see myself, because seeing a bunch of people only talking about what they do is useless in terms of conveying style and skill. It also enables scammers and fraud if people aren't required to at least upload a video of themselves in action. Back in the old days, we had a local paper that allowed musicians to connect from a classified sect…
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?
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#115I think this would be awesome as a normal search classifieds kind of thing, not as a Tinder thing.
Tinder's selling point isn't the swiping mechanism itself, but that it's taking something publicly taboo, harem culture, and enabling it by taking it private, with a discrete, subtle, and low-stakes mechanism for participating in that culture.
There's nothing to hide when it comes to finding musicians to jam with, so that's why I think a more traditional search & filter thing would be better suited for this.
Re: Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
#116BandStand, Sideman, SoundMate... or eHarmony.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're missing the bulk of the already small market if you're assuming people signing up for your app will universally have Spotify tracks up or their own YouTube channel. Soundcloud is more likely, but still not a given, as it's geared towards mostly finished tracks. Hint: the most sought after band members are bassists and drummers, and they don't tend to do solo tracks. You want people to be able to have a low qua…
I think, fwiw, I would rather work with someone who has the drive and motivation to finish a track of their own than merely recruit a noodler. I think that from a management perspective, I would also abhor opening up any sort of video/audio sharing because then you’re a target for the majors and you get DMCA’d into the ground when kids start uploading their remixes of Taylor Swift songs or whatever.
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 people are looking for. And honestly, a lot of drummers and bass players don't want to come into a band where the guitar player has already decided what the bass and drum parts should be. You can get a lot from listening to sketches / noodling. (By noodling I mean mainly improvising something unaccompanied, not necessarily trying to win the gold medal at guitar gymnastics.)
I'm a bass player. A younger version of myself lived from playing bass for a couple years. I still play quite a few gigs. I very, very rarely produce tracks (one every few years), and there's very little of my bass playing online.
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#118Would be interested in testing, however not available in my country.. is there a particular reason? Seems like some artists like to collaborate across borders.. it's not like a dating app where your location is crucial, and you want certain level of usage saturation in a particular region before expanding.. I guess what I'm saying is: why not open for all regions?
I didn't want to release the app without proper translations for the target countries. FYI - I haven't yet implemented the feature to toggle off "local-only" artists.
Which language do you think is most popular in the UK? :)
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#119I would rather see a playlist of musicians filtered by style and experience and then skip through the playlist as I listen and have a contact button. A tinder interface doesn’t really make sense for music.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m slow. Can somebody explain all the drummer jokes? What’s wrong with drummers?
They beat on things with sticks, like a caveman. It's low hanging fruit. The bass player often cops it to a lesser extent as well, it's how singers and guitar players retain our false sense of superiority. We actually usually love our drummers (but only if their playing is on form, otherwise they cop abuse).
Hard to find a good drummer. If you're in a developing world country, even harder because drum kits take up valuable space.
Pro tip: Having a hard time finding a good drummer? Steal one from another band. Of course, your band has to treat them better than the old band. This is a time-tested and proven stratagem.