Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks • Hacker News Board

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by medell » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 2:14 AM UTC

The Tallest Man on Earth & Cat Power! Like it already :)

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by ricardobeat » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 3:44 AM UTC

jamesgagan wrote: post #3

this was a weekend project - trying to keep it simple but any feedback is appreciated.

Were you inspired by mixest.com that appeared here last week?

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by Xcelerate » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 4:01 AM UTC

Seeing "tunes.io" reminds me -- I'll share something cool with you all. I was using the .io domain name search tool that I made (http://iodomains.nickmcnutt.com) and I noticed that songs.io has not been taken yet! Can you believe it?

We'll see how long it takes for someone to grab it now ;)

EDIT: Holy cow that was fast! Less than 4 minutes!

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by jamesgagan » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 4:20 AM UTC

Xcelerate wrote: post #23

Seeing "tunes.io" reminds me -- I'll share something cool with you all. I was using the .io domain name search tool that I made ( http://iodomains.nickmcnutt.com ) and I noticed that songs.io has not been taken yet! Can you believe it? We'll see how long it takes for someone to grab it now ;) EDIT: Holy cow that was fast! Less than 4 minutes!

woot! guess i have a name for next weekends project now ;)

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by Xcelerate » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 4:29 AM UTC

jamesgagan wrote: post #24

Xcelerate wrote: post #23

Seeing "tunes.io" reminds me -- I'll share something cool with you all. I was using the .io domain name search tool that I made ( http://iodomains.nickmcnutt.com ) and I noticed that songs.io has not been taken yet! Can you believe it? We'll see how long it takes for someone to grab it now ;) EDIT: Holy cow that was fast! Less than 4 minutes!

woot! guess i have a name for next weekends project now ;)

You got it? Good luck with it!

(I've noticed domain-squatters are starting to grab the good .io names so I figured someone on HN would do something more productive with it!)

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by jamesgagan » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 4:50 AM UTC

Xcelerate wrote: post #25

jamesgagan wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

woot! guess i have a name for next weekends project now ;)

You got it? Good luck with it! (I've noticed domain-squatters are starting to grab the good .io names so I figured someone on HN would do something more productive with it!)

yeah i see bands.io is available too - unfortunately at $65 a pop, can't afford to scoop too many up!

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by jamesgagan » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 5:09 AM UTC

ricardobeat wrote: post #22

jamesgagan wrote: post #3

this was a weekend project - trying to keep it simple but any feedback is appreciated.

Were you inspired by mixest.com that appeared here last week?

no - but i do like mixest. this was an idea i've had kicking around for awhile.

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by wamatt » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 5:19 AM UTC

jamesgagan wrote: post #24

Xcelerate wrote: post #23

Seeing "tunes.io" reminds me -- I'll share something cool with you all. I was using the .io domain name search tool that I made ( http://iodomains.nickmcnutt.com ) and I noticed that songs.io has not been taken yet! Can you believe it? We'll see how long it takes for someone to grab it now ;) EDIT: Holy cow that was fast! Less than 4 minutes!

woot! guess i have a name for next weekends project now ;)

Very cool James, I usually use Spotify indie lists, but surprisingly this has a found a few cool tracks I hadn't discovered yet.

If you don't mind sharing, how does the playlist selection algorithm work?

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by chrischen » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 5:29 AM UTC

Have you ever used a playlist sharing site like 8tracks or songza.com?

Re: Tunes.io - simple, awesome daily playlist of new indie tracks

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Post by jamesgagan » Mon, Sep 10, 2012, 5:29 AM UTC

wamatt wrote: post #28

jamesgagan wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

woot! guess i have a name for next weekends project now ;)

Very cool James, I usually use Spotify indie lists, but surprisingly this has a found a few cool tracks I hadn't discovered yet. If you don't mind sharing, how does the playlist selection algorithm work?

well i've only just begun so no doubt it will change a lot. but right now it's a combination of scraping/crawling for tracks and manual curation. i actually listen to all the tracks and nuke ones that don't measure up and change the order to mix it up a bit. the goal is to have a playlist every day of some quality tracks that you can consume in a sitting and hopefully walk away with two or three you really liked.