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Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by vyrotek »

rbxbx wrote: post #29
vyrotek wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about the feature which lets you upload any mp3 you want and play it to the crowd? A lot of my files don't have the artist information, I don't know how they plan to pay to play the song.

I've found it will usually try to match against tracks in their database (sometimes to my chagrin) I've never tried a completely untagged file before though... so report back when you find out?

I was speaking from experience. I uploaded a song with no information at all. Of course, it ends up saying 'untitled' but played just fine.

Edit - They may have changed this since the first time I tried it. It seems other people are getting errors.

Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by teejaygreen »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #9
iqster wrote: post #4

I just tried to request site access ... kudos to these guys ... the request process itself was hilarious! Attention to detail ... that's where it's at.

I have a facebook account, and a friend who was a member, so my process was mostly just annoying. I guess they didn't want to deal too much with tracking referrals on their own end, so relegated the process to Facebook?

What did you find annoying about it? I clicked to log in, not knowing if a friend was already a member, but I guess someone was, because a few seconds later I was in. It was very simple and quick, it didn't annoy me at all.

Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by pavel_lishin »

flyingyeti wrote: post #30
rbxbx wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've found it will usually try to match against tracks in their database (sometimes to my chagrin) I've never tried a completely untagged file before though... so report back when you find out?

Untagged files are not processed properly by the uploader. You'll get a "General Upload Error". This also seems to happen when there are multibyte characters in the ID3 tags.

I've had that error occur several times, and then the file finally made it through.

It was from a Russian band, tagged with presumably non-ascii characters, but it finally went through, and I really really doubt they have some of the other things I've uploaded.

Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by pavel_lishin »

teejaygreen wrote: post #32
pavel_lishin wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a facebook account, and a friend who was a member, so my process was mostly just annoying. I guess they didn't want to deal too much with tracking referrals on their own end, so relegated the process to Facebook?

What did you find annoying about it? I clicked to log in, not knowing if a friend was already a member, but I guess someone was, because a few seconds later I was in. It was very simple and quick, it didn't annoy me at all.

I find it annoying that I basically have to use Facebook to gain instant access. To be fair, I have no idea how the alternative login method works, but apparently you have to wait until they make it through to you in the queue - so if I invite a friend who doesn't have a Facebook account, I end up disappointing them.

Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by localhost3000 »

vyrotek wrote: post #20

I was pretty excited when this first came out. I listened to it all night. But, eventually I felt there was something still uncomfortable about the whole experience. Some people said it was their new Pandora. I can't say I feel the same. I get a little frustrated when I can't find a room playing stuff I want to hear. And then I get even more frustrated when I give stuff a thumbs-down but still have to listen to it an…

Totally with you. Cute idea but pales in comparison as a listening experience to Pandora.

However - if they can get some brand-name DJs on there with a known style (or grow some) I think the value prop changes for me. Right now it's "experience what it's like to be a cool dj!" Which is great for the dj but bad for everyone else in the likely event that the current dj is not in fact a 'cool dj'

Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by bproper »

localhost3000 wrote: post #36
vyrotek wrote: post #20

I was pretty excited when this first came out. I listened to it all night. But, eventually I felt there was something still uncomfortable about the whole experience. Some people said it was their new Pandora. I can't say I feel the same. I get a little frustrated when I can't find a room playing stuff I want to hear. And then I get even more frustrated when I give stuff a thumbs-down but still have to listen to it an…

Totally with you. Cute idea but pales in comparison as a listening experience to Pandora. However - if they can get some brand-name DJs on there with a known style (or grow some) I think the value prop changes for me. Right now it's "experience what it's like to be a cool dj!" Which is great for the dj but bad for everyone else in the likely event that the current dj is not in fact a 'cool dj'

But after a couple of hours with Pandora I'm hearing the same tracks over and over.

I find turntable.fm is way better for discover of new music.

Re: Turntable.fm Hits 140,000 Users in Its First Month

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Post by sausagefeet »

vyrotek wrote: post #20

I was pretty excited when this first came out. I listened to it all night. But, eventually I felt there was something still uncomfortable about the whole experience. Some people said it was their new Pandora. I can't say I feel the same. I get a little frustrated when I can't find a room playing stuff I want to hear. And then I get even more frustrated when I give stuff a thumbs-down but still have to listen to it an…

My enthusiasm for tt lasted about a week, then the rooms I was in got larger than my circle of friends and the quality of music dropped significantly and I haven't gone back. It's neat for but I couldn't maintain using it.
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