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Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#1

Post by omrim »

Hey HN,

I've been working on this project with a kick-ass team for the past 8 months, and we finally launched it last week.

ZIIBRA helps up-and-coming artists make music their full time job. Using our music, the more fans that pledge to purchase an album the cheaper a project becomes because the price is driven down through their social network outreach. Cheaper price = Happy fans. Plus, the artists benefit too. By pre-selling a new album, artists get fan reach, cash flow to fund the project, and a marketing platform to cross-promote their new work!

I was hoping to get some feedback back from the community, and see what the general reaction is.

Cheers,

Omri

Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA
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#2

Post by omrim »

Hey HN,

I've been working on this project with a kick-ass team for the past 8 months, and we finally launched it last week.

ZIIBRA helps up-and-coming artists make music their full time job. Using our music platform, the more fans that pledge to purchase an album the cheaper a project becomes because the price is driven down through their social network outreach. Cheaper price = Happy fans. Plus, the artists benefit too. By pre-selling a new album, artists get fan reach, cash flow to fund the project, and a marketing platform to cross-promote their new work!

I was hoping to get some feedback back from the community...

Cheers,

Omri

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#3

Post by swayfm »

omrim wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I've been working on this project with a kick-ass team for the past 8 months, and we finally launched it last week. ZIIBRA helps up-and-coming artists make music their full time job. Using our music platform, the more fans that pledge to purchase an album the cheaper a project becomes because the price is driven down through their social network outreach. Cheaper price = Happy fans. Plus, the artists benefit…

Don't make me connect my facebook in order to play music. http://cl.ly/0N1t3A3d013I061v2829 Don't care that it's only 30 seconds away, I don't want to give you my data before hearing some music and deciding whether or not it's worth it.

Also, seeing "30 seconds" in this interrupting popup (even before reading it) makes me think that I'll only get 30 second previews of the music.

That's as far as I got, since I can't play any music.

The model is neat. http://www.ziibra.com/browse looks really cool.

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#4

Post by maxko87 »

Awesome tool. Kickstarter has proven that a crowd sourced model like this can work, and it's good that the model is being specialized into certain niches like this (see indiegogo). I'm sure that you will have success with it.

As for critique, I can't tell at all what the big colorful title says. It's cool that you are targeting two different audiences (bands and fans), but consolidate your two mission statements on the front page -- they seem a bit redundant (maybe make each shorter and more pointed?) I would also go into some more specifics on the "How it Works" page, for example by including some details from the video (if somebody does not want to watch).

Good luck!

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#5

Post by omrim »

maxko87 wrote: post #4

Awesome tool. Kickstarter has proven that a crowd sourced model like this can work, and it's good that the model is being specialized into certain niches like this (see indiegogo). I'm sure that you will have success with it. As for critique, I can't tell at all what the big colorful title says. It's cool that you are targeting two different audiences (bands and fans), but consolidate your two mission statements on t…

Hey thanks for the 2 cents. The title is a mash of genres... we intended it to be jumbled up :) But I like your view on making the mission statements shorter/ clearer... will mess around with some UI stuff soon

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#6

Post by omrim »

swayfm wrote: post #3
omrim wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I've been working on this project with a kick-ass team for the past 8 months, and we finally launched it last week. ZIIBRA helps up-and-coming artists make music their full time job. Using our music platform, the more fans that pledge to purchase an album the cheaper a project becomes because the price is driven down through their social network outreach. Cheaper price = Happy fans. Plus, the artists benefit…

Don't make me connect my facebook in order to play music. http://cl.ly/0N1t3A3d013I061v2829 Don't care that it's only 30 seconds away, I don't want to give you my data before hearing some music and deciding whether or not it's worth it. Also, seeing "30 seconds" in this interrupting popup (even before reading it) makes me think that I'll only get 30 second previews of the music. That's as far as I got, since I can't…

Thanks for the kind words!

We're doing the Facebook/Twitter (coming soon) login because we're going to add features that are centric to interacting with your friends on ZIIBRA/ your networks.

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#7

Post by Ralith »

omrim wrote: post #6
swayfm wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't make me connect my facebook in order to play music. http://cl.ly/0N1t3A3d013I061v2829 Don't care that it's only 30 seconds away, I don't want to give you my data before hearing some music and deciding whether or not it's worth it. Also, seeing "30 seconds" in this interrupting popup (even before reading it) makes me think that I'll only get 30 second previews of the music. That's as far as I got, since I can't…

Thanks for the kind words! We're doing the Facebook/Twitter (coming soon) login because we're going to add features that are centric to interacting with your friends on ZIIBRA/ your networks.

What about those of us who don't use facebook or twitter? Or any social networking service, for that matter?

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#8

Post by nodrama »

swayfm wrote: post #3
omrim wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I've been working on this project with a kick-ass team for the past 8 months, and we finally launched it last week. ZIIBRA helps up-and-coming artists make music their full time job. Using our music platform, the more fans that pledge to purchase an album the cheaper a project becomes because the price is driven down through their social network outreach. Cheaper price = Happy fans. Plus, the artists benefit…

Don't make me connect my facebook in order to play music. http://cl.ly/0N1t3A3d013I061v2829 Don't care that it's only 30 seconds away, I don't want to give you my data before hearing some music and deciding whether or not it's worth it. Also, seeing "30 seconds" in this interrupting popup (even before reading it) makes me think that I'll only get 30 second previews of the music. That's as far as I got, since I can't…

Music site. No music.

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#9

Post by anigbrowl »

omrim wrote: post #6
swayfm wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't make me connect my facebook in order to play music. http://cl.ly/0N1t3A3d013I061v2829 Don't care that it's only 30 seconds away, I don't want to give you my data before hearing some music and deciding whether or not it's worth it. Also, seeing "30 seconds" in this interrupting popup (even before reading it) makes me think that I'll only get 30 second previews of the music. That's as far as I got, since I can't…

Thanks for the kind words! We're doing the Facebook/Twitter (coming soon) login because we're going to add features that are centric to interacting with your friends on ZIIBRA/ your networks.

OK, but don't forget those of us who either don't use FB/Twitter, or who want to keep separate online IDs for different things (eg if your Facebook identity is wrapped up with your day job and you'd rather your fellow librarians didn't know you were in an avant-garde industrial band named Earbleeder).

disclaimer: not a member or fan of any bands called Earbleeder

Re: Re-thinking music with ZIIBRA

#10

Post by omrim »

Ralith wrote: post #7
omrim wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the kind words! We're doing the Facebook/Twitter (coming soon) login because we're going to add features that are centric to interacting with your friends on ZIIBRA/ your networks.

What about those of us who don't use facebook or twitter? Or any social networking service, for that matter?

We're working on a log-in after we get twitter up. Will stay in touch and let you know!
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