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Cymbal is like Instagram, but you post songs from Soundcloud and Spotify instead of photos. Follow friends, artists, and tastemakers to populate your feed with the songs that represent listeners' lives. Click play and the whole thing works as a sort of living playlist, curated by the ears you trust. The app has been our little secret for a little over seven months now.
When we started out, we were three college seniors who wanted to know what our friends were listening to — what song was making them tick. Now there are four of us, and we want to ask the world the same question. Throughout our short lifespan we’ve been hard at work not just molding Cymbal into the app we want it to be, but making it the place you can go to find the music that’s shaping people’s lives on a daily basis.
This has started with an unbelievable community of listeners, artists, and organizations, from The Needle Drop to Tiny Mix Tapes to No Sleep to Electric Zoo to now you – yeah, you – who have seen just how great this can be, and want to be a part of getting there.
Cymbal is becoming the music app we’ve always dreamt of, one song at a time. Want to know more? Here’s our full story: https://medium.com/@gabejacobs/o....
@antoinem@nadomars Appreciate it! We've been talking about Disco at the office and are in love with the design and functionality! Would love to chat more in depth one day if you're into the idea.
Cymbal promises to solve music discovery the same way it happens offline, through your friends and favorite tastemakers. What's there not to love?
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@ajt put it simply " Spotify being the database of music and Cymbal being the place you are social with your music" perfect explanation. I've had the app about a week and love the experience.
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Been using it for a little bit now and a big music/tech space nerd since the late 90s. Few apps stick and Cymbal is one of them. It feels like it owes This Is My Jam a note of gratitude and has taken what that great team made and brought it to it's next logical evolution. Looking forward to an integration of Mixcloud and possibly YouTube so that audiophiles can dig even deeper into the music ether and select tracks that are less available on Spotify and Soundcloud. But really loving it.
@stevemarchese Hey Steve! Thank you for the kind words. We feel the same way. This Is My Jam definitely shares a lot of our ideas, most importantly that a single song can represent someone's identity in the same way that a profile picture can. However we felt that TIMJ was not doing a good enough job in terms of creating the social connections that music can form. That's one of the reasons we built Cymbal. We love the idea that through self-expression, you can find others that fit with your personality. Furthermore, we really appreciate mobile. There is something beautiful about trying to fit a full social network on a small iPhone screen. It makes you realize what is important and forces you to make every page beautiful. But anyways, you seem to really understand what we are going for, so thank you!
@antoinem@stevemarchese Right right. They have an API, but we might not be able to integrate it into our current functionality. It seems like an awesome service though. Kind of like a combination 8tracks and songza perhaps?
I've been using Cymbal for the past few months and it is the real deal. It got on my homescreen in a few hours of playing around.
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While there are many who have tried to be "Instagram for music", the Cymbal team has an attention to detail, UX, and design that's been unprecedented. You can tell this app was made by friends who truly wanted to create a better place to share music among exactly that, friends. I'm most excited to see how it evolves beyond just following friends, though, and more towards following those with similar music preferences, just like following Instagram accounts with photos you love (not just your friends').
This app is super addictive and a great way to find new music. I'm absolutely certain this will be huge.
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Love Cymbal. These guys built it while in under grad. Scared thinking about how great it's going to be now they are full time and backed w some legit capital. FYI. Discovered Blockbuster Night Part 1 (run the jewels) on Cymbal. Easily best hiphop song I've discovered in 5+ years.
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really clean app, digging it :) would love to chat with you guys at some point
@jaytongsays Just who we've been wanting to talk to, actually! We were trying to find an in at Bop :) My email is mario@cymbal.fm, would really love to talk
I've never been hooked on an app as quickly as I have with Cymbal. I'm listening to new music every day and the community is amazing. Yesterday the artist behind my cymbal commented on my post!
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