Combo FM
The best new music you haven't heard yet.
Combo is a set of curated music stations, updated every day with the best new tracks and why you should listen to them.
@jdroutledge1 Hey James! Sam here, the dev. Thanks a lot - really appreciate it. We're taking the tone of voice to new places in the next version, so that's great to hear!
Great question. Jamie (the designer) and I began building Combo.fm out of a personal frustration that on-demand algorithmic recommendation tools and services out there didn't really do it for us. We believe that a personal touch — even just a few exciting lines of context ; something like, “these guys started out of a Brooklyn basement”, — can be the difference between skipping a song after five seconds or really giving something a go. That’s really what we set out to create; a platform that feels like having your mate with outrageously good music taste right there in your pocket.
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@sam_piggott@jdroutledge1 As a copywriter, I always appreciate those subtleties in voice/tone, especially when it needs to be short and sweet on mobile. Language makes such a big difference, as you said—and so many companies rush through their product copy, when it's often the first impression users have with a product.
Thanks for posting, Ruban - heart skipped a beat when I opened PH this morning to see a familiar logo on the homepage...!
Quick introduction - I'm Sam, one half of Combo.fm (the tech & development side of things), and @Jamie_Shoard is the other half (design & UX). We started building Combo.fm out of a personal gripe of our own, after finding that the best kinds of music recommendations are the ones you get from a trusted source; like a friend, family member etc.
With that in mind, we decided to build a platform to help great curators to share their unique taste in music, whilst also encouraging them to tell people exactly why they enjoy it, injecting a little more personality in there!
We're currently looking for ways on how we can improve the discovery experience. We've had some great feedback so far from our early batch of users, and we'll be making some bigger changes in the coming months, which we're really excited about too.
Incredible product! So great to see this coming out of London from such a stellar team.
I've been using this for a few weeks now and been really impressed with the experience of "discovery" that is offers. I've found so many new jams while I work 🔊
Amazing product guys, the design and interactions in the app are really cool! I'll be using this on the walk to work. Definitely a lot of potential here, and really looking forward to seeing more playlists/genres added in. Thumbs up
@imdanielqu Thanks so much Daniel - really appreciate your kind words ✌🏻
It's actually our top priority right now to work on a way to get more curators on the app to maintain a steady flow of fresh, quality tracks; so it's great to hear you're excited about it.
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So I've been on this since the beta version & boy has it grown beautifully.
I've never been too hot on music discovery, I usually just listen to what my friends recommend.
That's exactly why I'm hooked on Combo...it feels like a friend bragging to me about the new track they found!
The fact everything is hand picked & the descriptions are all personal makes me feel connected to Combo - like I'm having a conversation with a music nerd about what they think is cool as opposed to being told by a computer what I "should" like!
Combo makers - what's the next channel you're going to throw in?
@seffa121 Thanks Yousif! Really great to hear you've seen the product develop from the early stages. We ended up stripping back a ton of features from the early beta build to try to stick to the MVP principle, but we're slowly introducing them back in with small pools of users right now.
We're now testing out a new little experiment @Jamie_Shoard's been designing; something called Special Editions. Effectively, these are guest spots that pop up on the front page for one week only; allowing curators to try the platform out, and giving us a little more room to experiment with different cultures and genres.
So to answer your question; we don't rightly know right now...but if it were up to me, it'd be a K-pop channel. Going through a bit of a phase right now 😜
@bcallaars Haha, thanks anyway Joseph! Think I've mentioned it in another comment, but we're currently working on getting the app in a good place on iOS - then we can move forward with it on Android afterward 🙌🏻
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The best new music you haven't heard yet.
Combo is a set of curated music stations, updated every day with the best new tracks and why you should listen to them.
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