The Artist Hunt

An intuitive way to discover music

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An intuitive way to discover music

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Launch Team

Where's the data coming from? The concept is good and appeals to discovery enthusiasts. The only problem I came across was that I knew all the artists. I wasn't seeing smaller names and finding new music.

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

@TylerH We are pulling the data from the Spotify api. The first three artists are most related to the current one, and the last two are wildcards that briefly relates to the playing artist. Though, we are working on a better suited algorithm discovery! :)

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12yr ago

MightyScout

@gopatrik how are you playing the songs? I believe the spotify api requires auth, are you using another source? Very cool site!

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

@Anderson760 The songs are played using html5 audio. playback is available through their web api, though we need auth for adding songs to your Spotify Library. :)

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12yr ago

Backchannel

@gopatrik how you guys think about genres - do you intend to keep it broad or verticalize it by genre?

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

@eriktorenberg We actually discussed this yesterday but got to eager to release! We will definitely look into it after finishing this round of beer!

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

Hi product hunt! One of the two creators here. Appreciate feedback and thoughts from you brilliant people!

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

(I'm one of the creators) Initially, this was actually a game where you were tasked to browse from one artist to another as fast as possible, but the feedback we got was that the music discovery part was much more interesting than the game itself!

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12yr ago

This was a fun way to move through and discover a lot of different music quickly. A couple points of feedback: I know you address searching in the tutorial, "You can always jump to an artist by searching in the text field." However, I didn't read that line my first time through. I didn't know I could change to an artist I was more interested in. A magnifying glass icon in the field would really make this clear. Re: the keyboard controls a couple weren't intuitive to me: For most audio players (e.g. iTunes and Spotify) space pauses the track. I accidentally added songs to my account. Also, I appreciate that there isn't a clear answer to this, but pressing down to go to the next track threw me off.

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

@frankiewarren Thanks for the feedback! :) We've been debating all of these things and will defiantly take your thoughts to heart. <3

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12yr ago

CB Insights

This is great. Definitely takes some getting used to, but I'm a big fan. Would have loved if this had integrated with a service like ex.fm (now shutdown).

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

@mhdempsey Ah, yeah! We've talked a lot about a SoundCloud integration!

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12yr ago

Type.com

This is a ton of fun, I'm a huge music discovery guy. One thing I expected to see but didn't - there should be a key that says "I just don't like this style of music/artist" which will change the genre completely. I know the search functionality is there, but that would add to the spontaneity.

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12yr ago

Tummis

Maker

@fletchrichman Hi! Great idea, I'll see what I can do! :)

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12yr ago

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