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It's much more niche than Pandora, but I can see that if you like the kind of music it plays (mostly poorly-recorded very-indie rock songs of about two minutes
by hugh3 16y ago
It's much more niche than Pandora, but I can see that if you like the kind of music it plays (mostly poorly-recorded very-indie rock songs of about two minutes in length, as far as I can tell) then you might like it better than Pandora, which has the downside that it seems to wind up playing a fairly small subset of songs on rapid rotation, at least in my experience.
Pandora aims to replace radio. This just aims to replace one radio station. Good luck to 'em.
- drenei 16y agoOne vertical to begin with isn't a bad strategy. I think the one they've chosen is a good vertical to start with — the genre has a strong online community looking for new things. If it works with indie music, Mixest can broaden out. Of course this might not be what they're intending to do at all.
- hugh3 16y agoIf I understand correctly, they're playing unsigned garage bands who want extra exposure and not paying any royalties. That will limit their ability to expand outside genres where such bands are common. I wonder what kind of quality control they have. Will they accept my five-minute a capella nose-singing version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow?
- drenei 16y agoIn the 2 minutes I've spent on there I've seen a number of artists I don't know (which could be unsigned garage bands) and number that I do including Of Montreal and Animal Collective — both well respected and successful groups. I'm not sure what quality control they have, but it doesn't seem like all they're looking for is unsigned groups.