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I have huge amounts of respect for the Mazy + the Tracks.by team and believe they can do big things, but... This is disappointing. I would normally not have s

I have huge amounts of respect for the Mazy + the Tracks.by team and believe they can do big things, but... This is disappointing. I would normally not have signed up for this service given that it requires facebook login, but I was just about to pop open pandora and figured I could use some new music. So I gave Hipset a shot. A few seconds later I see this: http://imgur.com/UvB9s http://imgur.com/UvB9s Music discovery? What? They just pulled in a bunch of status updates (ie noise) from musicians/bands I already follow on facebook and laid them out pinterest style. Really? This is music discovery? Well, it turns out their site doesn't even mention music discovery... Techcrunch added that bit of editorial magic. Hmmm... so no discovery... but at least music.. right? Nope. There's no music on that screen. There are some tabs, though: recent posts, photos, videos, statuses. Nothing mentioning music. I don't really care about any of that. I came for music. And I'm gone as quickly as I came.

schlichtm 14y ago
This is just the beginning and it will get better. There is SO much still to do. For now, to discover new music you can go to a couple sections of Hipset: 1) New Videos from artists all around the world http://hipset.com/all/videos/ http://hipset.com/all/videos/ 2) New Videos from artists you follow http://hipset.com/following/videos/ http://hipset.com/following/videos/ 3) New Videos from artists in different genres Hip Hop: http://hipset.com/genre:hiphop/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:hiphop/videos/ Rock: http://hipset.com/genre:rock/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:rock/videos/ Indie: http://hipset.com/genre:indie/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:indie/videos/ Electronic: http://hipset.com/genre:electronic/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:electronic/videos/ Country: http://hipset.com/genre:country/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:country/videos/ Pop: http://hipset.com/genre:pop/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:pop/videos/
- guynamedloren 14y ago
  Cool, thanks for pointing this out. Wish it was more obvious :) Keep up the hustle.
seagreen 14y ago
guynamedloren, you might want to have a look at this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747
jfb 14y ago
Well, to be fair, nobody has cracked the discovery nut yet. Pandora is passable, but it's still impossible to beat discovery curated by humans at your local record store (if you're lucky enough to still have a local).
- MaxGabriel 14y ago
  I agree about the human curation. Try 8tracks, they're perfect for this.

schlichtm 14y ago

This is just the beginning and it will get better. There is SO much still to do. For now, to discover new music you can go to a couple sections of Hipset: 1) New Videos from artists all around the world http://hipset.com/all/videos/ http://hipset.com/all/videos/ 2) New Videos from artists you follow http://hipset.com/following/videos/ http://hipset.com/following/videos/ 3) New Videos from artists in different genres Hip Hop: http://hipset.com/genre:hiphop/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:hiphop/videos/ Rock: http://hipset.com/genre:rock/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:rock/videos/ Indie: http://hipset.com/genre:indie/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:indie/videos/ Electronic: http://hipset.com/genre:electronic/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:electronic/videos/ Country: http://hipset.com/genre:country/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:country/videos/ Pop: http://hipset.com/genre:pop/videos/ http://hipset.com/genre:pop/videos/

guynamedloren 14y ago
Cool, thanks for pointing this out. Wish it was more obvious :) Keep up the hustle.

seagreen 14y ago

guynamedloren, you might want to have a look at this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747

jfb 14y ago

Well, to be fair, nobody has cracked the discovery nut yet. Pandora is passable, but it's still impossible to beat discovery curated by humans at your local record store (if you're lucky enough to still have a local).

MaxGabriel 14y ago
I agree about the human curation. Try 8tracks, they're perfect for this.