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Canadian Startup Wavo.Me Wants to Become the Social Network for Music

19 points by glesperance 14y ago

ConstantineXVI 14y ago
As someone who until very recently worked for a ex-Canadian (moved here to Louisville) social music-related startup, I wish them the best of luck. EDIT: on first glance; pretty nice work. Looks much cleaner and user-friendly than our own attempt at this sort of site. Slows Chrome down to a crawl, though.
badclient 14y ago
I'd avoid this industry like a plague.
- ConstantineXVI 14y ago
  Hollywood isn't going to fix itself. I still think anyone attempting to deal with them is crazy (speaking from experience), but leaving them alone just lets Hollywood get even more insulated from reality.
  - badclient 14y ago
    Ya, also from experience :)
mmanfrin 14y ago
What, like Myspace?
infinitone 14y ago
Looks cool, but the site was a bit abrupt, it looked like i landed on someone musician's myspace page. I think it could use a bit more clean/minimalism.
- cclark20 14y ago
  Coming in through the frontpage is rough as most of our referral traffic comes through Facebook viral loops so we've allotted our waking hours to optimize for that funnel. But you're right and we're going to be overhauling the whole design soon to get it cleaner and more minimal once we finish building out the BETA features! (Conor CEO wavo)
  - jsnk 14y ago
    Your Airbrake API key is exposed on the client side. I would fix that up as soon as possible.
    - glesperance 14y ago
      Hey there, (wavo CTO here) It is my understanding that running airbrake in the browser does need you to somehow provide the API key to the client[1]. Could you explain a bit more in detail what makes you worry about having the API key on the client? [1]http://help.airbrake.io/kb/troubleshooting-2/javascript-notifier http://help.airbrake.io/kb/troubleshooting-2/javascript-noti...
      - jsnk 14y ago
        My bad. False alarm.
jamesgagan 14y ago
wow it reminds me a lot of a music site I had a hand in, http://songspin.fm http://songspin.fm - it has a bit of traction, but this area is definitely a tough nut to crack
Android666 14y ago
Nice work wavo crew!

19 points by glesperance 14y ago

As someone who until very recently worked for a ex-Canadian (moved here to Louisville) social music-related startup, I wish them the best of luck. EDIT: on first glance; pretty nice work. Looks much cleaner and user-friendly than our own attempt at this sort of site. Slows Chrome down to a crawl, though.

badclient 14y ago

I'd avoid this industry like a plague.

ConstantineXVI 14y ago
Hollywood isn't going to fix itself. I still think anyone attempting to deal with them is crazy (speaking from experience), but leaving them alone just lets Hollywood get even more insulated from reality.
- badclient 14y ago
  Ya, also from experience :)

mmanfrin 14y ago

What, like Myspace?

infinitone 14y ago

Looks cool, but the site was a bit abrupt, it looked like i landed on someone musician's myspace page. I think it could use a bit more clean/minimalism.

cclark20 14y ago
Coming in through the frontpage is rough as most of our referral traffic comes through Facebook viral loops so we've allotted our waking hours to optimize for that funnel. But you're right and we're going to be overhauling the whole design soon to get it cleaner and more minimal once we finish building out the BETA features! (Conor CEO wavo)
- jsnk 14y ago
  Your Airbrake API key is exposed on the client side. I would fix that up as soon as possible.
  - glesperance 14y ago
    Hey there, (wavo CTO here) It is my understanding that running airbrake in the browser does need you to somehow provide the API key to the client[1]. Could you explain a bit more in detail what makes you worry about having the API key on the client? [1]http://help.airbrake.io/kb/troubleshooting-2/javascript-notifier http://help.airbrake.io/kb/troubleshooting-2/javascript-noti...
    - jsnk 14y ago
      My bad. False alarm.

jamesgagan 14y ago

wow it reminds me a lot of a music site I had a hand in, http://songspin.fm http://songspin.fm - it has a bit of traction, but this area is definitely a tough nut to crack

Android666 14y ago

Nice work wavo crew!