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This is exactly what Mugasha ( invite @ http://www.mugasha.com/signup/hack http://www.mugasha.com/signup/hack) is doing for electronic dance music. EDM genre is
by lyime 18y ago
This is exactly what Mugasha ( invite @ http://www.mugasha.com/signup/hack http://www.mugasha.com/signup/hack) is doing for electronic dance music. EDM genre is all based on promotions. Promoting music through live sets, DJ sets, and weekly podcasts. The problem is how these sets are distributed. iTunes is a great source for podcasts but they way it distributes these live sets is inherently flawed in terms of a good user experience.
As a EDM fan you want to know what track is playing, so you can come back to it on a later day and listen to it again. Or perhaps you want to buy the song you are listening to on a set/podcast. What we have done on Mugasha is built a player that streams these long (1-2 hours) podcasts on-demand and allows the user to listen to them as if the set was an album.
Embdeeded in the track listing for each set is a buy button (through amazon [iTunes and Beatport](coming soon). We are partnering with Bandsintown to provide live event(tickets) information for the artists that you are listening to i the set. This is not the best way to monetize (for us), but it is great for the artist (thats the goal). We are here to promote EDM in a more effective way and make it easier for users to enjoy this kind of music, as well as for them to easily buy and support the artist.
So if you like dance(including trance) music, please check out Mugasha.
- fortybillion 18y agoInteresting site. My biggest issue with listening to DJ sets/podcasts in iTunes is the lack of trackname visibility and accessibility. I really wish iTunes supported an Audiobook chapter-style interface for these types of tracks. I really like what you guys have done with the interface, and have a fairly good selection of sets. I think the biggest problems are portability and integration. Whenever I'm listening to a streaming set through a browser, I inevitably tap the "pause" media key on my keyboard out of habit, setting off a nice random mix of streaming audio and whatever happens to be cued up in iTunes. I also tend to download sets to my iPhone and listen to them in car. I wonder if down the road you could address the portability issue with a iPhone app that mimics your site's UI, and the integration by providing custom streams to iTunes (or winamp, or whatever) that include tracknames in the stream. Do you have any plans to support user-submitted DJ sets?
- lyime 18y agoAll good questions. Our whole philosophy behind mugasha is accessibility and portability. So Mobile apps including streaming iPhone app are next steps. Our main focus right now is to get licensing worked out so we are in the green area. Keep watching our blog and/or @mugasha. or find me on IM if you want to chat more. dodeja - gmail.com