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What is the value add over hypem or r/music?

cm-t 14y ago
ah, though exactly same as you !
DanBC 14y ago
or some of the more obscure subreddits, like (http://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/ http://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/) where you're supposed to upvote things new to you. I've found some great music there.
- mehrzad 14y ago
  or r/musicnews. Music lovers are also used to reading blogs. Just things to keep in mind.
  - simba-hiiipower 14y ago
    or (shameless act of self-promotion, sort-of): r/musicindustry ..which is more narrowly focused around the business of music and industry-related news, for those interested
- simba-hiiipower 14y ago
  doesn’t appear to be much at the moment, but i could see value in this as being less chaotic than r/music and more active than many of the genre-specific subreddits (though less focused). and while that would be nice, i feel this (and pretty much every similar site) misses a very real problem around music discovery.. in that, for very active consumers, there’s no efficient way to track and monitor releases of specific interest to them. sites like this, r/music, and hypem are fine for surfacing what the majority finds cool, but they in no-way replace the need to monitor and frequently check-in with numerous source blogs and other sites to cover all that an individual is interested in (a very inefficient and time-consuming task).. even more focused sites (and subreddits, if active), can never reach the level of personalization required to make them a reliable single-source for music discovery. don't get me wrong i frequent many and do find some great gems i'd otherwise have missed, but they're far from comprehensive.. and i don’t mean to discount anything here. it is a very difficult problem to solve given how disparate people’s tastes in music are, and even more so considering how widely distribution methods vary. i really feel anyone who can solve this problem would do quite well..
mandlar 14y ago
Or don't forget http://www.radioreddit.com http://www.radioreddit.com which is for independent musicians. Disclosure: I developed their Android app.

cm-t 14y ago

ah, though exactly same as you !

DanBC 14y ago

or some of the more obscure subreddits, like (http://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/ http://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/) where you're supposed to upvote things new to you. I've found some great music there.

mehrzad 14y ago
or r/musicnews. Music lovers are also used to reading blogs. Just things to keep in mind.
- simba-hiiipower 14y ago
  or (shameless act of self-promotion, sort-of): r/musicindustry ..which is more narrowly focused around the business of music and industry-related news, for those interested
simba-hiiipower 14y ago
doesn’t appear to be much at the moment, but i could see value in this as being less chaotic than r/music and more active than many of the genre-specific subreddits (though less focused). and while that would be nice, i feel this (and pretty much every similar site) misses a very real problem around music discovery.. in that, for very active consumers, there’s no efficient way to track and monitor releases of specific interest to them. sites like this, r/music, and hypem are fine for surfacing what the majority finds cool, but they in no-way replace the need to monitor and frequently check-in with numerous source blogs and other sites to cover all that an individual is interested in (a very inefficient and time-consuming task).. even more focused sites (and subreddits, if active), can never reach the level of personalization required to make them a reliable single-source for music discovery. don't get me wrong i frequent many and do find some great gems i'd otherwise have missed, but they're far from comprehensive.. and i don’t mean to discount anything here. it is a very difficult problem to solve given how disparate people’s tastes in music are, and even more so considering how widely distribution methods vary. i really feel anyone who can solve this problem would do quite well..

mandlar 14y ago

Or don't forget http://www.radioreddit.com http://www.radioreddit.com which is for independent musicians. Disclosure: I developed their Android app.