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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Thank you! Grouping songs like Songza seems like a great idea.
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
We don't scrape anything from any of the sites. All the music that comes in, comes directly only from the artist through musicfellas.com/artist
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
They usually take a day. To maintain quality, we curate all the music that comes in, being that we are not just a store but a discovery platform and user experience is very important to us. We just have too much music coming in and we are w
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
If you could tell me your usrername, I'll have that looked into.
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Thanks :) Genre on what's hot seems to be a popular demand.
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Brilliant idea. Thanks!
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Definitely. Although there is a bit of hn effect too :)
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Physical items is not in the plan for now. If more people show interest in that, something we can consider. Our differentiator is certainly discovery. About the nitpicks: 1. This was to avoid user accidentally clicking and losing the music
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Sorry about that, should be fine now :)
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
We do have an iPhone app coming out soon. However we plan to release that as a premium feature. If you had to pay 99 cents per week for the premium version, would you still be interested? Of course there will be more premium features includ
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
http://musicfellas.com/ryoutasato and http://musicfellas.com/nicotone We do :) I know of at least these 2 artists from Japan.
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Sorry about that :) We'll get this done.
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
We don't have a public api yet, but we do have a messy one that we use internally. Shoot us a mail, maybe we can work something out :)
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Thanks for the nice feedback :) Radio based on artist is already under the works, we should have that out soon. Variable pricing does seem like a good option. We'll have to explore this further & see how that goes well with the art
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Hello HN, we are Musicfellas, an independent music discovery platform. In one line, we are spotify + iTunes for independent music. You can not only discover new music everyday but also support the artists you like by buying their music. Ver
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Certainly, they do have independent music, but mostly procured through "independent" labels. We are truly indie and all our music is directly uploaded by the artists here http://musicfellas.com/artist In addition
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Thanks for your feedback. Hot songs is nothing but a bunch of songs other users have favorited and played the most in the last 3 days. So what you are getting is indeed a curated collection, not necessarily from a genre but across alternat
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
What can be more powerful than the collective power of masses? Neither can the government be blamed entirely nor can people just wash their hands off saying we are not powerful enough.In a city like Mumbai there is a wide diversity of incom
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
I think the writer initially started out with the idea of what makes a brand/company more attractive to it's clients and are able to retain their loyalty while the others are just a part of the herd. But he deviated a lot from the topic and
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
I agree with short naps concept but i think rather than following "the earlier in the day, the better", another concept of mid-day napping can be followed. You just need to take a short nap of 30 minutes ,15-20 minutes post-lunch. That is t
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by sakbhatn 13y ago
Physical activity that makes you feel tired and/or relaxes your mind is very good before going to bed as your thoughts will not wander and you will doze off within minutes. I used to have this problem of going to sleep after switching off l