massier
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Wannabe Entrepreneur, Music Producer and Father of Three.
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Comment · 6 years ago
Hi, humbly said: I am the maker of Unminus.
I’m working on it beside my job and three children - towards a dream I had 3 years ago.
I am aware that "Unsplash for Music" is a very high goal and I know it's still a long way from here. Nevertheless, I believe in being able to get closer to this "together" :-)
That's why I'm looking intensively for your qualified feedback in this second round on YC.
like: • what are main issues to solve from your perspective? • what are basic features still to provide? • is staying "ad-free“ a must? • what are suitable paths for funding to get to the next level? ... would be so excited to get your response here.
Here is a new free song special for Hunters (private link early access) https://www.unminus.com/private/611334050473492480/tumblr_gx...
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As a Music Artist I found out early, that Music-Copyright is not trivial. So in the beginning of Unminus I decided to give my own music away for free as I can assure the rights. Today, after some steps of improvements and contributions, I am looking for like-minded people to follow the creation of a go-to place for free premium music.
I'm really looking forward to your feedback & support to maintain and extend the project while keeping it ad-free. Thanks so much.
Wowa from Germany
Comment · 7 years ago
I think you are right, it should land on artist page. Thanks
Comment · 7 years ago
Great. Yes will definitely do that. Thanks a lot.
Comment · 7 years ago
wow, thanks a lot. appreciate it. Will definitely add those features.
Didn'T you get the subscribe modal/pop-up in the right down corner?
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi - cool thanks!
What do you exactly mean by this?
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi thanks for your thoughts. What should be changed at least in your opinion to prevent being suspicious about that matter?
thanks
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi HN Community,
I want to thank everybody participating in this discussion about „Unsplash for Music“ (beta) :-)
This is my first experience on HN and I have to say it was fascinating and enlightning.
Thanks for all the qualified feedback, corrections and kind words.
To give appropriate thanks to you all, I decided to provide a new exclusive free short track which I posted privatly. You can find it here: https://www.wowa.me/private/182444650937/tumblr_pm6riikWf31u...
For me - I’m gonna roll up my sleeves now and implement some of the feedback on the website with the help of some of you contacted me and offered their support.
All the best.
T H A N K Y O U !!!
Comment · 7 years ago
hi. I'm not sure if I understood everything but I will try to answer:
Regarding scalability: I think in the far future scaling will be possible through implementing AI, optimized and automated processes and a bigger team working together on that project.
But honestly I am much more focused on quality than quantity for now and things like "understanding all legal aspects" etc. But of course in future I will work on having more different artists from different genres on the platform with growth capacity.
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Regarding "self-promotion": As I stated in other reply, I just started giving my own music for free as I realized that this is the only way to start assuring copyright restrictions.
It should not be about me primarly.
I also consider changing the Domain-URL from ".me" to a ".com"
to support this.
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Regarding all technical issues you mention - wow really helpful thoughts but I am not a pro by far. None you mentioned is in any way with bad intention - the opposite, I tried eliminate all unnecessary stuff from a tumblr template to get a clean website. If you have concrete improvement ideas please contact me directly via mail - really appreciate your thoughts!
For now I'm already starting to work with some of you who offered to support the project technically and to build it on a more scalable solution. stay tuned (newsletter) Thankyou!
Comment · 7 years ago
Thnx
Comment · 7 years ago
:-)
Comment · 7 years ago
you're right, I will add it. thanks
Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks! For now I use a mix of personal review and copyright mechanisms from soundcloud. Personal check is important to ensure quality.
Scaling will be supported by AI and more personell in future I assume. Thankyou
Comment · 7 years ago
Haha - thanks, I will see - thank you.