by novaomnidev on 5/3/24, 8:58 PM
What does swiping left mean? I may not want to collab with someone for a particular project but that doesn’t mean I never want to see their profile again. Also swiping left feels like rejecting them. What if I’m just browsing the artists? I don’t want to be rejecting while I’m browsing options.
Also why am I limited to my area? I want to be able to collaborate digitally. I don’t need to be in close proximity to do that. I ran out of people in my area after 2 left swipes.
I would like to just click on the genre of artist I want, hear a sample of their work and then be able to message and favorite the ones I like.
by tiimbz on 5/4/24, 3:53 PM
Nice! How is this different from Vampr? [0] they use (or at least, used) the same tagline: ‘Tinder, but for musicians to collaborate’
[0] https://vampr.me/
by dmix on 5/4/24, 12:21 AM
I love this idea, two things:
1) You should have "drum machine" or "sampler" as an instrument option for hip-hop/electronic producers looking to connect with other beatmakers, I get it's for live band type stuff but plenty of electronic-based production teams double up and form teams.
2) The email entry box on the first screen of the mobile app is some non-standard input. I had to manually type in my email when every other app autocomplted with 1password
by PUSH_AX on 5/3/24, 8:24 PM
Ease of recording has made remote bands and collaborations very common, you can trade stems with people anywhere and make music.
This would be a million times more useful without the geographical restriction, although I concede if the true intent is to make in person bands then sure, it's useful. Just consider the wider market.
by 999900000999 on 5/3/24, 6:27 PM
Cool idea, but I'm not giving you my location. Please allow me to select a city manually.
by cush on 5/4/24, 5:35 PM
I tried the app and have a bit of feedback
Since it’s designed to have people meet up, it’s important to require a photo. It’s a safety thing.
This seems like it would be the first feature (what photo-swipe is to Tinder) but it would be nice if, when the card is displayed, you heard a sample of the musician’s music. It’s odd that the cards are silent. The entire app should be a sonic experience. Linking to YouTube is fine but why send people away from the app?
Also, sad but true, don’t forget to populate every major city with a few really good looking and sounding fake profiles. There were just 5 blank profiles near me.
by ericyd on 5/3/24, 10:30 PM
Love the idea, but I've tried similar apps in the past and they all suffer from lack of critical mass, and/or lots of accounts with little activity. I'd love it if this one were different, but Craigslist has been the most consistent way I've found to connect with musicians.
Other services I've tried are Hendrix (gohendrix.com) and Vampr
by SethMurphy on 5/4/24, 9:18 AM
I find that the more music creation and distribution is gamified, the less gratifying it is for me. Discovery of the music and people who share your distinct musical passions is such and important part of the process of enjoying music and it's creation. On first look I thought, interesting, why would they go ruin the best (if also one of the more frustrating) parts of music creation. No thanks, too derivative and solving a problem in a way that feels icky to me.
by ultra-giraffe on 5/4/24, 5:32 AM
Neat idea but the musician directory seems buggy. After scrolling once through a few musicians I can’t seem to return to them. Eventually the entire list disappears and I get a “no musicians in your area” message. No documentation, user guide, or support that I could find. It would be cool to see this working or to understand how to use it… i’m an amateur musician who has thought of looking for others to jam with.
by jyash97 on 5/3/24, 7:31 PM
Wow, I had a similar idea back in 2018 and I created a visual prototype for it with bunch of screens and did user interviews.
I didnt get chance to look into the app fully yet, but my idea covered musicians and people ( like restaurant owner/mgr or other ) to hire musician, I also handled a way to find other band members too. Would love to share my idea and details in case you are interested
by arnorhs on 5/3/24, 10:15 PM
Would be interested in testing, however not available in my country.. is there a particular reason? Seems like some artists like to collaborate across borders.. it's not like a dating app where your location is crucial, and you want certain level of usage saturation in a particular region before expanding.. I guess what I'm saying is: why not open for all regions?
by paul7986 on 5/3/24, 10:38 PM
I joined a similar app .. it has a lot reviews in the app store (not to say those are real lol) and i was excited to join and meet fellow local musicians.
If you thought online dating was hard and judgemental ... finding musicians to play music is even more judgemental .. if you are a good to great singer for instance these apps will keep you busy. Personally i just wanted to connect and play music without the judgement (tho do want you to be able to actually play an instrument fairly well .. strum chords on guitar and lets sing along as we strum together).
I posted songs i wrote where professional singers were singing them and those got people reaching out. Their messages were like good song and did you sing that (i noted i did not) but they became disinterested when they truly realized i was not the singer.
by Waterluvian on 5/3/24, 11:46 PM
Timbre was right there.
by grumpymouse on 5/3/24, 6:44 PM
I’m not going to install this because I’m not looking for a band, but it would be cool if you could keep in mind solo musicians often need to hire a band in order to play
This could be a good way for people to find that when they don’t have other musicians in their network who can fill that role for them.
by block_dagger on 5/3/24, 6:53 PM
Installed iOS version. Looks like I can’t even browse content without (1) giving away email and (2) entering profile information. So I uninstalled it. Please consider showing content before you ask for personal info from the user.
by srameshc on 5/3/24, 7:06 PM
Great idea, I always wanted to build something to do with music and musicians but never did I think of this case. I can see it useful and a website instead of an app to begin with will make it easier for many to try and test.
by irskep on 5/3/24, 7:47 PM
How does this differ from Vampr and Bandmix, which claim to be the same thing?
by eweise on 5/3/24, 8:55 PM
Looks good. Wish it was a website though.
by VoodooJuJu on 5/3/24, 11:00 PM
I think this would be awesome as a normal search classifieds kind of thing, not as a Tinder thing.
Tinder's selling point isn't the swiping mechanism itself, but that it's taking something publicly taboo, harem culture, and enabling it by taking it private, with a discrete, subtle, and low-stakes mechanism for participating in that culture.
There's nothing to hide when it comes to finding musicians to jam with, so that's why I think a more traditional search & filter thing would be better suited for this.
by winternett on 5/3/24, 8:55 PM
Does the app feature music by musicians? As a musician that's what I'd expect to see myself, because seeing a bunch of people only talking about what they do is useless in terms of conveying style and skill. It also enables scammers and fraud if people aren't required to at least upload a video of themselves in action.
Back in the old days, we had a local paper that allowed musicians to connect from a classified section, and boy was it scary meeting some of the strangers that posted in there to jam.
by sergiotapia on 5/4/24, 12:27 AM
I play guitar - never played live with any group. Has anyone played in a "virtual band" does that even work or does the latency kill it?
by 12907835202 on 5/4/24, 12:12 AM
I think this would work better if it had 2 modes, one built by scraping/bots from public listings, sound cloud etc, which would let you discover and reach out on those platforms.
And one powered by "list yourself" where people would create their profiles to make themselves easier to discover.
This would avoid the issue of not having many users initially whilst also making it interesting to use.
by 1270018080 on 5/4/24, 12:18 AM
It's been awhile since I've seen one of these. The Tinder of ________ is a vintage meme in tech entrepreneurship.
by timnetworks on 5/4/24, 3:10 AM
I don't know how to play, but I would like to.
I'm the kind of person that needs stuff to be a group activity or I lose interest very very quickly.
Clone the app and call it L2Play, there's a bunch of noobs just like me.
edit - Lock it geographically, but not temporally. I'm as interested now as I was 6 months ago and will be 6 months from now.
by blueprint on 5/4/24, 1:45 AM
by amelius on 5/3/24, 8:40 PM
Using this terminology you might as well call Uber: "Tinder" but for finding a cab driver.
by twobitshifter on 5/3/24, 11:08 PM
I would rather see a playlist of musicians filtered by style and experience and then skip through the playlist as I listen and have a contact button. A tinder interface doesn’t really make sense for music.
by epcoa on 5/3/24, 11:39 PM
Notably an even higher risk of VD than Tinder, sources say.
by lovegrenoble on 5/3/24, 9:01 PM
by RajT88 on 5/3/24, 9:41 PM
Great. A whole new trend of exaggeration and outright lying on social apps.
ISO - band. Lead guitar player, regularly practices Yngwie Malmsteen songs.
by nineteen999 on 5/3/24, 10:40 PM
Great, I was looking for a baritone sax player for a demo just yesterday. Look forward to seeing it available in my part of the world.
by htrp on 5/3/24, 7:14 PM
Can we page the owners/devs of the app to at least explain what they've built and at least answer some questions about it?
by bpm140 on 5/3/24, 11:50 PM
I saw down below that you’re not familiar with Vampr, which is very similar to what your screenshots suggest.
Moments like this always make me sad. Even a cursory web search would have surfaced Vampr, along with several other find-a-bandmate sites.
Weeks or even months of work because Googling was too much trouble.
So what happens now?
Do you let sunk cost dictate your actions and force you to continue working on an undifferentiated and far less feature-rich product?
Or do you stop working on your app and just start using Vampr?
by wizardwes on 5/3/24, 8:02 PM
Installed to give it a look, but, sadly, as expected, nobody in my area, and concerts are basically non-existent.
by crawsome on 5/4/24, 12:45 PM
by aantix on 5/3/24, 10:03 PM
What's the equivilent of marketing/engineering matching, for founding a company?
by suranyami on 5/5/24, 12:58 PM
This is so insultingly dumb. The skill and music categories are simplistic and show no knowledge of the true depth and breadth of music styles or techniques, and it pathetically assumes I want to find someone within 10 “miles”. You do know that there are 7.5 billion people on this planet that don’t know or give a shit about your dumb barbarian units?
“Yeah, brah! This’ll help you build your sweet-as rock band… or jazz or some shit, whatevs…”
by paines on 5/4/24, 10:55 AM
Is this country filtered? iOS->latest Update->not available in Germany...
by debo_ on 5/3/24, 7:13 PM
Drummers are probably going to be the "attractive person" equivalent on this app lol
by unixhero on 5/4/24, 7:47 AM
Does anything like this exist for friends? 40+ is a lonely existence. I have seen that at this stage the number of interactions with friends are dwindling...
by throwaway22032 on 5/3/24, 7:33 PM
The League of Legends role selection screen comes to mind...
by FailMore on 5/3/24, 6:47 PM
Can’t download of find it on the iOS App Store. Based in Uk
by benenglish on 5/3/24, 10:42 PM
Can't believe you don't have the UK :/
by biscuits1 on 5/3/24, 11:02 PM
BandStand, Sideman, SoundMate... or eHarmony.
by pineaux on 5/4/24, 9:36 AM
Lovely! When will this roll out in the EU?
by hyperadvanced on 5/3/24, 10:15 PM
Just a comment - love the idea, going to use this, I think it’s a good idea not to lead with “Tinder for X”. At this point Tinder occupies a pretty bad lexical territory of being one of the classic examples of anti-user practices and enshittification.
by Perenti on 5/4/24, 1:33 AM
How can I use this without a smartphone?
by atmanactive on 5/4/24, 12:02 PM
I found recommended concerts useful.
by bustylasercanon on 5/4/24, 12:19 AM
This is such a good idea.
by higgins on 5/3/24, 7:26 PM
awesome app! how did you source the initial musicians before launch?
by VikingCoder on 5/4/24, 3:52 AM
Please allow switching to Online Collaboration. I'd prefer to find someone local, but until then, I'd be open to online connections.
by fagrobot on 5/4/24, 4:48 AM
funk yes!
by _sys49152 on 5/3/24, 11:35 PM
ugh. had this idea more than 14 years ago with nothing to do it for. hope the concept takes off.
by ElevenLathe on 5/3/24, 9:01 PM
Congratulations on yet another novel attempt to apply the swipe-based matching algorithm that has so effectively revolutionized hookups to the world of music creation. It's heartwarming to see how technology keeps pushing the boundaries of human interaction, from love and sex to now forming musical collaborations. I can just envision the future where we'll have swipe-based tools for finding roommates, jobs, and even toilet paper preferences. But seriously, best of luck to all the aspiring musicians out there, may BandMatch bring you one step closer to your musical dreams.
by liquid153 on 5/3/24, 11:28 PM
What a dumb app
by nemoniac on 5/4/24, 3:17 PM
Needs a GDPR statement to be legal in EU and UK.
by paxys on 5/3/24, 8:14 PM
Unless there are somehow millions of musicians looking to get matched in a single city, the "swipe" UI is pointless and will just make the whole thing unusable. The search + filter pattern for online datasets was perfected many decades ago. Use it.
by ajakate on 5/3/24, 6:46 PM
I downloaded the app, but running into an infinite spinner on the main "Artists" tab, so can't really comment on the what the app is like...
What I will say is that it seems a little unfortunate that so many "matching" apps take the tinder swipe model these days when it really makes the matching experience worse.
I have a friend who's a drummer in central Illinois. He's used https://www.bandmix.com to find multiple groups that he's been jamming with for a while now. The UI is such that you can see a grid of all the bands/artists matching your criteria, and can facet and filter your search in the sidebar with a lot of other options including distance, commitment level, genre, etc.
by leadguit on 5/4/24, 1:39 PM
Make sure you check the name - there is a website called bandmatch already, which is a somewhat established platform (granted, it's I think only for DACH meaning: Switzerland (primarily), Austria, Germany, and is a traditional blackboard style site, but naming conflicts are never fun). Unless your affiliated with them of course:
https://www.bandmatch.chby teucris on 5/4/24, 3:45 PM
I’m loving the feedback everyone is posting here. While there are some cynics, you all have posted a treasure trove of useful insights for this creator. And for people like me who are constantly trying to improve user experience for the products they make, reading these comments has been incredibly insightful.
by zerr on 5/4/24, 3:56 PM
Please provide desktop or web app. Not everyone uses iOS or Android devices.
by xchip on 5/4/24, 5:15 PM
I can finally pretend to be pretty and able to play guitar