The Discographer
Consumer and social
music release tracking
SHOW HN2014
34points
20comments
#903of 2,272 in 2014
Top 40%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Pricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea that fills a gap for release tracking
From 3 comments
Love the idea. My first thought is that the icon looks like an alarm clock. Currently, the way I track album releases is by following every conceivable artist on Spotify, which…
fecklessyouth on HNThis is something I wanted to build for myself for a while, at least as an RSS feed or email notification or the like. That way I could track bigger releases the same way as my…
icesoldier on HNGreat concept, I actually wanted to do something like this for a while... Any plan for a EU release?
Sephiroth87 on HN
Objections
Release data only comes from iTunes for now
From 1 comment
for now, it's iTunes focused, so I'm using that data, looking into expanding to other services/sources
friggeri on HN
Cannot untrack specific artists yet
From 2 comments
This is something I wanted to build for myself for a while, at least as an RSS feed or email notification or the like. That way I could track bigger releases the same way as my…
icesoldier on HNI would like to be able to unfollow artists, or selectively follow from my library.
gmcerveny on HN
Requests
Spotify integration
From 3 comments
Love the idea. My first thought is that the icon looks like an alarm clock. Currently, the way I track album releases is by following every conceivable artist on Spotify, which…
fecklessyouth on HNSpotify/rdio support is one of the most requested feature so far, so it's definitely on my things-to-consider list.
friggeri on HNI'll add my interest in adding a Spotify integration. I'd definitely pay $ for it.
theandym on HN
Support for Rdio, Last.fm and Google Music
From 3 comments
May I kindly ask for Google Music support too, I use it and would love such a service. I was with rdio before, and getting notifications of new releases for artists in my library…
PuerkitoBio on HNThe idea is sound, but what about those of us who listen to Spotify/Rdio/et al. rather than having an iTunes collection? There's also Last.fm. Everything I listen to (or at least…
robgough on HNSupport for Spotify/rdio/last.fm is definitely something I'm thinking about for the future, yes!
friggeri on HN
EU store release
From 2 comments
Great concept, I actually wanted to do something like this for a while... Any plan for a EU release?
Sephiroth87 on HNMost probably in the next few months yes!
friggeri on HN
Questions
Where does the release data come from?
From 2 comments
Where do you get the release data from? A couple years ago I started to work on an app to do this exact thing but I couldn't figure out where to get information about releases in…
blcArmadillo on HNwhat's your release date source?
mattdennewitz on HN
Alternatives named
Spotify artist follow notifications
From 2 comments
Love the idea. My first thought is that the icon looks like an alarm clock. Currently, the way I track album releases is by following every conceivable artist on Spotify, which…
fecklessyouth on HNSpotify notifies me when artists I follow add new albums. Have you tried following an artist that you want updates from?
vhost- on HN
Rdio collection notifications
From 1 comment
You don't need this app if you're using Rdio though. If you add an album by a band to your collection, Rdio will notify you next time a new album is added to that artist's…
imissmyjuno on HN
Last.fm release tracking
From 1 comment
This is something I wanted to build for myself for a while, at least as an RSS feed or email notification or the like. That way I could track bigger releases the same way as my…
icesoldier on HN