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Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by dirkdeman on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @08:34AM (#4448163)
Interesting concept. I'd opt for a slighty less colorful background, this one is a bit too trippy for my taste.

There is one thing that I would like to know before I'd sign up. Do you have any special access to A&R people? Can you guarantee that, if my music gets to the top of the list, it will be heard by record lable people?

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @12:01PM (#4449262)
Thanks for the reply Dirk! Point noted on the background. It's been a bone of contention with us. I like it, my co-Founder less so but we will test it on the masses and get their feedback.

Regarding your other questions:

We have special access with A&R from Sony, Atlantic, Columbia, Warner Bros and more. We guarantee that if your music gets into the top 5 it will be heard by the most appropriate A&R person for that genre and feedback from them will be provided.

Any other questions?

Francis

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by saiana on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:13AM (#4447967)
Cool idea, because it kinda circumvents the usual "solicitation" pain in the ass process before someone's material ever gets to the hands of an A&R.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:15AM (#4447969)
Exactly Saiana! The big record labels don't accept unsolicited material which leaves unsigned musicians totally stuck! Our process vets the poor quality material but gives the talented people a chance to be heard. Glad you 'get it'!
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by codegeek on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @12:54PM (#4449596)
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by simantel on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @12:16PM (#4449349)
For me (Chrome/Windows 7) your "share" div is rendering on top of your "bottom" div.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @12:22PM (#4449380)
I shall look into that! Thanks Simantel...
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Thursday August 30, 2012 @04:28AM (#4453619)
Could you possibly email me a screenshot of how this looks in your browser if you have a minute? email: [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by jcr on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:48AM (#4448057)
Who are your customers? The listeners, or the musicians, or the labels?
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @11:59AM (#4449240)
The Musicians are the customers. They pay to upload to the charts and subsidise the listeners use of the site.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by jcr on Thursday August 30, 2012 @12:01AM (#4452886)
You might want to check out earbits.com (YC funded) and get in contact with Joey Flores. He's a great person and knows the industry a whole lot better than the vast majority of the HN crowd.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Thursday August 30, 2012 @04:27AM (#4453614)
I shall check it out JCR. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by huntesh on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:06AM (#4447947)
something similar already there :- http://www.grooveshark.com/artists
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup - chartburst.com by chartburst on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @07:12AM (#4447963)
Thanks for the reply huntesh! Grooveshark aren't involved with big record labels. We can get unsigned artists music heard by THE biggest labels ;)