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Re:Show HN: Ultimate mashup Web-based music player (Last.FM API) on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:22AM (#8142579)
Thanks Wuliwong! Appreciate the feedback...
Re:Show HN: Ultimate mashup Web-based music player (Last.FM API) on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @03:12AM (#8141405)
This is indeed a very useful suggestion!

I will build this into the next release...

Thanks so much for the feedback :)

Re:Show HN: Ultimate mashup Web-based music player (Last.FM API) on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @01:26AM (#8141157)
Hi Kingnight,

Firstly, thanks for trying the app :)

Which artist were you trying to search for? I'll try to see if there's a way to get access to that particular artist's page.

Regarding search...

Currently is a "general" search. Meaning, it will search both song titles AND artist names.

Howeever, the LastFM API also has different types of search eg. search artist names ONLY, search song titles ONLY etc. This might solve the problem (but also maybe not). I will incorporate a more advanced search once I think of an elegant way of layering into the interface.

Another alternative is to have also use another music database (eg. musicbrainz) which might have better artist information.

Any suggestions for improvement / stuff you like / don't like, I'd be delighted to hear.

Thanks once again! Sprockettyz

PS: Full functionality mainly means ability to save / share playlists, last.fm scrobbling (upcoming release), as well as early access to experimental functionality (one of which is "radio" feature, which I'm quite excited about, because it really works quite well.).

Re:Show HN: Ultimate mashup Web-based music player (Last.FM API) on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @12:20AM (#8140970)
About the web-app: - Fast & free. Possibly one of the fastest ways to play music on your desktop.

- Source agnostic (currently Youtube powered, but the eventual idea is that your playlists are agnostic of where the music comes from.The app will find a way to play it eg. soundcloud/youtube/whatever paid streaming service you use)

- LOTS of music discovery options. Built from the ground up so you don't need to have to spend too much time building your own playlist

- May even be a viable replacement for whatever you use to listen to music on your desktop

Ongoing work being done: - Have better curated playlists

- Better mobile experience (responsive / eventually a standalone app)

- Enable Last.FM scrobbling

Appreciate ANY feedback / comments / complaints :)

Thanks so much.