Discover Local
Consumer and social
concert discovery
SHOW HN2019
88points
33comments
#546of 2,195 in 2019
Top 25%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting concept and clean design
From 4 comments
Hi! I really like your site's design! Thanks for providing the Medium link too. Very surprised that no code was needed to build this; I inspected the page and saw over 5,000…
TurkishPoptart on HNThis looks pretty nice! But I’m curious how you match the artist up to Spotify; for instance, Whitney (https://open.spotify.com/artist/32aUoW94mJ7xTJI7fG0V1G) is playing in…
jon1628492 on HNAs someone that struggles to find good music events, this is awesome. Where do you source the event data? EDIT: Due to Festivals my playlist (Chicago) is filled with mostly stuff…
monksy on HNOh man this is exactly what I've been looking for. Spotify has the "Browse > Concerts" tab which shows upcoming concerts in your zip code for bands you've listened to on Spotify,…
bengotow on HN
Built with no code, impressive
From 2 comments
Hi! I really like your site's design! Thanks for providing the Medium link too. Very surprised that no code was needed to build this; I inspected the page and saw over 5,000…
TurkishPoptart on HNHi HN! I'm Trevor from Parabola.io. We're excited to show off Discover Local. Music is really important to our team, and we look forward to helping others discover new artists…
tmnarayan on HN
Objections
Only covers mainstream artists and big venues
From 2 comments
I don't really get why you are being downvoted. Honestly I kind of expected a US only app, which is by far more common. But I have to say this is actually even worse. It's not…
iosonofuturista on HNThis appears to be limited to well-known musicians. IMO those musicians don't need the help-- people are already finding their shows just fine. There's a ton of great musicians…
hnruss on HN
Limited to major metros; small cities and rural areas not covered
From 2 comments
I am learning to ignore any kind of application that has the "in your city" message. Basically it is, "in your city if it happens to be a major metropolis" - which is not where…
pugworthy on HNIt's the marketing of "in your city" when they only support (by my estimate) ~6% of the US population, which is at fault. I assume your "middle of nowhere" comment is just…
akubera on HN
Requires a Spotify account
From 1 comment
Hmm, it only works with a Spotify account which I don't have neither want..
siempreb on HN
Artist matching to Spotify is wrong in places
From 1 comment
This looks pretty nice! But I’m curious how you match the artist up to Spotify; for instance, Whitney (https://open.spotify.com/artist/32aUoW94mJ7xTJI7fG0V1G) is playing in…
jon1628492 on HN
Requests
Add more cities, such as Nashville
From 2 comments
Oh man this is exactly what I've been looking for. Spotify has the "Browse > Concerts" tab which shows upcoming concerts in your zip code for bands you've listened to on Spotify,…
bengotow on HNThanks for taking a look! We decided to limit the initial launch and plan to add more cities next week, but that doesn't mean you can't have a playlist for your city now. If…
tmnarayan on HN
Select more mid-popularity artists
From 1 comment
Thanks for the honest feedback. We've been discussing this in the office, and we agree! If I can convince the team, next week we'll implement some new logic in the Parabola flow…
tmnarayan on HN
Base recommendations on the user's Spotify likes
From 1 comment
Wouldn't it be better to try and select artists (or at least genres) the Spotify user "likes"?
kingosticks on HN
Questions
Where does the event data come from?
From 1 comment
As someone that struggles to find good music events, this is awesome. Where do you source the event data? EDIT: Due to Festivals my playlist (Chicago) is filled with mostly stuff…
monksy on HN
How are artists matched to Spotify profiles?
From 1 comment
This looks pretty nice! But I’m curious how you match the artist up to Spotify; for instance, Whitney (https://open.spotify.com/artist/32aUoW94mJ7xTJI7fG0V1G) is playing in…
jon1628492 on HN
Alternatives named
nextweeksplaylist.com
From 2 comments
This exists: https://www.nextweeksplaylist.com/
riffic on HNhttps://www.nextweeksplaylist.com/nashville
slashblake on HN
Songkick
From 2 comments
Songkick, and spotify for that matter, already do that
thejoeflow on HNright, songkick and bandsintown doing just fine and work in any city
slouch on HN
Bandsintown
From 1 comment
right, songkick and bandsintown doing just fine and work in any city
slouch on HN
Jukely
From 1 comment
along with many many many others, e,g jukely.com that actually has a ton of cities but catered towards people who like to discover artists more so go to giant popular shows (has…
volkk on HN
Spotify Browse Concerts
From 1 comment
Oh man this is exactly what I've been looking for. Spotify has the "Browse > Concerts" tab which shows upcoming concerts in your zip code for bands you've listened to on Spotify,…
bengotow on HN
Bands of the Week
From 1 comment
Neat design! I tried this a few years ago by making http://bandsoftheweek.com/, but I haven't kept up with fixing bug or improving it. Perhaps I can finally take it down.
ninetax on HN