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In one line, we are spotify + iTunes for independent music. You can not only discover new music everyday…",{"id":59,"by":11,"text":60},"6301981","Physical items is not in the plan for now. If more people show interest in that, something we can consider. Our differentiator is certainly discovery. About the nitpicks: 1. This…",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Listeners of independent music","inferred",[65,66],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"6302989","sharkweek","I think one thing that's nice about this is a much smaller inventory to sort through that gives some front page exposure specifically to indie artists. I played around with this…",{"value":71,"source":53,"evidence":72},"Pay what you want and music purchases; planned premium at 99 cents per week",[73,76,79],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"6301830","Thanks for the nice feedback :) Radio based on artist is already under the works, we should have that out soon. 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Console yields a TypeError until Flash is enabled (whitelisted) for the page.","unknown","launched",{"praise":99,"objections":123,"requests":155,"questions":180,"alternatives":203},[100,115],{"value":101,"source":86,"evidence":102},"Clean, intuitive design",[103,107,111],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"6301762","ollerac","I really like the design. Your logo is especially nice. There are a lot of buttons, but the interface seems to be well organized. I got a good selection of music just from the…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"6302207","randomchars","I really like the design, it's much cleaner than Spotify or Rdio. A few things though: - I have an error icon next to my name in the sidebar, that says I need to complete my…",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"6303053","phusuke","Dude! This is awesome. Outside of the idea. I love how simple and amazing your UI is. Its light and brilliantly intuitive. 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I just signed up my music project, and while I'm really glad to see you've made the path for artists to get on the service easy, I'm curious what sort of gatekeeping \u002F…",{"value":193,"source":86,"evidence":194},"How the company differs from Spotify and Bandcamp",[195,199],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"6301929","tfinch","It's interesting to me that you see yourself as spotify + itunes, as the comparison that immediately struck me is Bandcamp + recommendations and the ability to queue up tracks.…",{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"6303109","nicklovescode","Good job, buy why Spotify rather than just a music player?",[204,212,220,224],{"value":205,"source":86,"evidence":206},"Spotify",[207,211],{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"6301661","louhike","AFAIK, there is independent music on Spotify. I've seen a lot of small artists on it and the platform has a lot of visibility so most of these artists will try to go there. 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