Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)

Cool startup, I like the logo. The video is a nice touch, people are just too lazy to read these days (myself included).

Suggestions: - Lose some of the fluff. For example, in your "what?" section, you could've written it as simply "We notify you when artists release new albums". There is no reason to have more words than you need to describe your product. - I would have preferred voice in the video. Don't be shy, having a voice over helps a lot. - Maybe add a way to import information from existing sources like Last.fm or Facebook's music interests?

I'm intrigued by how you guys plan to monetize this, but maybe I'm just greedy and should be thankful for a web app that helps alleviate some of my headaches.

Overall, I think it is a nice and useful service. I could definitely see myself using it.

My first thought once I grasped its function was "where do they get the data? Can I be sure that my favourite, obscure indie band will show up there?". Perhaps you should add this info somewhere?

Disclaimer: I did not sign up for an account, so there is a possibility that I missed a members' faq somewhere.

Pretty good idea and easy to monetize if people actually purchase through your site. I see this being less than 5% tho.

The logo concept is ok I suppose, but the overall presentation of your brand (logo+site) will significantly impact adoption of a product like this. I recommend you put some energy ($) into it... the logo reads like there's a 'T' in it btw.

I think you should enable some public features, for example a user can easily see any new releases within the last week. This will also boost your saturation on search engines.

It's a pain to add artists one-by-one, and the service isn't valuable until I do.

I (and a lot of my friends) already have a list of artists in my Facebook profile. You should let me paste that in and parse it.

I think it would make sense to allow people to use your app (start building a list of artists) before registering. Just store their list to a cookie and show a little notification that tells them to enter their email and a password to save their artist list and start receiving notifications.

this is cool, but the real reason I'd want this? honestly?

When the albums get leaked to what.cd.

I like the layout, I really like the sign up form (nice and simple) one thing, when searching for something with multiple results there is no way to go "back" once you've clicked "n more artists"

its a bit weird that the album links dont go direct to amazon/iTMS -- i assumed that was your revenue stream?

I've actually googled around (in vain) to find such a service (after searching everywhere on last.fm for this feature - I was convinced that they'd have it - but no...)

So, excellent idea, I needed it yesterday!

I think this is an interesting idea. I definitely agree with other comments here. Open it up to let users import data from Last.fm or other apps that are recording their listening trends. Then let them know what albums are being released from artists they frequently listen to.

Pulling in info then making a recommendation system would be great. Maybe work on an iTunes plugin to read star ratings and phone back to the app? Just thinking out loud here, I have no idea if something like that would be possible.

Great idea--solves a practical problem (albeit not one that I have).

On a different note: do you care how people pronounce your name?

My first thought was "Muspy", almost rhymes with "Musky".

My second thought (upon seeing the logo) was "Oh! Mus- is from music. And -py is from ... Python?" So now I'm thinking about pronouncing it "Muse-py"--as in how you'd pronounce a Python module.

The concept is fine but I find the design a little drab. In my opinion this is an "entertainment" based site and you mentioned possibly selling music... you need to jazz it up, give it some pop - create a vibrant color scheme - then I think people will feel more in-tune with your site.

Would it be possible to have a RSS feed with the latest album releases rather than email notifications?

LOVE The idea. Allow me to import from Last.fm and I'll use your service.

include concert listings for followed artists. link to ticket sellers for revenue. explore other ticket related ideas.

when i read the name, the first association i made was "mumps"