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by sumeetjain 5553 days ago
I love this, and I'll use it - and I've already told everyone I know about it. And I'm very excited to see how you build on the product. To that end, here's why this app doesn't - for me - solve the main problem of remembering music:

When I'm listening to the radio in the car, I'll use Shazam to identify a song. But the process of sending myself that song information for future reference is far too involved (and unsafe while driving).

So what I really want is a Simple Shazam: As soon as it identifies a song, it emails me the information. Otherwise I never remember to check Shazam for all the music I want to buy later.

I haven't looked into the feasibility of the above - except to discover that many other people wish there was an API of sorts for identifying music.

I don't know if the above is a pain point for you or others as well; but I figure if anyone would understand the need for Simple Shazam, it's you.

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Thanks! We actually totally understand what you are saying. We have looked at both Shazam and Sound Hound (both top music recognition apps) but see not trace of a public API any time soon. However, we built this app in hopes to just see if people will use it as a tool. If we gain a large enough user base we will start investing in building our own recognition engine, but hopefully by then something public will be available.

In regards to that specific pain point, I do believe we understand that. It is def something that occurs when you are listening to a song in the car or have no idea what the name of the song is but you really want to know and download it later. We will do our best to provide a solution!