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by AlexWD 4906 days ago
I think a crucial difference stems from the fact that we incorporate music knowledge from Last.FM. This allows us to do things like easily create full lists of songs for artists, full album playlists, etc.. It creates, I think, a more complete and music-oriented experience. This music knowledge is also what allows us to create radios, give recommendations, etc..
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cjstewart88 4906 days ago
You're right, a difference between my service and yours is the fact that you use Last.FM. I use The Echo Nest though, it's an amazing service. Tubalr uses The Echo Nest and builds playlists based on artists top tracks.

Tubalr used to use Last.fm but found out that the last.fm api went down a bit to much for my liking. After switching to The Echo Nest I've had 0 downtime due to the API I use.

Tubalr also creates "radios" in several ways. Check out the explore page(http://www.tubalr.com/explore). You can browse top genres, subreddits, and a huge list of genres.

As far as recommendations, type in an artist and click the similar button and you'll get a playlist full of artist similar to what you searched. (http://www.tubalr.com/similar/My+Morning+Jacket)

Example Genre Search: http://www.tubalr.com/just/indie+rock or http://www.tubalr.com/just/dubstep

Example Reddit Search: http://www.tubalr.com/r/metal or http://www.tubalr.com/r/realdubstep

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AlexWD 4905 days ago
That's awesome. I did notice that Last.FM used to go down fairly often but I don't think it has given me any troubles in at least the last several months, luckily. How have you found the quality of the data from Echo Nest compared to Last.FM?

I didn't realize how extensively you use music semantics in tubalr. I'd say that's not as big of a difference between our products as I originally thought.

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cjstewart88 4905 days ago
Man, EchoNest is the way to go without a doubt. Their library is gigantic and have a free api for non-commercial use, up to 120 request per minute!

Their API has been incredibly easy to use and I feel like the quality of results is far better.

I honestly think we will continue to see apps that take advantage of YouTube's Music content until YouTube can nail their music experience, and I'm not sure if they even want to.

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