This is a good idea for a service but I found the interface too confusing regarding how to use it, why it had to have that information, and how it worked.<p>Select file would seem to mean the iTunes <i>folder</i>? Or do I select "iTunes Music Library.xml" inside it (a large file). What personal and private information is in that file anyway? How will it be used? Where is it going? What if the xml file I have is for a different version of iTunes than the site supports? Is there a list of iTunes versions tested and supported listed somewhere on the site? What happens if a bunch of users have information in that file that they have pirated songs and the service gets a subpoena to disclose all xml files? What if I only want updates on some artists I like and not the ones I hate and regret buying their CD? Does the XML file have DRM keys in it that I will be inadvertently disclosing? If not where are those things kept anyway? How often do I get emails? How can I unsubscribe? How can I tell it to stop sending emails about a given group?<p>A service I would probably like would be one where I could type in names of groups I actually like and get emails when they release a new album. This may even be a complementary function to the "everything all at once without distinction" feature on the beathound site.
The "Select File.." button label would make more sense as "Upload your iTunes XML file" instead of expecting the user to read the entirety of the text above or to click the equally confusing "What have I missed?" button, which I assumed was a changelog but was really to pop up the helper text.
A service I can recommend is <a href="https://muspy.com/" rel="nofollow">https://muspy.com/</a> . You enter your favorite interprets and get an email when they release a new single or album.
Well done. This really works. The first recommendation was an instant purchase. So far I have spend £15.<p>Please consider two things: email alerts. I'f happily be spammed every time a new album from my most-played artists was released.<p>A monthly-spend-automatic-buy. I'd risk $20 a month to wake up to new music.<p>Oh. And it took me straight to the US shop despite me being a British customer. I take it the country code isn't in the iTunes.xml. Perhaps a country selector is needed on sign-up.
FWIW, I spent a while trying to figure out how to pronounce "beathound" ("beath - ound"? "bea - thound"?). I eventually figured it's supposed to be "beat" + "hound" (right?).<p>As annoying as it can sometimes be, maybe this would be a good time to use camelcase ("BeatHound"), or perhaps just style the text to use a different color for the two words.
Well, I have created this a while ago: <a href="http://qusic.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://qusic.co.uk</a>
It tracks currently only spotify stuff, but you can import your artists from SongKick. Any feedback / suggestions highly appreciated.
I feel like official music releases are too slow to the game. Kind of like BandsInTown or SongKick, by the time you find out they're in town it's too late and tickets are sold out. You have to rely on social media like FB/Twitter for instant knowledge.<p>For releases, <a href="http://hypem.com" rel="nofollow">http://hypem.com</a> is the way to go. Blogs will discover new releases way before anyone and you'll discover them through hypem.
This is a pretty cool solution; although I am getting a LOT of false positives. Could that have something to do with my hand-tagged MP3s?<p>(shameless plug)
I made a new album notification tool for Last.FM focused on easily excluding non-important artists a while back: <a href="http://releasification.frapp.it" rel="nofollow">http://releasification.frapp.it</a>
This is very similar to a service I built several years ago with a different concept: <a href="http://ilikebsides.com" rel="nofollow">http://ilikebsides.com</a>