I can't say anything about the app as I've not used it. However, the concept is (in my opinion) flawed for a large number of potential users - the music my friends listen to is absolutely no indication of what I might like.<p>I'm too old. I've spent the past 30 or so years (I'm 36) developing a taste of my own. I no longer meet or socialise with people around music (eg go to gigs with friends). Similarly, my "favourites" are people I admire and respect for things entirely different to what their music tastes are. Most of the new music I find these days is based on what <i>I</i> listen to already or in curated theme-based playlists from sites like <a href="http://ShareMyPlaylists.com" rel="nofollow">http://ShareMyPlaylists.com</a>. Automating something like music discovery from a social graph is skewed (in my opinion again, and based on instinct rather than science) towards young people who still socialise in what I would call "taste networks" - groups based around shared tastes. Older people don't do that in my experience.<p>Good luck with it though. There's still a giant market out there. And I'll still try it just to see what it thinks I might enjoy.
Just wanted to report that the app is now live and can be downloaded on the App Store and Play Store <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soundwave-music-discovery/id623353909?mt=8" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soundwave-music-discovery/id...</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.soundwave.soundwave&hl=en_GB" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.soundwave.s...</a>
The app goes live tomorrow in both the App store and Play Store. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the overall concept and on the product itself (more importantly) when it goes live.