You were right about my Flash being out of date. I upgraded, and now it kind of works. A video loads, but it only plays if I click on the link that takes me to Youtube in a new window or tab.
Even if that’s a tiny bit inconvenient, it’s still neat that I can write one little rhyme about probabilistic estimators, click Freestyle 16 times, and then hear a song about buying whores from a store, going to war, poverty, prison time, heartbreak and exercise. All to the beat of “Hate it or Love it”, by The Game. Or maybe instead to the beat of “You Don’t Know My Name”, by Alicia Keys.
I would love to help out with this. It's an area of deep personal interest for me. I've got homepage/contact links in my hn profile. I'll write in a bit.
I disagree. "Write better lyrics" cuts right to the emotional need. I want to write better lyrics. "Write lyrics better," without further context, could refer to penmanship. It's a less impactful phrasing.
"Write better lyrics" implies your lyrics are in need of improvement. I'll let you be the one to tell your favorite artist that they can write better lyrics with RapPad.
Hey, I saw you show this off at MHacks and I was deeply impressed with you then and to see that you have taken it even further is great. Good job and hopefully have a great product launch!
Also, I have a suggestion. You are already using emails as ids, why not use Persona?
The "try hovering over the numbers on the side" bit is odd to me, if I'm going through the intro, I know what those numbers are. I ended up hovering over them expecting to get more details, and just got a label.
This is awesome! The drake video on the landing page was confusing/pointless to me, and I agree with zackbloom's comment about hovering over the numbers on the side. Other than that, really great idea & execution.
Yes I found the homepage confusing, and almost clicked away. I think this should be the homepage: http://rappad.co/editor. Just my opinion. I love the site. Nice work.
To all my homies
commenting in hacker news
I just brought a little rhyme
that it helped me do
Cause when I bust all around
even PG looks
and every hacker here says
Go orange go.
And as I type this
I dont know what else to do
so give me a mic
and Ill show you how its done
Its not about being the best
or simply two plus two
but being a *killa*
when it comes
to committing code.
So check out my github
and star a thing or two
plus fork my repos
but hey, no pycon stuff
And as I finish up rhymes
and downvotes creep
I say hola to my peeps
and go back to work.
Great job! I love this and I'd love to collaborate, I own rap.io and want to build something very similar but with more of a social twist. Hit me up if you are interested in talking. E-mail's in my profile.
Looks like it's taking lines from other songs that match a certain algorithm. There is already 2 other songs with the line "This is no trial, this a closed case" on rapgenious.com plus actual production songs on lyric databases with the same line.
Honestly, it's awesome man! The only thing I can think of is a "replay" button next to the instrumental, so when it's done you can start it over. I only figured out to do that by clicking in the yellow progress bar close to the beginning. I am gonna use the hell out of this though - sweet idea.
Yeah man, add more syllables
Then it'll be billable
Send me an invoice and it'll be fillable
With more rhymes available
You'll need to make it scaleable,
'cause when a saas is failable
it'll be hard to pitch it
your users will ditch it
instead of pitching in to help
they'll be bitchingin' for help
sucking all your time away from development
yup, it's a crime, when you see where it hella went
I got deliberate rhymes inside the lines
I'm not illiterate, but words blow my mind
I'm here killin' it, but I'm not just killin' time
Because I'm willin' it: this creation is mine.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 139 ms ] threadEven if that’s a tiny bit inconvenient, it’s still neat that I can write one little rhyme about probabilistic estimators, click Freestyle 16 times, and then hear a song about buying whores from a store, going to war, poverty, prison time, heartbreak and exercise. All to the beat of “Hate it or Love it”, by The Game. Or maybe instead to the beat of “You Don’t Know My Name”, by Alicia Keys.
Also, I have a suggestion. You are already using emails as ids, why not use Persona?
I agree about the syllables hover thing. Thanks for the feedback!
What light through yonder window breaks?
To be great, i'm giving it all it takes
Lookin' at me, now they know my face
Driving my car to a foreign place
This is no trial, this a closed case
I ain't looking in her eyes but her face
Prps cover my eight’s, uhh, lemme switch my pace
Pluck ya ace, take ya girl, fuck her face
Edit: just realized, double clicking on a word shows some possible rhyming words. It was a little unintuitive, but pretty cool nonetheless.
Y Combinator procrastinator, hacker news representer
Running up in pretty colos constantly
And Dame said he proud of my newfound honesty
And don't bother me, high as shit from my broccoli
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Jazzy beats creep up in my seat,
My back arches low as the words start to seep
Straight out my mind, and down through the keys.
Thoughts and feelings show, so slow with the release.
Complementary to all the pain I hide inside,
I'm literally getting paid to rhyme on my boss's time.
Blasting words off of neuron connections,
A convex complexion changes all direction.
But that's what freestyles are for right?
Fleeting moments of feeling, no reason for stage fright.
Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable.
http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encycloped...