Hello vinyl lovers, we're finally out on the App Store!

2 points by needleme 12y ago ↗ HN

Hello everyone,

we've been working to this project since long time and finally today we're online on the app store. I'm very proud, excited and curious right now. Is still a long way but we'll do our best to make it special for all the vinyl lovers and insiders out there.

NEEDLE - Dig, stream and trade vinyl records

https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/needle-vinyl/id777336063?mt=8

Come visit us, we'd love to dig your vinyl record collection!

Best, Filippo

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umenline 12y ago ↗

Ex vinyl collector here , great idea !! good luck! there is market for this kind of app

needleme 12y ago ↗

Thanks! We hope so!

ScottWhigham 12y ago ↗

Neat - how do you deal with track/album licensing for streaming music?

needleme 12y ago ↗

Well, we're connected to iTunes and YouTube, so nothing is stored on our server. Does it might rapresent a problem anyway? We're in Italy so licensing might be different from US

needleme 12y ago ↗

Forgot to mention that the service is free, the streaming as well

ScottWhigham 12y ago ↗

Free for the artists whose music you pay as well?

I don't think you're being honest with us. iTunes doesn't allow 3rd party websites to stream music for free and neither does Youtube.

needleme 12y ago ↗

Hello Scott, wait there might be a misunderstood. We're not streaming full song in our app, we're connected to the iTunes preview, then from the app a user can chose to buy the song in iTunes. If you got an iPhone I'd be happy if you can give it a try to understand better how our app works and let me know.

weisser 12y ago ↗

Send me an email (address in my HN profile)...also working working on something in the vinyl space (http://waxlimited.com)

Looking forward to checking out your app!