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Classification:
General-purpose collaborative systems to make music
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Description:
This is a network of musicians and wannabes who want to share their musical tastes and create musical projects in a collaborative manner.
It provides a platform for managing shared projects, a space for the file sharing and a recommendation system for promoting the songs made by the users’ community. The system is based on the concepts of musical group (band) and song workspace, for the management of collaborative projects.
The portal also provides a service of talent scout, in which a band can insert the collaboration offers, specifying the required musical profile.
Target Group:
The target of My Online Band are professional musicians and amateurs.
Technology:
The users can judge the compositions and communicate with each other through a chat. There is no forum.
Usability and Accessibility:
The content browsing service is well structured. It is possible to arrange the artists’ list, highlighting new entries, or the top musicians. The ranking takes into account the number of accesses to the artist’s homepage, the number of downloads and the votes received from other users. It is also possible to group the artists by musical skills (talent) and by the country of origin. The song workspace can be explored, highlighting the most recent projects, or those who are looking for new talent to continue. It is also possible to sort the projects by level of activity, where the score takes into account the number of accesses and the number of comments.
