The music review app. Factory.fm is like "Letterboxd for music" — rate, review and track the music you're listening to. Discover new music from real people and create a profile with your favorite albums.
Thank you so much for checking out Factory.fm! We are a team of musicians (including Grammy-winning artist RAC) who wanted to build a deeper space for music.
We are not another streaming service but a place to reflect on the albums that changed our lives and talk about new music we love. Many of our early testers have said it's given them a deeper connection to music and they're listening to more albums because of factory.fm. Hopefully it'll do the same thing for you!
What can you do?
Create a profile and set your Top 8 albums of all-time (it's a hard choice!)
Rate and review your record collection.
Make lists (e.g. the best electronic albums)
Follow your friends and see what they're listening to.
Bookmark albums you want to listen to for later.
The app is available on iOS and Android, or you can use the website directly. Let us know in the comments if you have questions or ideas!
@iralobanovskaya Hi Mira - yes there's definitely space for more niche music. When we launched in the app store last week we got a big increase in mainstream music but I promise you'll find lots of obscure, left-field music discussion from all genres if you dive deeper. We could use some more techno, though :)
@iralobanovskaya A lot of artists are using the app as a place to show what music inspires them. For example, our founder RAC often posts deeper stories about the inspiration behind his albums. We don't think there are many places you can go to see what music your favorite artists like.
@iralobanovskaya 100% with you on this and no silver bullet here I'm afraid because of how subjective our relation to music is. But we're building out the platform so these communities can start forming naturally
@pyyding I have some experience with communities — around 300k people ‘under management.’ There needs to be an initial push to establish a purpose for the future. It’s up to the people after that, but you’d benefit from engaging with existing communities and creating a welcoming space for those who need it most. I’m thinking about artists like tier-2 DJs (Massively affected by the pandemic — the EU scene and many careers which was almost-successful have crashed). Also, musicians who compose soundtracks for Netflix or A24 — very uniq — absolutely undivided.
Factory.fm
Thank you so much for checking out Factory.fm! We are a team of musicians (including Grammy-winning artist RAC) who wanted to build a deeper space for music.
We are not another streaming service but a place to reflect on the albums that changed our lives and talk about new music we love. Many of our early testers have said it's given them a deeper connection to music and they're listening to more albums because of factory.fm. Hopefully it'll do the same thing for you!
What can you do?
Create a profile and set your Top 8 albums of all-time (it's a hard choice!)
Rate and review your record collection.
Make lists (e.g. the best electronic albums)
Follow your friends and see what they're listening to.
Bookmark albums you want to listen to for later.
The app is available on iOS and Android, or you can use the website directly. Let us know in the comments if you have questions or ideas!
Piqls
I have a lot of friends among musicians, this idea seems quit interesting to me. How exactly do artists benefit from this app?
Piqls
Also, I checked the website. It seems like it’s a platform for mainstream music. Is there a place for more niche musicians? Electronic? Techno?
Factory.fm
@iralobanovskaya Hi Mira - yes there's definitely space for more niche music. When we launched in the app store last week we got a big increase in mainstream music but I promise you'll find lots of obscure, left-field music discussion from all genres if you dive deeper. We could use some more techno, though :)
Factory.fm
@iralobanovskaya A lot of artists are using the app as a place to show what music inspires them. For example, our founder RAC often posts deeper stories about the inspiration behind his albums. We don't think there are many places you can go to see what music your favorite artists like.
Factory.fm
@iralobanovskaya 100% with you on this and no silver bullet here I'm afraid because of how subjective our relation to music is. But we're building out the platform so these communities can start forming naturally
Piqls
@pyyding I have some experience with communities — around 300k people ‘under management.’ There needs to be an initial push to establish a purpose for the future. It’s up to the people after that, but you’d benefit from engaging with existing communities and creating a welcoming space for those who need it most. I’m thinking about artists like tier-2 DJs (Massively affected by the pandemic — the EU scene and many careers which was almost-successful have crashed). Also, musicians who compose soundtracks for Netflix or A24 — very uniq — absolutely undivided.
There could be a place to collaborate and create
Great initiative, guys, wish all the best!
1Password
What a great idea and a beautiful looking app!
Factory.fm
@mattdavey Thank you Matt! All credit @carlfairclough for making it look beautiful
Factory.fm
@mattdavey @musicben plus @pyyding @shaunchurch for filling in so many blanks