HotDrop is a VC-backed mobile community of superfans and artists that aims to fuel the next hit songs and creators. With HotDrop, touch points between listeners/artists grow closer and organic early-music discovery enables genuine artist independence.
Hey PH Community!
I'm Max Goldberg, Co-Founder & CEO of HotDrop. In September 2021, my Co-Founder and long-time friend Steven Segel and I had the crazy idea of re-inventing the way music is discovered for Gen-Zers like ourselves... college kids really are ambitious ;)
We wanted to create a faster, social way to find new songs and artists, that didn't have us lost searching through the redundant playlists of mainstream music we were sick of hearing. So, we released the HotDrop app on iOS, an app that personally curates a feed of the hottest songs for users, only playing the best 30-seconds of each track. HotDrop also pioneered "1-tap" sharing of songs to friends, authentically capturing the organic process in which young people spread songs they love. Within days of release, we were the #14th Free Music app on the iOS Top Charts, with tens of thousands of users and over 1M+ songs discovered in the first 2-weeks. To our surprise, hundreds of artists were reaching out to us via the HotDropapp.com support form, requesting that their music be featured in the app for our community to discover. At that point, we knew that we were onto something special...
Today, we are proud to be releasing the newly designed HotDrop app for both iOS and Android, as well as our new HotDrop Studio web platform for artists + commercial listeners.
WHAT IS HOTDROP?
We've pivoted our product to become a mobile community of "superfans" and artists looking to fuel the next hit songs and creators.
Listeners struggle to keep their playlists fresh with good new music and lack a reliable means to discover hidden-gems from their networks. Emerging artists lack the financial and promotional resources to scale their early fanbases, learn from prior release failure/success, and generate repeatable traction.
With the HotDrop and HotDrop Studio platforms, touch points between listeners/artists grow closer and organic early-music discovery enables genuine artist independence. Our team believes that the music industry has reached an inflection point and will look drastically different 10 years from now. So what? The rapid growth of independent artists around the world demands innovative solutions to industry problems that remain unsolved: We are going to make HotDrop the home of the next generation of artists and music-addicts.
If you, too, describe yourself as a "music-addict" and constantly find yourself in a musical-rut, join the waitlist to become an early-user today. You may just change an artist's life. -> https://www.hotdropapp.com/mobil...
If you're an artist who has struggled to release a successful hit, feel overwhelmed by the various marketing/social media channels, and experience stress over growing your fanbase, join the waitlist to become one of the first HotDrop Artists using our Studio platform. You keep 100% ownership of your music, brand, likeness, always. -> https://www.hotdropapp.com/studi...
Thank you for taking the time to see what HotDrop is all about! Please reach out if you would like to get involved with our team or investing opportunities.
Sincerely,
Max Goldberg
Co-Founder & CEO of HotDrop
@naveed_rehman Thank you for the kind words. What's up next? Learn, learn, learn from users/customers to make HotDrop an essential part of the music discovery process. If you haven't already, join the waitlist to become a beta user.
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