@rrhoover it's interesting that you think, or say, that Twitter isn't the right context for music listening. One of the reasons Twitter has tried various things with music over the years is because "music" has repeatedly been the most talked about subject. I'm still willing to believe Twitter + music discovery can be a thing but all the right tools (consumer listening and artist upload tools) haven't clicked into place yet.

@rrhoover thanks for hunting us, Ryan! Cymbal is the best way to discover music from the people who matter. We've built an amazing community, but wanted to go further. Following friends with divergent musical tastes is great for getting outside of your musical "box", but what if you want a community that likes what you like? What if you want the kind of original recommendations you can only get here, but you're more in the mood for Joni than Deafheaven? We reinvented hashtags to make it easy to find any community of listeners, regardless of what you like. Search anything (#tameimpala, #tbt, #hiphop, etc.) and sort by trending to make a perfect playlist for your interest, chosen by our community. Say Kendrick Lamar drops a surprise album. Check out #kendricklamar to see which of his songs Cymbal users love the most, right now, and then listen to that hashtag like a playlist. This update has a lot (editorial, trending users, etc), so check it out! It's how communities listen, discover, and share.

@johnexley Thanks for the compliment, that's some high praise! Album artwork was a huge focus for me when designing the app. It seemed like with each piece of tech in the music industry (Vinyl > Casettes > CDs > MP3s > Streaming), album artwork got smaller and harder to find. We wanted to reverse that and bring back the feeling of someone handing you an LP with the design of our app. It's also cool that you picked up on the fact that everyone on Cymbal is a playlist. It's an amazing feeling being able to go to someone's page and press play and have them DJ your life, whether that's walking around the city, showering (shoutout to my favorite hashtag on cymbal: #Great4Showers 🚿), or playing music at a party.

@iambarronroth really excited to share it when it's ready –– dm me on twitter and i'll queue you on the beta list ;)

@esbvn Hey Esteban, right now we're only supporting sharing with album artwork to make sure the artists are being fairly attributed, but we'll definitely look into expanding that in the future. Thanks for the suggestion!