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Huzza — A live-streaming platform for musicians
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@rrhoover, it's Justin, one of the co-founders here. We were aiming for imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. No CSS or code was lifted but it is very close, and so we are making it a top priority to change it. Appreciate you bringing it up in such a nice way.
@jwomers hm very close...
Where did the inspiration for this page and idea come from?
Is this the first time the comparison between the pages has been made and what has the general feedback been?
@jwomers just sent me and @bentossell an email apologizing for the design. As I told him privately, I really respect his response. Many people would immediately act defensive. Their new design looks far more unique and better, imho. Absolutely no hard feelings. Upvoted! 🙌
wow. been wanting something like that forever both as a player and music learner. i spend already a considerable amount of time on youtube watching others play but also using periscope to broadcast sometime what i play. can t wait.
@ourielohayon whoop whoop! That makes us so excited Ouriel! Looking forward to seeing you live-stream on Huzza!
Hey @rrhoover, it's Justin, one of the co-founders here. We were aiming for imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. No CSS or code was lifted but it is very close, and so we are making it a top priority to change it. Appreciate you bringing it up in such a nice way.
Hi Product Hunters!
I am the co-founder of Huzza with @nickste. After three months in private beta, we are publicly launching Huzza: a live-streaming platform for musicians. We've learned at lot working with hundreds of musicians and music fans to make the most engaging, fun and immersive performance platform out there. So, we’re super happy to share Huzza with you on Product Hunt today!
Our goal is to enable musicians to create authentic & fun experiences for their fans (and make money too!). To do that, Huzza live-streams are:
• Performed from the artist's home or recording studio for an online audience only
• Have HD video and audio optimized for music
• Combine music with live AMA-style Q&A between the artist and their fans
We hope you like what we're working on, sign up to the next live-stream to see what it's like and if you're a musician, sign up to do a live-stream here: https://huzza.io/entertainer/das...
Hmmm interesting. I'm curious as to your content acquisition strategy, how do you capture new artists to join the site (including the ones you used in the beta)?
Legal ramifications of the music produced over your service?
- Do you (the service) own any part of the material produced and/or how does that work out for the artist?
- How does it work out legally if the artists cover a (mainstream) song which you then broadcast ("Wonderwall" for example)?
- How do you handle the royalty question if a bigger artist, for example Adele, might want to use your service?
- Are the sessions live-only, or can they be recorded? If recorded, does your service provide further compensation to artists for the distribution of their material? If so, through royalties (or no royalties)?
Don't mean to barrage you with questions, just trying to get an idea of how the legal end works so I could explain it to an artist I might meet at a show. :)
And then just a curious question on my part, what gave you this idea and/or what made you want to create something like this?
(Also, I think the link to your TOS and Privacy Policy might be buggy. Tried to go and read them, but was redirected to the homepage).
@adammarx13 Hi Adam - Huzza Co-founder here.
Thanks so much for the excellent questions! We're in the process of finalizing the legal aspects, but broadly, Huzza will work like this:
- By default, the artist will own the recording of their live-stream, but give Huzza permission to show replays of the stream. The artist will, however, have the option to disable Huzza replays on a per-stream basis.
- We're working to get agreements setup with all of the PROs to get blanket coverage of cover's performed on Huzza. We'll announce this on our homepage as soon as it's finalized.
- Currently we take a 30% commission on tips sent through Huzza. We'll likely reduce this amount for merchandise, and if Adele was willing to say hello from the other side, we'd probably be open to working something out :P
- They are recorded and by default can be replayed unless disabled by artist. The rights get tricky with playback, so we're still figuring this out.
We actually started out trying to figure out how to make artists money in an age where streaming makes them nothing. Our first iteration was an app that allowed you to send money directly to a SoundCloud or YouTube track's artist. We switched to focusing fully on live-streaming just over a month ago - the value proposition is a lot simpler and all the trends are converging on this space being a big opportunity.
Thanks again for the great questions - please get in touch (nick@huzza.io) if you have any artists in mind.
I love this concept and the demo stream quality is fantastic (his compressor or yours?). Sign me and my daughter up when you start an "open mic" night! https://youtu.be/bRGgajZRA0o?t=159
@jamie_mci you and your daughter are fantastic - exactly what we're looking for on Huzza! We'd love you to sign up and do a live-stream :) Feel free to get in touch (nick@huzza.io) if you want to chat! Keep making great music!
"96 more people need to sign up to watch to make this event happen!"
Is the limitation of how many people are required to make the event happen set by you guys or the artist? Can you provide any insight as to why the limitation exists in the first place?
My suggestion is to create a FAQ as soon as possible. Im really liking the concept and the potential is clear to me but there are a lot of questions that are not answered. The Huzza Manifesto does a good job at keeping things simple, but i think a more detailed FAQ would be beneficial.
Also what is your take on DJ's using the platform to stream a new mix they are working on or producers streaming live as they create a new beat. Another use case is an artist looking to do a live listening session with their fans to play unreleased/exclusive music to get some initial feedback before they finalize an upcoming project? Right now it looks like the branding is pushing performers who are going to go live and "sing". I think you need to represent the different type of artists that exist out there by providing more examples on your website.
Last question... why Huzza? Is there any other inspiration behind the name apart from the literal definition which is "used as an exclamation of joy, applause, appreciation, hurrah". I didn't know this, I actually had to Google it. I've never heard anyone really use the term to express joy or appreciation.
Thanks for creating such a useful product, I read the article on Forbes (featuring you) and I really believe there is a huge opportunity in this space. Good luck to you and your team, i'll be recommending this to all of my artist friends in Toronto.
@madebyildi Hey Ildi thanks so much for taking the time to comment - great questions!
"Is the limitation of how many people are required to make the event happen set by you guys"
- No, the artist can set this. It could be 0 - i.e. the artist will play either way. We wanted to create a kickstarter-type effect where fans share events with their friends to make sure they happen. I.e. if you see an artist you love and they need another 50 signups to play their show, the hope is that you'll share it with your friends and the artist ends up getting exposure to new fans. Obviously there are certain situations where this doesn't work. We'll also soon be launching the reverse - where only the first X (set by artist) who sign up will be allowed to watch.
"My suggestion is to create a FAQ as soon as possible"
- Great suggestion and *definitely* something we'll be getting done asap. We're pretty embarrassed by our landing page and artist portal at the moment, but we just ran out of time to get a better one together! Watch this space!
"What is your take on DJ's using the platform to stream a new mix they are working on..."
- LOVE this idea! Our live-streams have a cool Q&A feature, which I think would be awesome for fans to ask questions for the DJ to answer. We'll start working on making sure this is better highlighted on our homepage.
"Why Huzza?"
- Hahaha! Good question! It is a less well-known, old-English word, but you're right, we chose it from it's literal definition. The idea is that it's an exclamation that someone shouts out when they see something awesome... Like our Huzza live-streams!
Thanks for the support - we'll hopefully be in Toronto soon (Vancouver in January), so I'll keep in touch!
@nickste awesome I really like the Kickstarter-type effect and also dig the idea of the reverse. Feel free to reach out when you plan on visiting T.Dot. Cheers!
Hey! Awesome to see something out there to help musicians earn money. As someone who has been in the music biz for a little while and deal directly with indie artists on a day to day basis with my production company, I'm curious if either of you guys have any background in this? Music is something that has become super saturated over the past few years, where everyone wants to become an artist. That being said, how selective is this? Are you aimed at a SoundCloud type user base, where anyone and their dog can sign up? Or for lower mid-tier artists who already have a following. Artists need a place to build their audience.
@kingliv_ hey Louis - thanks for the comment! Neither of us have any direct experience in the music space.
We've previously started an accommodation booking website together (travelground.com - ~2nd biggest in South Africa). We see a lot of overlap in the complexity of travel (dynamic pricing, complex fare rules, etc.) in the music industry and so feel we can bring our experience in breaking down this complexity and building simple, beautiful products to the music industry. Having spent the last 9 months learning everything we can about the music industry, we also believe that disruption in this space will come from the outside.
Lastly, we want Huzza to work for everyone from the smallest artists to the rockstars. For example, we enable tipping for smaller artists, but switch it out for merchandise for bigger artists who don't feel comfortable asking for tips.
Thanks again for your questions and please feel free to get in touch if you want to chat more (nick@huzza.io).
I'm a big fan of what @nickste & co have done with Huzza. There is a lot of tech in the independent artist livestreaming space but Huzza's solution is much sleeker and less ostentatious than some of the other lightweight, desktop click-and-stream options. There's also a lot of flexibility on the platform that makes it a more attractive solution.
Big fan LIVE chats and music - so this is a big win for me. I love how interactive and intimate it feels. Also love the new design. Props for updating so quickly and slickly, and taking feedback on constructively. 👏🎤
@nickste I did figure that out, though I did feel like I was being mislead to believe otherwise. It did say someone would be playing shortly.
Anyhow, as a musician myself and a tech enthusiast, would love to see how it actually plays out live. :)
I have my doubts, but would love to be proven wrong.
The demo doesn't seem to be live. It seems to be a recorded played back to us. The people commenting are bots. And every time I open it in a new window it restarts. Growthhack much?
@rahulr047 Hi Rahul - the demo is indeed a playback of a previously live event. All of the comments are from the actual live-stream - they're not faked. The idea was that this demo would give you an idea of how a live-stream on Huzza works.
As we start getting more artists signed up, we'll feature live streams on the homepage - we hope you'll come back for these!
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