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Hi everyone - you probably remember my original posts about our ambition to build a new app for record lovers. We just launch a daily giveaway. How does it work? Every evening, we invite a record collector, artist, label boss or record store owner to showcase for 2 minutes (with timer!) a record they like and share their musical journey. At the end of the 2 minutes, a winner is randomly drawn and will receive a copy of the record presented. See how it looks: The feedbacks are excellent and people are already hooked: short format, captive and engaged audience, cool way to discover new music in an authentic way and "dopamine shoot" at the end with the draw. What are your thoughts? What could be improved? Do you like the "gamification" aspect? (It's completely free) (Let me know in DM if you want access)

Hi everyone! Things moving fast - we are having Tim Burgess live tonight, signing his latest record live, Typical Music, on the App. We are also in discussion with other well known Artists and Labels to "digitalise" the in store signing experience. Less complex to organize for the Artists, no queues and more personalised messages for Fans. Contact me in DM if you are interested and I can give you a vouncher code - only 10 records available for sale/signing.

Interesting! I also saw them live in Brixton for their Simpacito tour!

I re-discovered Tim Burgess, lead singer from The Charlatans during the lockdowns, with his famous Twitter Listening Parties (invited guests such as Elton John, Paul MacCartney, NG from Oasis, Iron Maiden...). He's also a vinyl collector. Really like his solo Albums, including the last one, Typical Music. Any amateurs here? What abums do you own?

Thanks for your comments. First of all, there is no auction. Second, all the videos will be recorded - it's all about sharing "musical knowledge" and making you discover new music organically (no algorithm - only real people). No need to buy records - just listen to some fascinating people talking about music (and optionally, you can buy the records). 90% of the purchases on the app have been done by people who did not know the record(s) presented, but when hearing their journey, people behind, they decided to buy a record. We try to recreate the record store experience, but online. Discogs will always be the place to buy things you know. We want to be a platform to discover new music thanks to Tastemakers, Artists, Collectors, Store Owners or Label owners (who are not the person WhatNot has been built for). Tomorrow, we'll host Dom, co-founder of Wah Wah 45s record - an amazing label who signed Artists such as Henri Pierre Noel, Terry Callier...

Hi everyone - just wanted to update you on this project! We have launched a few weeks ago and did some live crate digging from record stores in London, invites cool labels to showcase their releases, invited Thomas from vinyl.eu who sold some of his 30,000 records live! Tomorrow (8pm GMT), we'll have Dom from Wah Wah 45s, a well respected independant label from London. Dom will explain the story behind some of their main releases. Join us and happy to give you a 50% discount on your purchases to only 10 people (please DM me for the vouncher) to try this new experience! Any questions, comments, suggestions, please let us know.

Hi everyone! Selling a selection of 10 rare Hip Hop records (Wu-Tang Clan, Eric B and Rakim, Steady B, Ice-T) from the 90's. All in Mint collection. https://www.instagram.com/p/CfqrSjegXhD/ Selection here: https://frow.live/product-category/special-90s-hip-hop/ They will be sold live on FROW tomorrow at 8pm (BST). Buying a record is cool, but knowing its journey, history and people behind is even cooler Any questions, please let me know!

Hi Everyone! Selling live on FROW tonight a selection of 10 rare Brazilian records from Gerah's collection (a Brazilian DJ/record collector with a collection of 1,000 rare gems). Gerah will explain their journey, story, people behind. Price from £20 to £100 for the first session. See you tonight on FROW, 8PM (British Summer Time).

Hi Philly! Actually I co-founded FROW Yes we are launching our feature to buy records live! We'll start in 3 hours. Will you join? No shipping fees tonight! https://frow.live/ PS: The posts on IG are not sponsored! Many records collectors like to be featured as our Digger of the Day.

Hi everyone! Good progress on this project. As you suggested, we focused on trades and creating cool experiences around records. We are launching tonight the live-streaming shopping feature from Let it Roll Records, our local record store in Camden. At 8pm, you will be able to buy live a cool selection of records. Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to get an invitation for the live event! It starts tonight at 8pm (British Summer time). Thanks

Cool! Do you have any pictures?

New game: Can you tell your journey with a selection of Vinyl? Let me start:

Just one!

What kind of trades? We have 4 options: 1. Buying directly to the Artist (like bandcamp, but more interactive) 2. Buying from independant stores (so professional service) 3. Buying from other users (more a marketplac like ebay/discogs... with all the associated risks) 4. The 3 options above Which option(s) do you tend to favor? PS: Personally I never ever bought from other music minded people. I either buy from Bandcamp, independant stores (new or second hands).

Yes - this is definitely in the pipeline. The early "supporters" would have access to an exclusive chat/live stream with the Artist and have the possibility to engage/ask questions and see exclusive content (behind the scene, life in the studio, etc...)

Welcome! Be patient. Focus on your niche. Be eager to learn and meet other serial diggers. And, more importantly, have fun!!!!!!!

The App is called FROW and can be downloaded on Apple: https://frow.live/ Don't be too demanding at this stage as we just launched 1 month ago, coding day and night. The main initial objective was to onboard 100 emerging (and talented!) Artists (which was done!) and we are now adding the Vinyl features (over the next few weeks/months). Don't hesitate if any feedback. Thanks Seb

Thanks geez! Really appreciate your thoughts and comments. You are spot on with mentioning Reddit -> our vision is to build a Community-centric App (but focused on Music). Discogs is an amazing Database and we won't "compete" with them. We want to be more "social" (engaging with other) than "utilitarian" (database). Finally, Artists will remain at the center of the project, but the interactions/engagement Fans/Artists via vinyl makes a lot of sense as physical Music could be a growing source of income (and independance) for Artists.

Hi everyone - my name is Seb and I co-founded a mobile App which brings together Music Creators and their Community, focusing on experiences (Album Release Parties, Listening Parties, Performances). We are not re-inventing Discogs, but trying to propose something new as Discogs was developped 20 years ago (before even YouTube or Facebook were founded). What cool features (related to vinyl) would be interesting? What don't you like with Discogs? Would you like to be able to buy directly to the Artists (like Bandcamp but on a more interactive version)? Would you like to be able to buy from other users? Apart from the price of a vinyl, why do you like Discogs? Thanks for your time - just try to build something cool for vinyl lovers.

SB is so sneaky that he would even get paid on the music we stream... on wax! 🤠

The specificity of the vinyl market is that many many records are never unsealed... and being sold/exchanged/kept as "tokens" or collectibles!

Hi everyone - my name is Seb (French living in the UK (London)). I was wondering what is the vinyl among your collection that you haven't opened/listened to yet? Very often it's a record bought during a frenetic shopping session and been put aside... and then another serious buying spree happened! Unfortunately I have many of those... but I would say a record from Pierre Henry (experimental music) "Mariage de la feuille et du cliché!"