MusicLink

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MusicLink

• Web Hosted Streaming Music Service

Tristan Harward, Prescott Nasser Sherman Lee,
Christopher Fan
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What Our Service Provides

• Web Hosting for MP3 Music
• Upload MP3 audio/music content to the web
• Our service maintains the backend requirements
• Web Streaming Music Player
• Seamless integration into an existing homepage
• High fidelity music streaming player
• Full music player playback features

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Key Services

• Song Sharing Mechanism
• Share key song information (lyrics, artist,
  album)
• Associate uploaded songs with songs of similar
  Artists/Genres/Types through social tagging
• Music Player Visual Customization
• Select from pre-designed music skins
• Visually incorporate music player into homepage
• Fully customizable skin designer for advanced
  users

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Target Audience Demographics

• Age 15-30
• Language English
• Technology Familiarity Basic knowledge of html
  and webpage building skills
• Web Presence Has a personal homepage/website or
  would like to create one
• Motivation Have musical content they wish to
  share through their webpage
• Example A local band has a personal webpage used
  to publicize their music

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Meet Ted
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Whats so special about Ted?

• Technology Familiarity
• Basic knowledge of internet interactions
• Uses some website services like MySpace,
  facebook, flickr, etc.
• Has an iPod and is familiar with iTunes interface
  for uploading music from the computer to the
  portable player
• Frequently rips MP3s from CDs
• Hes the lead guitarist of the band Rubys
  Pearl

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Teds Key Motivations

• Limited knowledge of Web Programming
• Ted depends on his friend Joe to maintain the
  bands website
• Goal Ted would like a more active role in
  customizing the appearance and the content
  available on his bands website

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Teds Objectives

• Ted has uploaded two of his favorite songs
• The songs currently have no annotations, and Ted
  would like to provide missing information such as
  the album name, the performing artists, key
  lyrics etc.
• Ted would also like to provide his personal
  commentary about what is so special about the
  songs
• Ted finally wants to share the songs he has
  uploaded with other songs having similar tags

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Manage Songs Page
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Adding Song Annotation
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Adding Song Commentary
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Sharing Songs through Tags
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Sharing Songs through Tags
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Home Screen
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Thank You

• Questions?