Ask HN : What do you think of my app - lyrics formatting

I took a look. Just a few comments:

Typo here, I think you meant "you're": "Formats lyrics on your screen to be easy to read while your playing an instrument."

It took me a little while to figure out how to create an account. You should probably let people create their own account on your site. It seems redundant but I think it's an accepted convention.

I clicked on "try it" and I can't honestly figure out how to do anything. I clicked all over, tried dragging the red bars, tried editing text, etc.

Hope that's helpful, and best of luck.

I tested it out by clicking try it, and then copying the lyrics that were there and pasting them a few times (to see what happens when there are 3 times as many lyrics).

It looks like your app finds repeated sections (or paragraphs) in the lyrics, like choruses, and then is able to abbreviate the repeated occurances after to one grayed-out line. That's pretty cool, but it took way to much work on my part to figure it out.

Also, maybe it would be helpful to color-code the different sections (keeping the repeated sections the same color). When I'm playing an instrument, once I get to one of the grayed out parts that indicates it's a repeated section, I then have to hunt back through the sections to find the corresponding unabbreviated section. This is a hassle and kind of negates the benefits of not having to scroll (i.e. it distracts me and makes me pause my playing, just like scrolling does).

Other than that, I agree with the other comments that this is an MVP to the extreme, and I would not feel comfortable handing over my credit card info to a site that looks like this.

I'd rewrite this sentence: "To create a user or log in, click on that button", maybe something like "To create an account or log in, click on the button below"?

More generally, I don't understand what this app will do for me (and didn't want to give up my credentials to find out).

As imp asked, do you have a lyrics database or do I need to key in the lyrics myself?

Once I have lyrics, what exactly will the app do for me? Is the answer simply format them into two columns with zebra striping? What happens when there's not enough room on the screen for the full lyrics? (You promised me no more scrolling, does the font just get smaller?)

Maybe I'm just not in your target market, but I'm having a hard time understanding the value proposition here. More importantly, while I'm a fan of the MVP approach, your site does not currently inspire much confidence. There's no way I'd give my credit card details to this site if I encountered it in the wild.

This app is simply awesome. I can't believe almost no one saw its potential. Of course you have to be a musician or else it wont be of any interest. The point is to be able to clearly see the lyrics while you're playing the song with an instrument. Btw, I would love it if there was a place to see the chords. I mean, not the chords above the lyrics but just a little floating box with the basic structure of the song (ex. Chorus : G - D - C, Verse Em - C, Bridge ...)

I poked around for a bit. I guess I wasn't sure if you have a database of song lyrics, or if I need to type in the lyrics or something. The "try it" demo didn't really explain how it works.