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Honestly, the default LaunchRock page would appeal more to me than what you guys currently have.

Music is about passion, and this design doesn't convey any emotions at all.

Also, why are you building yet another social network for music? MySpace failed. Apple's Ping failed miserably. Both of those have huge backers. What makes this different? Did bands actually ask for it?

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Wow, that's an interesting take. I'll assure you that we do have passion, though maybe not much design sense.

I know coders gotta code, but I would seriously evaluate the need for such a service before diving head first into it. You may be better off creating a service that allows artists to embed music on the new Facebook Timeline and charging artists for running that iFrame or something.

People really, and I mean REALLY do not want to join another social network when there are already so many to manage. Google+ is learning this the hard way.

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