ClassicalmOnly

Thank you! I hope you really enjoy it. The main stack is Vue for frontend and Python/Django + Golang for backend. I might share my pleasant experience in the future with vue enthusiasts since I became one myself!

Thank you for this awesome feedback! I didn't take any special steps. I just made a show HN thread and frankly I didn't expect to be that successful since most successful threads I saw were SaaS or other technical projects. I am truly indebted to HN and the community for featuring the thread. I also submitted it on ProductHunt but it failed miserably :D

Thanks again and good luck with your project.

Yes! Semantic UI is used but not fully, only a few but imortant css components like grid, container, input and separator. There's also some old jQuery dependency but is about to be removed since only the Ajax methods are used so it's irrelevant to use jQuery just for that.

Hi ajnin, thanks for the thorough feedback

> - the "I'm feeling lucky" button you mention in the comments here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15861489) is nowhere to be found, maybe not on the home page ? I did a ctrl-F to be sure but nothing.

It's on the TV page https://classicalmusiconly.com/tv

> You ask me to choose 5 of my favorites composers, but you only show me the top N most popular ones

> The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) was in the list 4 times, and The Rite Of Spring twice, as well as Chopin's Nocturnes (which is several pieces, by the way).

These 2 points are totally valid and I am aware of them. These 2 points are connected to each other due to some technical difficulty (or maybe a bug?) in Django. We had difficulty to get unique random set of filtered items. That's why you see probably some duplicate items. Other users may have not experieced it because it happens randomly. That's why we ordered composers by some other metric. However, you can follow/unfollow any composer at anytime later inside their profile pages or on the TV page while listening a work by that composer.

> It seems even worse for the "favorite pieces" list. The probability that a person's favorite pieces are all in the top N you selected is very very low. The majority of the pieces in that list were composed by composers I didn't choose just before.

Because The starring stage doesn't depend on the followed composers' stage. It's rational because you may want to star works within a bigger set of items and not be bound by followed composers only.

Thank you! I was planning to mention some technical details but I totally forgot! The website mainly uses Vue.js for frontend (which was a total pleasant experience for a somewhat not small project (12,000+ vue LOC)) and Python (Django) + Golang for backend. I really want to share my experience with the vue community. I was more than satisfied dealing with it on a daily basis.

Hi benob, following composers serves for 2 main purposes:

1. you get posts on your homepage feed of composers you followed (you can also see other posts on your feed but the default is filtered by your followed composers)

2. Discover work recommendations based on your followed composers and starred works

Yes, this is the old way if you want to: (username + password + email), do you have a problem registering with this method also?

Thank you for adding this important point, this is a high priority on my todo list. We have already a basic database of major performers (conductors, soloists, etc...), we just need more computing resources so users can find recordings based filtered by performer. If you've got extra dollar you don't need, consider donating so you can help us with experimenting with features such as this one. But this is a top priority anyway. Thanks again for your feedback!

You cannot create a new user by email currently. This is for already registered users who want to login only using their emails because they forgot the password or username or don't want to type them.

Yes. You might want to register to get work recommendations based on your taste from your followed composers and starred works.

Yes, conductors and any kind of musicians will have a unified performer page or at least tag page that containes all their recordings. Since conductors can be players at some performances. Also soloists can be conductors which happens frequently for classical era concertos.

That's weird, I will look into the logs and see what can be done. Thanks Raphmedia for reporting.

Thanks jdemler for reporting, you can also add composer requests in the website itself at https://classicalmusiconly.com/request/composers

I will add all pending requests before the weekend

Hi timmonsjg, the welcome page has 2 main purposes:

1. you see posts on your homepage feed of composers you followed (of course you can see all other posts without leacving the feed but only posts related to your followed composers are loaded by default)

2. Get work recommendations based on your followed composers and starred works.

You are right that it sucks if you know little about classical music. A skip button will be added soon.

Registration is not necessary, you can just press on the "i'm feeling lucky" button and get some major/important work randomly. However, when you are logged in, you will be able to get recommendations based on your starred works and followed composers.

Hello galobtter! please have a second look at the website. Listening using YouTube is not the main feature of this website. It's just a tool that you can listen to some work without doing effort searching for it. You can also use it do listen to lists created by you, or others. Also you can listen to top works filtered by category, period, century or composer using it. However, the website is intended to be more of a social website so that you can discover new works, ask for recommendations, find top recordings for some work, discuss and review classical works

Listening using YouTube is just one feature among many other features like creating lists, asking for recommendations, discovering top recordings for any work, discover top works ranked by users' stars and filtered by genre, period, composer or century. It's intended more to be a social website than something like Spotify for classical music so you can discover new works, review and discuss classical music.

> The recommendations doesn't seem that useful as I've already listened to many of the pieces

Good for you! Currently there are some 500 works that are marked as "masterpieces". Not necesarrily all of them are Mass in B minor or Mozart's requiem tier. You may be surprised that you can discover some great work you didn't know about using this button. I am currently planning to add some filters so you can get a random work from a filtered set (Genre, period, century, composers' country). Of course, it will be improved as more works are added. But for now, it works totally random from a filtered set of works that are marked as masterpieces.

How so? I am sure that the certificate is valid until next February. Do you have any issues with Let's Encrypt?

Currently yes. But if there's enough interest. I shall start working on compiling Spotify albums. YouTube will remain the default option though since it's open and doesn't require registration.

The website is totally free. There is no premium subscriptions. Users data are not monetized. If you want to support the project, you may donate using Patreon or bitcoin.

Thank you! I am really glad you like it

> Links to Spotify, Deezer, et al

I am planning to do that. However, Youtube will remain the default. I guess that Spotify has some limitiations (must be loggenot in, limitations outside the US, I doubt that many obscure works have recordings)

> missing interprets. Search for "Karajan" yields nothing The search currently works for composers only. But it will expanded soon to musicians so you can see all recordings of a certain musician.

> Some people care about record labels, too. For example, I'd like to search specifically for DG, Decca and similar

This also shall be ready so you can filter recordings also by label. This is really a priority on my todo list

> I'm not sure I understand the UI. What belongs to the purple are at the top and what belongs to the white area below?

You mean inside composer/ work pages? The first one contains main info about the composer/work and some quick links to listen (top composer works - top genre works)/see work lists

> Hope this does not sound derisive, my points are just suggestions about how to take the tool further. It's fantastic that someone is working on this! Fingers crossed and keep up the great job!

Not at all, that's what Show HN is for! I am really happy that you like it

Hello HN! I am really excited to show you Classical Music Only, a social website dedicate to discover, listen and discuss classical music. I actually tried to do a "show HN" thread 6 months ago when the first alpha release was published but somehow the link was dead and nobody saw it except me:D. Now the website is in beta phase and has become much more mature since first published. The website has many features that you can be interested in, among them:

    * Create classical music lists, listen to them and share them to the whole world
    * Ask for work recommendations and let the community answers you by adding and voting for classical works that are relevant to your question
    * Discover new works through personalized recommendations on your homepage, using the categorized basic lists filtered by periods, composers and genres or using community list
    * Open discussion and start debates about your favorite composers and works
    * Review classical works, read others' reviews
    * Discover the most favorited recordings for any classical work. Add your favorite recordings
    * Follow your friends and favorite users to see their posts on your homepage
    * See latest posts (discussions, reviews, recordings) of your followed composers on your customized homepage feed
    * Share stories, blogs and news about anything related to classical music
    * Listen to top works filtered by period, genre or composer. If you're bored, you can listen to a random masterpiece using a magic button on your homepage!

I am really excited to read your feedbacks and happy to answer any question.