MusicLink
Web Hosted Streaming Music
Service
Tristan Harward, Prescott Nasser
Sherman Lee, Christopher Fan
What Our Service Provides
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Web Hosting for MP3 Music
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Upload MP3 audio/music content to the web
Our service maintains the backend requirements
Web Streaming Music Player
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Seamless integration into an existing homepage
High fidelity music streaming player
Full music player playback features
Key Services
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Song Sharing Mechanism
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Share key song information (lyrics, artist, album)
Associate uploaded songs with songs of similar
Artists/Genres/Types through social tagging
Music Player Visual Customization
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Select from pre-designed music skins
Visually incorporate music player into homepage
Fully customizable skin designer for advanced
users
Target Audience Demographics
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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
Meet Ted
What’s so special about Ted?
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Technology Familiarity:
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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
He’s the lead guitarist of the band “Ruby’s Pearl”
Ted’s Key Motivations
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Limited knowledge of Web Programming
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Ted depends on his friend Joe to
maintain the band’s website
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Goal: Ted would like a more active role in
customizing the appearance and the
content available on his band’s website
Ted’s Objectives
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Ted has uploaded two of his favorite songs
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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.
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Ted would also like to provide his personal commentary
about what is so special about the songs
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Ted finally wants to share the songs he has uploaded
with other songs having similar tags
Manage Songs Page
Adding Song Annotation
Adding Song Commentary
Sharing Songs through Tags
Sharing Songs through Tags
Home Screen
Thank You
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Questions?