Rhythmic: Web Based Music Directory Platforms

The Client wanted to help artists, bands, and musicians build their fanbase. For that, the client desires to develop an online music directory where musicians can share their content, which can be easily accessible by the fans. It should also help the industry people to monitor the online presence and popularity of the artist.

Challenge:

The challenge was to create a progressive web app (PWA) exclusively for iOS, Android, and Windows/Nokia smartphones. The aim was to help artists combine their online activities and become more visible. This includes collecting their social media posts and news articles in one place for easy access and enhanced online presence. This web-based music directory helps artists get their much-deserved presence.

Solution:

Music Directory created a user-friendly mobile app that works on smartphones and a web-based admin panel. Artists get their personalized sub-application to control their branding and create unique pages. The platform lets artists upload audio and video to display their talents. It also helps them make pages, events, and galleries, enhancing their online presence.

Key Features:

• Progressive Web App:  Our development team has created a Progressive Web App (PWA) for Rhythmic, ensuring a cutting-edge and user-friendly experience. With this technology, users can access the platform easily on their iOS, Android, and Windows/Nokia smartphones, enjoying the convenience of a seamless and responsive interface. 
• Individual Artistic App: Every artist within the Rhythmic gets their sub-application, providing a unique space for personalized branding and efficient content management. This feature allows artists to showcase their individuality and easily manage their digital presence. 
• Audio/Video Upload: This will allow artists to share their musical talents by quickly uploading their music and videos. This feature lets them showcase different aspects of their talent, creating an exciting experience for artists and fans.
• The event, Gallery, and Content Management: Every artist can upload and manage the gallery. Artists can also create an event by adding images and other related information. Artists can also manage the content they are posting. They can add, edit, and delete the content.
• Mobile Advertisement: The mobile advertisement feature, will help the artists to gain more exposure. Through this, the artist can promote their work and can reach a wider audience. Artists will find an Advertise Management option in their personalized dashboard from where they can upload visuals and content and set parameters such as audience demographics and locations. 
• Artist Categories: For the ease of users, the artists are divided into categories like Trending, and Most viewed, and the user can also filter the artists based on their music styles like. By selecting any of the categories the user can view a list of all the artists of that category with their name and profile images.
• Artist Page:  This page will have all the details about the Artist, and their latest posts on social media like News, YouTube, Instagram, Soundcloud, Twitter and Facebook. Our development team has integrated the respective social media APIs to fetch the latest posts and content.
• Subscription Plans: There are subscription plans for the artists, they can sign up by adding their details and then can add their credit/debit card details to proceed with the preferred subscription plan. Using the PayPal payment gateway all transactions will be processed via PayPal's secure payment system.
• Admin Dashboard: The Admin will get a quick overview of the platform, no.of artists registered, revenue generated, and details of the latest subscriptions and notifications.
• User Management: From here the admin can view and manage the users. Admin can manage the user roles and permissions and monitor user activity and engagement. 
• Artist Categories Management:  Various artist categories will be managed by the admin. Admin can add new categories and can also delete the existing categories. 
• Manage Artist Subscription Plans: From here the admin can manage the subscription plans for the artist. Admin can add a new plan, can edit the existing or delete them. They can manage the payment-related queries and can keep track of the payment transactions.

Result:

Rhythmic, one of the best customized digital music directory platforms, has completely changed the way artists connect with their audience. Using a smart approach called Progressive Web App (PWA) and giving each artist their own app made things super easy. Now, artists have a powerful tool to control how they appear online. The platform became really popular because artists can do so much - like uploading music and videos. It's like a one-stop solution for artists to connect with fans and people in the music industry.

Technologies and Tools:

• Backend: PHP
• Database: MYSQL
• Tools: VS Code