Time Line
November 2023 - January 2024 (12 Weeks)
My Role
Solo student project for Google’s UI/UX Professional Certificate
Musicians have to spend more time promoting themselves than creating music
The Problem
Growing up, I had many friends who were interested in and passionate about music. Many of them aspired to become famous musicians themselves but got burnt out from spending so much time “branding” and “promoting” themselves across multiple platforms and social media. This raised the question: Why is there not a place to both post music and build a following?
A music sharing website that aims to connect fans and musicians
The Solution
The competition had either or.
Competitive Analysis + The Gap
The competition does a great job at one of two things. Streaming music and connecting you with fans. However they don’t do both things well meaning that there is a gap that we can bridge for both fans and musicians.
User Persona
Accessibility and equtitable design
Accessibility is not optional
During my first project Soundie Mobile I went through the entire design process making one very large mistake / oversite. I didn’t consider accessibility. I just assumed that if it looked good to me it would look good to everyone. On this project I learned more about WCAG compliance and yikes did I do a terrible job. I had about 157 different thing flagged in my project. After taking time to fix the issues my project was compliant with AA and AAA compliance.
Link to the full Figma work here.
Conclusion + Lessons Learned
What I’d do differently next time.
After finishing this project, I have one thought: I could have done better. I am not happy with how it turned out, but I did learn a lot. I struggled to transfer the design and feel from the mobile app to the website. Despite not being happy with the results, I am excited about learning how to create a cohesive look across multiple platforms.
Users might know your project better than you. My usability tests and user feedback gave me so many great ideas. One of my users doesn’t listen to music and has many fresh and cool ideas about improving designs and features, as they aren’t familiar with music streaming apps.
More Projects:
PlanetPal
A social media and marketplace that aims to put the ability is sustainability.
Soundie Mobile
A music streaming app that aims to create centralized space for fan interactions