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Music / Gaming

Music and gaming platform with competitions, rankings and a marketplace

A platform combining music and competition, where artists face off in musical challenges rated by the community. A fair ranking system, a marketplace to sell music, and structured competitions to help talent emerge.

Music / Gaming
2022-2023 Project duration
4 deliverables Features
3 outcomes Measured impact

Independent artists lack visibility and the means to get known beyond social media. The platform combines musical competition with a marketplace to offer a space where talent is the main criterion for success, not the number of followers.

The structured competition system works in rounds. Artists submit their tracks, the community votes, and an ELO-style ranking algorithm ensures balanced matchups. Winners gain visibility and credibility, while those who lose receive constructive feedback to improve.

The built-in marketplace lets artists sell their music directly, with no label middleman. Revenue from sales and competitions motivates artists to produce quality content and stay active on the platform.

What was delivered

Artists submit their tracks in themed competitions and are evaluated by the community through a fair scoring system.

The mathematical (ELO-style) ranking guarantees balanced matchups and motivating progression for participants.

The built-in marketplace lets artists monetize their music directly, with no label middleman.

The technical overhaul replaced the original monolith with a dedicated API, migrating the data model to a more performant relational schema.

Key results

Competitions

Live rankings and votes

Marketplace

Selling music content

Gamification

Points, levels, badges

Technologies used

Node.js
Next.js
MySQL
Sequelize
Dgraph
Docker
Laravel
PHP
Role Tech Lead
Duration 2022-2023
Engagement Long-term contract (Tier B)

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