Simuze is built in the open, one piece at a time. This page is the honest version: what is built and usable, what is still thin, and what comes next. No marketing tense.
Built (structural)
Platform
- Custom Modular stack powering the public site and the admin back office from one codebase
- Unified routing for pages, posts, albums, tracks, playlists, events, and mixed archives
- Re-runnable database schema as the single source of truth (idempotent, no migration sprawl)
- Shared template, escaping, URL, and database helpers across the whole front-end
- SEO foundations: sitemap endpoint and metadata hooks ready for the URL set as it grows
Identity & payments
- Token-based session model with login, signup, forgot-password, and account management
- Server-side auth proxy so the checkout and embed surfaces work the same on staging and production
- Signed payment webhook updating purchase state in Simuze
- Per-user and per-group payment settings, including a connectivity self-test for sellers
Community
- Users, groups, activity, messages, friends, follows, reviews, and reports as first-class objects
- Admin tooling for shows, cities, groups, group types, reviews, reports, messages, activity, and settings
- Built-in export/import for community data
Groups & profiles
- Group types: artist, label, venue, city, province, country, fanbase
- Public group pages with a tabbed dashboard: overview, music, discography, artists, members, activity, shows, settings, invites, sales (where applicable)
- Group creation wizard and group settings (handles, visibility, payment hooks)
- Public profile pages with a full dashboard: home, playlists, activity, friends, groups, messages, shows, uploads, purchases, payment settings, profile settings
- Header image upload and a cached avatar pipeline with sensible fallbacks
- Internal API for messaging, user search, group updates, payment settings, and header uploads
Music & playlists
- Albums, tracks, artwork, and lifecycle handled by a single music layer
- Upload flow for audio and metadata, both on profiles and inside groups
- Public music discovery: music hub, albums, tracks, singles, and latest releases on the homepage
- Group music manager and public discography
- User playlists: create, edit, reorder, add and remove tracks, and public playlist pages
- Lightweight artist embed for use on external sites
- Admin-side music tools for moderation and fixes
Commerce
- Purchase and download flow with access pages, success and cancel paths
- User purchase history and group-facing sales views
- Webhook-driven order completion and follow-up actions
- Server-side audio conversion step for deliverables
- Seller dashboard template for keeping an eye on orders
Shows, events & ticketing
- Events as first-class objects with venues, line-ups, and categories (concerts, festivals, tours)
- Show listing, add, and edit flows
- Ticketing service with pending orders and a clean hand-off to checkout
- User ticket history and an organiser dashboard per show: guestlist, attendance, comments, line-up tools
- Event comments, attendance toggles, and guestlist entry helpers
Social: activity, board, messaging
- Activity feed and per-user activity tab
- Community board with multiple post types (open slots, looking-for-band, requests, etc.) and inline compose
- Direct messaging with threads, @mentions, read state, and inline compose
- Welcome thread from Simuze for every new account
Discovery & geography
- Live agenda with filters for country, province, city, genre, following, and event type
- Network hub linking out into cities, countries, groups, genres, and playlists
- Archive and letter-index pages for cities, countries, groups, playlists, and genres
- Location avatars and geo helpers for place-type groups
- Show matching and a venue layer behind event data
Editorial & trust
- Weblog with listing, single-post layout, and structured post bodies
- Static pages for About, FAQ, How-to, Roadmap, and Feedback
- Feedback form with proof-of-work captcha that mails the team
- User reviews and abuse reports with admin review queues
- Privacy guards so email addresses never leak into public views or APIs
Design & front-end
- House style across layout, components, hero, forms, and community-specific UI
- Responsive dashboard layout shared by profiles and groups (sticky nav, chapter blocks, playful cards)
- Homepage with network context, board preview, and release grids
- Store and subscription page layouts in place, ready to plug deeper services into
Next (product & go-live)
- Staging continuously deployed; structured testing with real users and musicians
- Feedback from those sessions folded back into priorities and bug fixes
- Production cutover to simuze.com once staging is stable enough to promise uptime
- End-to-end payments test passes in production-like config; edge cases, refunds, and reconciliation hardened
- End-to-end ticketing test passes (purchase, check-in, cancellations); organiser and buyer flows tightened
- Post-launch iteration: clearer group payouts, statements, and sales analytics for sellers
- Simuze apps for mobile and desktop with reliable playback, offline queues where feasible, and playlists as first-class objects
- Subscriptions inside Simuze for streaming-style access to playlists and artist catalogs, with billing, entitlements, and fair payout rules
- Musician store beyond digital music: merch, bundles, and inventory-aware fulfilment
- Rozuro (or equivalent) integration so artist identity, credits, and rights metadata stay in sync for artists who already live there
- More day-job tooling for musicians: tour routing, contract and checklist templates, promo assets, deeper stats, anything that shortens the gap between making music and running the business
- Global search across people, groups, cities, genres, events, and posts
- Notifications people actually want: digests, replies, follows, ticket reminders (email first, push later)
- iCal and calendar subscribe links per user for their shows
- Translations: Dutch and English at minimum
- Public radio or curated always-on streams built on the same catalog
- Fully populated sitemap and structured data once URLs stabilise
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