What is Star Maker? [ESP/ENG]

Hey guys, what's up! I wanted to share an app with you that, although I understand it's been around for a while, I only recently discovered by chance when it popped up in some ads. I did some research and ended up downloading it. It's a karaoke app—yes, you read that right, a karaoke app. Although, technically, it's more than that, since it works like any social network, with interactions, rewards, and even monetization. However, I personally prefer using it for fun and tracking my progress rather than anything else.

¡Hola chicos qué tal! Me gustaría compartir con ustedes una aplicación que a pesara de que tengo entendido lleva ya mucho tiempo en circulación yo la descubrí recientemente y por casualidad, cuando me apareció en unos anuncios, me puse a investigar un poco más sobre ella y al final decidí descargarla. Se trata de una aplicación de karaoke, sí, así como lo lees, una aplicación de karaoke, aunque bueno, técnicamente es más que eso ya que funciona como cualquier red social, con interacciones, premios y hasta monetización, sin embargo en mi caso me gusta mucho más usarla por diversión y medición de progresos que para otra cosa.

I'll tell you about my experience. While exploring the platform, I came across the option to sing, and I was surprised to see the number of resources available for editing sound, so I recorded my first cover, "Mala Hierba" by Alejandra Guzmán. At that time, I didn't know how to use the editing platform, so I left it with the standard sound, which honestly had a lot of reverb (or echo). Without even realizing it, I uploaded the cover. I noticed it from the notifications I saw. In a short time—in fact, in just a few minutes—the cover had already reached 244 views, 6 gifts, 113 likes, and 7 comments. This made me want to investigate further... Gifts? What exactly does that mean?

For every cover I started uploading, I received many of these "Gifts." Back then, when I checked the gifts section, I had about 29 stars, which, as far as I understand, are used to give gifts to other users or can even be redeemed when you have a certain amount.

But I also realized that the app has a reward system for daily tasks with various features, such as watching another user's live stream for about 3 minutes, sending gifts to other users, singing duets (yes, you can also record duet covers), or simply watching ads. This earns you silver coins that can later be redeemed, but to be completely honest, I still don't know how to redeem these coins or if it's true that you can exchange them for real money, since what really motivates me is the act of recording covers itself. It's super fun, and once I figured out the right way to do it, I started recording and uploading more songs.

So far, this is my ranking list: I've been in the top 10 exactly 10 times, in the top 5 12 times, and in the number one spot 10 times. While that's not bad, I'm much more excited about the learning itself. You learn many interesting things on the platform, and as I mentioned, you can also interact with other people. For example, there are "Families," which are groups with other users where you can interact in various ways, from simply chatting to making duet songs.

At that time, as I was just starting out, my activity level was very low, but then it gradually increased.

For me, this platform has been a very pleasant and fun experience. I like it a lot, so I plan to continue using it to discover what other features it has. Thank you for letting me share my experience and impressions with you.

All images in this post are my own; they are screenshots. .