Had a fun idea tonight to add generative AI policy markers to the music platforms in #unstream search results

Deploying in a few minutes

#fairtrademusic #indiemusic #ai #bandcamp #mirlo #ampwall #bandwagon #musicsky

Happy to!

Unstream - Support Artists Directly Search any artist. See where your money actually goes. Unstream shows artist payout percentages across 15 platforms. Free and open source.

70 artists are here already! Consider looking yourself up and claiming your own page: unstream.stream

It's fun that Unstream is becoming a trusted directory for independent artists & the best ways to support them.

This is part of my vision: to make it as clear and easy as possible who know you are listening to, the fact that they're a real artist/band, and that they deserve your support.

Who's gonna be the 50th musician to claim an Unstream page???????

#indie #musicsky #fairtrademusic #faircamp #bandcamp #supportindieartists

(Firefox update also coming imminently!)

Unstream for Chrome v2.0.1 is out with some improvements to music detection on #bandcamp and YouTube. Grab it if you like this little thing I built and/or want to find ways to support the artists you listen to:

chrome.google.com/webstore/det...

#musicsky

- You can set a global keyboard shortcut to pop the Mac app from anywhere
- The Mac app settings are a bit better organized

unstream.stream

- Support for the new verified artist pages in search/playback results
- Built-in Bandcamp Friday awareness
- Improved playback detection in the browser extensions
- The Mac app now detects playback in @jherskowitz.com's Parachord and @radiccio.music apps

Anyone can now save a list of artists to support & get release alerts.

I'm not looking for this to be a moneymaking app, but one to help inspire change in how people support music. Any other ideas to make this better as an artist or a fan, let me know!

Also in v2.0 👇

Okay, Unstream 2.0 (the apps + extensions) are coming out now 🤘

Big change is that the apps are now fully *free* w/ optional donation. I've gotten some great feedback from some great people, and decided that this project is better suited for that model. #fairtrademusic #musicsky

As a final fun li'l bonus: I made Unstream aware of Bandcamp Fridays

At the simplest, it makes for a free linktree alternative focused on the best places to directly support you as an artist, which in turn is integrated into Unstream search/app/extensions. Plus a lot of bigger things can start to form around this foundation, and that has me very excited

Okay, a couple of fun things I'm working on for Unstream right now:

- true artist pages & a process to claim them
- artist page customization - curate your platform links, add a bio, add a featured release
- embeds
- a simple directory of verified #indie artists

unstream.stream

#musicsky

more to come shortly! Just working out some kinks and adding some nice bells & whistles 😄

Unstream - Find Music on Alternative Platforms Find what's playing on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

messing around with verified artist pages on unstream 👀

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#fairtrademusic #indiemusic #streaming #unstream

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I could probably integrate that easily, yeah! I have been thinking about creating a general database of trusted official sites, faircamp pages and the like so artists can submit their own trusted links.

To a certain extent, yes! Unstream checks against the Faircamp webring directory for matches based on the artist you search. faircamp.webr.ing/directory.html

imagine if someone was like "I'm an AI parent, I imagined everything about my child and had AI give birth to it and raise it into adulthood and I'm so proud of them and I'd love for you to meet them"

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It was an absolute pleasure speaking with product manager, indie musician, and writer, @bgreen.lol. We got the opportunity to learn about his unique background, music career as Kid Lightbulbs, and the inspiring actions he takes to uplift his fellow artists.
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fruit is year 3 (honeycrush), by Kid Lightbulbs track by Kid Lightbulbs

Surprise: I covered @honeycrushing.bsky.social for #Bandcamp Friday

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How I use Buffer Music maker, product leader, writer & technologist based in central MA, USA. Tinkering with the internet in pursuit of creative independence.

In an attempt to be helpful and distract myself from *waves arms around* everything going on... I wrote 1900 words on how I use @buffer, the product I work on for my day job.

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I miss the time when we talked about space as “the final frontier” instead of “the lowest cost way to generate AI compute”

Unstream: Find & support your favorite music on alternative platforms | Product Hunt Unstream is a little app that help find music you love outside the streaming ecosystem. It recommends platforms better suited to support the makers of that music, as well as free community alternative...

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