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Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

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  • NickS Nick

    @kidlightbulbs This is awesome! I just recently started the same process of buying the music of artists I enjoy and quit my Spotify subscription.
    However, I noticed for the artist "Mine" a wrong Bandcamp Link. How does your tool verify for correct links?

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    brandon aka kid lightbulbs
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    @stormii one other thought: I’m not “verifying” links at all in the app, but I could probably just build a simple mechanism to claim or verify a link for decentralized pages like Faircamp. I’ll think on this!

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    • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

      Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

      It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

      It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

      You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

      #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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      @kidlightbulbs not bad. I tried it and it seems to work quite well.

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      • D WhatsonD D Whatson

        @kidlightbulbs not bad. I tried it and it seems to work quite well.

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        @dwhatson awesome! thanks for checking it out!!

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        • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

          @dwhatson awesome! thanks for checking it out!!

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          @kidlightbulbs happy to test it out. Of course, I used myself as I know what platforms my material is on. It did find me on Bandwagon.fm, but not on any other distributed platforms. I know that I'm on every platform that I can get my work on to (Spotify excepted). So there's my feedback. Good work so far though, and I look forward to the android version.

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          • D WhatsonD D Whatson

            @kidlightbulbs happy to test it out. Of course, I used myself as I know what platforms my material is on. It did find me on Bandwagon.fm, but not on any other distributed platforms. I know that I'm on every platform that I can get my work on to (Spotify excepted). So there's my feedback. Good work so far though, and I look forward to the android version.

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            @dwhatson thanks. What is your artist name? I can do some troubleshooting and figure out a fix 🙂

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            • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

              I already have a nice list of features to potentially add to Unstream; I even set up a public Feedback board for you to submit ideas to make the app better.

              Check it out, and I hope it helps you consider your streaming subscriptions and the art you want to support!

              https://unstream.stream

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              @kidlightbulbs this is cool! I definitely have some suggestions that I’ll add 🙂

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              • fluffy 💜F fluffy 💜

                @kidlightbulbs this is cool! I definitely have some suggestions that I’ll add 🙂

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                @fluffy please and thank you!

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                • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                  @dwhatson thanks. What is your artist name? I can do some troubleshooting and figure out a fix 🙂

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                  @kidlightbulbs I just use my David Whatson. This might help. https://linktr.ee/dwhatson. I like the app and I'm looking forward to trying it out with other artists I know.

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                  • D WhatsonD D Whatson

                    @kidlightbulbs I just use my David Whatson. This might help. https://linktr.ee/dwhatson. I like the app and I'm looking forward to trying it out with other artists I know.

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                    @dwhatson cool, on my todo list to look into!

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                    • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                      Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

                      It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

                      It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

                      You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

                      #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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                      @kidlightbulbs Super nice! It would be cool if the search query would be expressed as a URL parameter for sharing!

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                      • Dragan EspenschiedD Dragan Espenschied

                        @kidlightbulbs Super nice! It would be cool if the search query would be expressed as a URL parameter for sharing!

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                        @despens on my to do list!! Stay tuned!

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                        • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                          Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

                          It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

                          It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

                          You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

                          #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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                          @kidlightbulbs This sounds like something I've been looking for.

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                          • Dragan EspenschiedD Dragan Espenschied

                            @kidlightbulbs Super nice! It would be cool if the search query would be expressed as a URL parameter for sharing!

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                            @despens I forgot to mention - I shipped an update to general urls for search results for sharing!

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                            • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                              @despens I forgot to mention - I shipped an update to general urls for search results for sharing!

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                              @kidlightbulbs super cool!!!

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                              • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                                Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

                                It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

                                It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

                                You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

                                #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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                                @kidlightbulbs @jonhicks This is awesome.

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                                • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                                  Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

                                  It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

                                  It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

                                  You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

                                  #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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                                  @kidlightbulbs awesome timing! i am trying something similar:

                                  https://tperfitt.twocanoes.com/2026/01/11/tim-versus-the-algorithm.html

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                                  • Timothy PerfittT Timothy Perfitt

                                    @kidlightbulbs awesome timing! i am trying something similar:

                                    https://tperfitt.twocanoes.com/2026/01/11/tim-versus-the-algorithm.html

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                                    @tperfitt oh nice! I just started tinkering with a Jellyfin server myself!

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                                    • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                                      Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

                                      It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

                                      It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

                                      You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

                                      #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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                                      @kidlightbulbs This is awesome!

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                                      • brandon aka kid lightbulbsK brandon aka kid lightbulbs

                                        Fun update: I made an app over the holiday break!

                                        It’s called Unstream: Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

                                        It was directly borne out of my desire to get off Apple Music myself, and instead build a library of music I own through directly supporting artists by buying their music.

                                        You can check it out here, at a URL I still find amusing: https://unstream.stream

                                        #indiemusic #faircamp #bandcamp #music #streaming

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                                        @kidlightbulbs I'd suggest to add Nina protocol - for me it is the most profitable way of distributing music https://www.ninaprotocol.com/

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                                        • Blain SmithB Blain Smith

                                          @kidlightbulbs Awesome. The biggest blocker for me was Bandcamp not having more maintstream / popular artists especially ones me kids listen to. Not that TSwift needs more money, but I'd like Lorna Shore and In Flames to get paid better from my listening. 😃

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                                          @blainsmith @kidlightbulbs
                                          The sad thing about that is there's nothing stopping mainstream artists from being on Bandcamp. Or from releasing more than a few singles on Bandcamp.

                                          2 examples: Imogen Heap (not on Fedi) and CMAT (also not on Fedi). Both artists have some, but not all, of their music on Bandcamp. Both have a fanbase in Ireland and UK, where Bandcamp download sales count towards the official music charts.

                                          It looks like CMAT just gave up in early 2022:
                                          https://cmatbaby.bandcamp.com/

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