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looks great on mobile too~

we put some work into the discography dashboard this weekend! got catalog? we got tools to manage it: ✅ bulk import / export ✅ permissions ✅ visibility ✅ pricing ✅ metadata ✅ tagging ✅ territories ✅ reporting + more~ sign up for early access: tone.audio

everything we’re working on is meticulously thought out and intentionally designed, down to the pixel. here’s a look at our icon sets. you’ll get to see them in action soon! in the meantime, sign up for early access at tone.audio

pick your own ~tone~ on Tone—and customize everything else too! feeds, playlists, filters, posts, tags, packs (more on those later 👀), and more. *always* intentionally curated by humans. no AI, no algorithms. sign up for early access at tone.audio

what’s up, y’all?? we’re still kicking over here. the first cooperatively owned streaming and download service is almost ready!! in designing and building Tone, we’ve thought of every detail, and we work diligently on it every day. sign up for early access at tone.audio 🙏

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Announcing this years Fair Pay at SXSW showcase! Friday, March 14th at Hole in the Wall. Free with RSVP! Link to RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/umaws...

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Boycotting plutocratic big business is good. Supporting alternative systems is even better. When you spend at a co-op, your money benefits community members, not a wealthy elite. You also support a democratic institution in the economy, which strengthens democracy overall. Shop co-op.

Labels, booking agencies, and managers: sign on in support of the LWFMA! Artists, share with your teams! actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-o...

[PREVIEW] Release Editor C O N T R O L . your music, released how you want. sign up for early access: tone.audio

uploading music to new services sucks so bad! we know, we've done it thousands of times ourselves upload songs & albums with our importer in seconds and watch your metadata pre-fill itself: lyrics, titles, art, and more. just drag and drop and we'll do the rest sign up for early access: tone.audio

❌ no pro rata. no private equity. no fake artists. no union busting. no payola. ✅ listener-centric revenue. cooperatively owned and operated. open source, public database at launch. can’t be evil. sign up for early access: tone.audio

PREVIEW: release pages on multiple devices (open this thread to view mobile & tablet). let us know what you think! sign up for early access to the only cooperatively owned music service with a listener-centric revenue model: tone.audio

what would you change about Spotify? Bandcamp? Substack? what if the best parts of each existed as a unique standalone service, owned collectively by everyone who uses it? just some questions we’ve been thinking about every day for years 🫠. sign up for early access to our answer: tone.audio

everything you’d want a music service to be. the good parts of substack, bandcamp, and spotify as an all-in-one artist & listener & writer-owned co-op. publish, listen, and release on your terms. sign up for early access: tone.audio

WIP: profile and notification settings are starting to come together. our co-op music service is almost ready! signup for early access: tone.audio

WIP: our listener pages are also starting to come together! learn more and sign up for early access to our co-op music service: tone.audio

WIP: we’re continuing work on artist pages today! our co-op music service is almost ready for you. learn more and sign up for early access at tone.audio

For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social harpers.org/archive/2025...

“Things are being made linearly worse in the pursuit of growth in every aspect of our digital lives, and it’s because everything must grow, at all costs, at all times, unrelentingly, even if it makes the technology we use every day consistently harmful.” www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

WIP: a look at our take on artist / label / listener pages. our co-op music service is almost ready! signup for early access: tone.audio

artist pages are nearly complete! we’re working tirelessly to get this service up and running for you! an independent artist, label, and listener owned co-op music service is almost a reality!! tone.audio

wip: an early look at our home page and navigation on desktop. our artist and listener-owned music service is almost ready for you! sign up for early access: tone.audio

wip: a look at our coop membership card. our artist and listener-owned music service is almost ready for you! sign up for early access: tone.audio

wip: a look at our audio player. our artist and listener-owned music service is almost ready for you! sign up for early access: tone.audio

musicians and record labels: sign up for early access to the service at tone.audio thank you for your interest and support!!

our service will be open sourced at launch—software devs: jump in! discord.com/invite/dfky8... github.com/sone-works/

designers and developers (and curious dorks), you can check out our design system “quarternote” in action here: quarternote.sone.dev

components!! our artist and listener-owned music listening service is almost ready for you! sign up for early access: tone.audio

pick yr ~tone~ we’re almost ready for you! signup for early access: tone.audio

our first initiative is launching and then overseeing @tonedotaudio.bsky.social—and we’re pretty far along!

our focus is on “designing, building, and operating an open-source infrastructure for and with the independent music community; educating artists, listeners, and independent record labels on self-releasing and self-publishing music, and navigating the broader music industry ecosystem.”

hello! we are now a registered 501(c)(3) organization!