brandon aka kid lightbulbs

in other news, i have a very big and fun idea for Unstream I now really badly want to work on and in yet other news I may never record another album again 🥴

Plus, giving your music to these communities for free is awesome! It cultivates good will, and gives you a great base of fans to help spread the word with you. Some of them *will* pay you down the line, if you give them a way to.

Even if you make $0 on selling your music, the act of a listener […]

Sure, people can discover me through Spotify because I have a few releases still up there, it's free (but bad) marketing. But most people find my stuff through my posting, writing and in li'l communities I'm in, and I suspect many artists find success this way. It doesn't cost anything other […]

So I took a page from @iamdavehawkins' book and put my entire latest album on my website. You can listen in full for free, even download it in whatever format you want (via Faircamp), and optionally throw me a few bucks in a few ways (including Venmo). All my other albums are there too […]

Streaming and AI have fully commoditized music. We can't do anything about that, and many of us our comfortable streaming any music – even each other's music – using our service of choice.

But we also want to change things so that it's feasible to make even a *portion* of a living through art […]

Somewhat hot take: I think every small indie musician should consider just giving all their music away for free, outside the streaming ecosystem in the easiest way possible, “pay if you want” style

Not as a teaser for something bigger, just give all of it away. But give people a way to […]

struggling with the sheer cognitive dissonance of it being 61°F and still seeing 3ft high piles of snow around

The struggle is real, I’m in it right now

so excited for gen z switch 2 owners to have their minds broken by the physical-special split when heartgold/soulsilver comes out again
#pokemon threads

Kid Lightbulbs Kid Lightbulbs is Brandon Lucas Green. Brandon's music blends an intriguing mix of influences, evoking Nine Inch Nails, Fiona Apple-esque piano rock, and 70s prog, coupled with highly vulnerable and often self-deprecating lyricism. Brandon operates as a solo artist, writing, producing & releasing music from his basement in central Massachusetts. No AI here.

https://kidlightbulbs.bandcamp.com

https://kidlightbulbs.bandcamp.com/
#music threads

Nothing new from me this Bandcamp Friday, though it's a good time to check out my back catalog if you haven't yet / in a while.

4 art rock concept albums, a bunch of singles and collabs. I most recently did a double-single with @comboverbeethoven and a @honeycrushing cover.

All proceeds will […]

i've been seeing a lot more ads on threads.

not threads sponsored content, but rather viral posts where the pinned comment is an amazon link

It's a simple feature in all. But the exciting thing is that this is step 1 of a larger story for Buffer – one where we shift the product to one driven by insight and enabling momentum and clarity for any creator or business on social.

Read more about our shift and the first step, smart […]

The idea is simple: You can now build an entire posting schedule using Buffer's recommended posting times. This isn't AI – it's an algorithmic system based on deep statistical analysis on the billions of posts shared through Buffer.

Prefer to keep control? No worries, you can fine-tune as you […]

May be a doodle of ‎timer and ‎text that says '‎11 12 10 1 2 3 9 8 7 Recommended times to post 4 5 بی Monday 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 수 Tuesday 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Wednesday 6:00PM-7:00PM PM- 7:00 PM 6:00 MON 31 Buffer‎'‎‎

Something I still hear all the time from creators: "What's the best time to post?"

Some social media tools give you some answer here, but "why" is sort of a black box and you're paying $$$ for it. Otherwise, the model is that you're given stats: lots and lots of […]

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there's suddenly a lot of pokemon in my feed and i am okay with it
#pokemon threads

May be a Twitter screenshot of ‎phone, screen and ‎text that says '‎8:49 5G Apple Intelligence & Siri Announce Calls Announce Notifications Messaging with Siri Siri & Dictation History My Information Brandon BrandonGreen Green Voice recordings and transcripts are sent to Applefor for improvement purposes. About Improve Siri & Privacy... Extensions ll4cc.Z CHMICI Chatepp Chation 4ي1 Ae iPhonecanuse H:trea./olo/olelomttetlt use ChatGPT to help you write text, create an iPhone canuse can image, answer questions, and more.‎'‎‎

Apple has the opportunity to meet the moment and do something pretty funny right now

(They probably won’t but still)
#AI Threads

Uptowntrain5 (@uptowntrain5) on Threads A landmark in Boston, Wally’s Jazz, phenomenal… nothing better than old school jazz.

Oh man I used to love this place

RE: https://www.threads.com/@uptowntrain5/post/DVQsszqjkme

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"
#AI Threads

I continue to spiral in my head around LLMs and wrote some more thoughts on my blog about this, and how I reconcile my feelings as a tinkerer & tech enthusiast with my personal values & feelings as an artist and arts patron. The feelings here are still messy.

Special shoutout to @schmeeglez for […]

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

I haven’t done much with Unstream in a while. Is anyone here using it? How do you feel about it? What would you like to see it do?

Context: https://unstream.stream

Kid Lightbulbs Sprawling, confessional, piano-heavy industrial alternative rock from central MA, USA. THE NEW ALBUM: INFINITE NORMAL, OUT NOW

https://kidlightbulbs.com for a sample

https://kidlightbulbs.com/

Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life) on Threads Workday’s stock is down -37% this year given fears that AI tools will cannibalize SAAS apps. It’s funny that the CEO of Workday has to point out to investors that companies like Google and Anthropic use their software instead of vibe coding a replacement. The idea that people will start checking paystubs and setting 401(K) deductions using some tool vibe coded by coworkers is hilarious.

i am starting to think that maybe, just maybe, the ai ceo's are just engaging in market manipulation

RE: https://www.threads.com/@carnage4life/post/DVLjSkfFLFT

@mikechoe on Threads • dude drops $2000 on a DJI robot vacuum like a lunatic • refuses to use the normal app like a peasant • Sammy Azdoufal fires up Claude to crack the API so he can drive it with an xbox controller • Claude delivers the goods • pulls an auth token from their servers, connects successfully • except the system thinks he controls 7000 vacuums • checks again • yep, seven thousand • DJI built authentication with zero device ownership verification • any valid token works for any unit on the planet

this is why i stopped investing in smart home gadgetry

RE: https://www.threads.com/@mikechoe/post/DVI1GqNFNci

Might be out of my songwriting block

Quick update: I need to get legal house in order before I attempt to roll this out more widely. For now, I am really just looking for a few US based artists with whom to try this out.

Something I forgot to say: right now this only supports US-based artists. Payouts in international currencies is a thing I know is possible but I haven’t figured out the full legal/tax implications of handling different currencies and payouts outside my home country. I’m looking into this though […]

Auxpack Patron subscriptions for indie creator collectives.

Btw: here is an example “pack”. Very minimal for now
https://auxpack.club/p/cult-of-lightbulbs

@iamdavehawkins I absolutely think this would be fun to incorporate into the webring

It's basically a recurring payment system you can easily plug into your existing site, as another way for people to support you & the artists in your community. Ideally these artist "packs" can support each other more sustainably than everyone having to do this on their own.

This is a really […]