๐ŸŽป 4 weeks on Nostr! Hard to believe itโ€™s been 4 weeks already! Along the way Iโ€™ve shared 28 daily tunes, improvisations, and even an orchestral release (link in bio!). Iโ€™m blown away by how supportive and engaged this community is. Iโ€™ve noticed many of you are consistently commenting, reposting, liking, and zapping my stuffโšก๏ธ ๐Ÿ’œ So a huge thank you and shout out to you! Apologies if Iโ€™ve missed anyone: @DireMunchkin, @npub1l2gv...r0gm, @Grace and Truth, @Stacking Functions, @Trazyn, @jmb421, @FL Justin, @Melody, @PDJ, @MAKE SONGS LONGER, @Ryan, @OpenMike Today also marks another milestone: I now have my own NIP-05 identifier through @Tunestr โ†’ matthiasmcintire@tunestr.io โšก๏ธ Feels great to plant my flag in this new space as an artistโ€ฆ and to join the likes of @Ainsley Costello and @Joe Martin ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŸ โšก on Tunestr! It also hit meโ€ฆ am I the first Bitcoin violinist/violist/composer?? I could be the first in the world, or at least on Nostr, earning directly in Bitcoin for my music! Iโ€™ve looked around and so far I havenโ€™t seen anotherโ€ฆ and thatโ€™s pretty crazy!! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŽถ So, thanks again to everyone whoโ€™s followed, zapped, reposted, and commented so far. Youโ€™ve made me feel that my work is valued hereโ€ฆ Iโ€™m very excited to keep going! Hereโ€™s a little happy improv to celebrate. Consider it my ๐ŸŽ‚ one-month birthday tune! Hereโ€™s to the next 4 weeks! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽป #musicstr #grownostr #bitcoinviolinist #bitcoinviolist #bitcoincomposer

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You showed up and kept showing up, kept sharing your music, kept learning about the Purpleverse, and youโ€™re only getting started. A masterclass in committing to Nostr and giving it your all. We appreciate your music here!
Youโ€™re inspiring. At a time when weโ€™ve been wondering how to get this to catch on, HOW we can reach musicians, you swooped in and did it. It really shows how much this is needed and how much musicians can benefitโ€”if they only knew this was here!
Let me know if you want help running a zap.stream. OBS works really well for managing your video and sound feed and for creating the rtmp feed to allow streaming ( this is what allows you to stream to youtube, twitch, zap.stream, primal, etc. ).
Cool! I appreciate that! Iโ€™m planning to give streaming a try on Tunestr, but havenโ€™t had a chance to really dive into that yet. I used OBS briefly during Covidโ€ฆ but Iโ€™m not super familiar with it. I assume zap.stream would be similar to Tunestr?
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