I’ve yet again been quiet on LinkedIn because the product discourse is pretty oversaturated.

But I’m energized by the values of independence and long-term thinking partly thanks to my work at @Buffer. So, I’m continuing to embed it into my work in music as well. Some recent updates from that part of my brain:

• I’ve released 4 singles so far in 2024, plus a collaboration with a fellow independent artist named Badyears
• I’m deep in the process of finalizing my 2nd full-length album as Kid Lightbulbs, largely made up of material I’m revisiting from 10 years ago
• I relaunched a simple site for my project Kid Lightbulbs using Carrd, and a newsletter using Buttondown, two small independent companies in their own right
• I’m developing a strategy of wide distribution of my music and content to promote it (using Buffer for the social part!), with the goal of driving organic, genuine fan connection on platforms like Threads, Discord servers and my own site (where fans can buy my music from me directly using a simple Stripe payment link instead of a streaming platform)

It’s been super fun and energizing applying independence to my solo creative work! I’m going to be writing more about this in the future too.