every time a banger comes on in my cabin im like jesus who the fuck is this and every time its modeselektor
they're so good
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it really is lovely living atop my little hill here
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wot ewe lookin at šš
using nostr auth in normie apps is our sly round about way
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My little coding hut for the week š©āš»
code is art
Tomorrow I am off to a shepherds hut in the middle of nowhere so I can work on one idea without getting distracted by another. š
thank you!
yikes.
fixed now?
So much to build š§
www.seq1.net
#SEQ1
nostr:nprofile1qqstfvm3tmwkud4jhrwg6545a2yqslht4pc0nsay7hc4ddvkfp4sajspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qse2r5 this šwill use nostr for auth, and then from there will build in native zap.stream streaming and then who knows. Forums, anything but once you have users and its all built on top of nostr, it removes the friction to publishing content versus existing content creation, so not only is it on nostr, creators will share more than they would otherwise. Something ive been thinking a lot about lately!
I walked into the primal house the other day in beautiful Uvita, and nostr:nprofile1qqsgqke57uygxl0m8elstq26c4mq2erz3dvdtgxwswwvhdh0xcs04scyt7yh7 asked meā¦
āIf you were in my shoes (growth @ Primal), what would you do to grow Primal and Nostr?ā
Iāve been thinking about this the last couple daysā¦š¤
Hereās what I got:
First off, I feel like the biggest unlock for nostr is recruiting creators with existing audiences on other platforms to come over to nostr.
One creator with a massive following could lead to thousands of new nostr usersā¦
Weāve seen this happen many times overā¦
Now play that out across hundreds of creators with large audiences - this could have a massive impact.
With that being saidā¦
š¤ Whatās the best way to recruit creators to the network at scale?
š¤ Whatās an absolute no brainer offer to a large creator, something that they couldnāt say no toā¦?
š¤ Would ārecruitingā creators even work? Should all growth here just be organic and naturalā¦?
While I was thinking this through, I had to remind myself of a hurdle that weād need to overcome to make this work:
Creators DONāT want another platform.
Most are already overwhelmed with the number of apps they need to post on and keep up withā¦
99.9% arenāt actively looking for āanother social mediaā
Soā¦
š§ š Hereās the plan šš§
1ļøā£ Target a group of top creators on X to recruit to Primal.
Weāll start with Health & Wellness creators since it feels pretty tangential to the existing (primarily bitcoin-focused) network.
ChatGPT deep research estimates there are 200,000 health & wellness influencers with over 50,000 followers on X.
2ļøā£ Take that list and create nostr accounts for each.
Start auto-populating their accounts with their existing tweets.
Essentially, bridge the X accounts - whenver they post on X it auto-posts to Nostr.āØāØNow, the most critical step is ensuring that these accounts have a way to receive zaps - even before theyāre āclaimedā.
Sats would accumulate in their wallet until the user āclaimsā their account.
The more zaps they receive, the larger the incentive is to come over to nostr and actually claim their account (more on this soon)ā¦
This would tap into into the existing nostr network to āvote with their satsā on who they want to see come over to the networkā¦
It crowdsources the growth engine of the network.
šSide notes/tangential ideas:
- Maybe Primal marks these accounts as āunclaimed/unverifiedā so itās transparent
- After a certain number of days āUnclaimedā wallets get their sats sent back to the senderā¦?
- Iām not technical so idk how any of this would workā¦ just dreaming up over here.
Now, letās talk about setup and execution:
3ļøā£ Cold Outbound system setup
Build out an email list of all of these creators in step 1.
Use a tool like TweetScraper or other email scraping tools.
Set up a cold email outreach system using Instantly AIā¦
Spin up a handful of domains and email inboxes - should be able to send 1000s of emails daily.
For some extra touch points set up Drippi AI for Twitter DM outreach out scale.
Now hereās where it getās interestingā¦
4ļøā£ The NO BRAINER pitch.
Message each creator with a short no brainer pitchā¦
Remember, 99% of creators donāt want another platform to post toā¦
This no brainer pitch is meant to get their foot in the door.
Weāre not selling the full nostr vision (just yet)ā¦
For now, weāre literally just going for the primal app download.
The pitch?
You have free BTC waiting for you, an audience thatās already growing, and it requires 0 effort to maintain since your account will auto-post from X.
Follow up with their updated stats every 14 days.
āYou gained 197 followers and were zapped 21,538 sats these past 14 daysā¦ come claim your account and walletā
This could be done at scale - sending thousands of these emails daily to targeted high profile creators.
5ļøā£ is it even worth itā¦?
I had a conversation with nostr:nprofile1qqspywh6ulgc0w3k6mwum97m7jkvtxh0lcjr77p9jtlc7f0d27wlxpslh36g7 and he mentioned that it seems like all marketing efforts to grow primal/nostr are irrelevant and the only thing that moves the needle are big eventsā¦
Things like:
- Twitter banned in Brazil
- Telegram CEO arrest
- Ross Ulbricht joins nostr (soon š)
Macro events will likely always be the needle moversā¦
But imagine 100,000 creators already warmed up when the next big wave happens?
Lmk what you think šš½
Hoping this sparks other ideas and conversations
What about the platforms creators use being built on nostr. Thats my ambition, then creators are already on nostr rails natively without even realising
Just saying but my #Nostr #Bitcoin Guitar shop is slowly becoming a thing š“āā ļøšø
New inventory Uploaded š„
https://sync.cypher.space/shop
Rocking man. Love it! So cool!
nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqs9tuz9jpn57djg7nxunhyvuvk69g5zqaxdpvpqt9hwqv7395u9rpgj3fwdk it's meant to look like the brain that controls the machines in your illustration, would love your thoughts!
dogs circadian rythm is so funny. every day my dog does the same shit. hes started being needy telling me its time to go home now. funny little creature. š¶
I cant wait to get it to you to see what you make of it!
Well its curated.
Like. This started as just a toy for myself to make music with. And has evolved obviously š
But the fundemental basis remains that its curating and its just removing the technical barriers between inspiration and the end result
If your ideas are shit it will still sound shit, just technically perfect shit š
Is it artificial?
Its just an emotional abstraction like language itself
Ai art. Ai music. That definitely earns its artificial badge. But this?
Honestly its such a magic rabbit hole i tell ya
Paradigms are made to be broken
I was about to ask what you honestly made of it! Im glad!
I cant wait to get it to a point where people can play with it and you'll be the very first!
Also another consideration from a production perspective
It was troubling me how youd initiate the process, so.... If you just start playing something its going to understand what youre doing and just start jamming with you
So what is it? Is it a daw? Nooooo fukn idea
#SEQ1
This is the question and why i have built it to be so adaptive at every point
Its also had me wondering whats more important the process of making something or its emotional impact
What i am wondering i think is the opposite
I think the emotional feel is going to be the easy bit. The resolution of music is quite low in a programattic sense. Midi is still used and was invented in the 70's...
Ableton is incredibly ridgid if you think about it properly. Human emotion codified in clips on a screen.
That was the moment i realised i wasnt building an integration in to a daw. Its too limiting
Lets not get ahead of ourselves though. Im currently running extensive testing that the human prompts generate coherent midi output. Its all working which is the astonishing thing but I havent used it yet.
Exactly. And it learns dont forget. So its not starting without knowing how to achieve the objective of the business owner in the first place
I actually think it changes everything about music
Why would you listen to a recording of a Jupiter 8 when you could listen to the real thing jamming over the most incredible PA possible
And then at home
Why put on Spotify at a dinner party?
It changes everything to me
Ah well. Prompts are just an interface layer. It responds to different kinds of prompts. How busy the room is. Whether people are moving or not. Whether there are more people or less people than before
Human behaviour becomes the prompt really
Honestly its a conclusion i have reached. This changed how music is consumed. Imagine a club adapting and breathing with this kind of system š¤Æ