Stream music that's released early and updated over time
Kaizen is a music streaming platform that allows artists to release their music early and update it over time. Listeners can give feedback, support, and experience the creative process from the beginning.
Hello Product Hunt community!
I am a first time founder so I'm very excited and, sure, a bit nervous to be sharing my product here on Product Hunt! Kaizen is a music streaming platform that lets artists release their music before it's finished and update it over time, similar to how we build software. A song or album can be released as version 1.0, go through changes, then be updated and rereleased as version 2.0. These updates can continue for as long as as artist is inspired or their fans continue to support the song or album. Fans can listen, give feedback, and financially support the music from the beginning. It's a big idea! But we think it's really important.
--Why are we making this?--
I worked in music professionally for about 7 years and a consistent problem that I, and other artists, faced was delaying the release of their music because of a fear of an unsuccessful release (or launch if you will). In software, we understand that launching is an important step to finding out what to build next and ultimately to creating something great but music creators have never had this freedom. Up until now, music has only been given one chance to release with little to no feedback along the way. This makes music creation extremely risky and potentially wasteful. The music making process itself should be another opportunity for fans to relate to their favorite artists and support them along the way. Personally, I wanted to release my music this way. So that's what I'm doing!
--Are there artists out there that want to release their music in this way?--
Well, ya... ME! But not just me. We have a number of artists that have already been actively using the platform during our development process. We're also fortunate enough to have an artist like me who has been diagnosed with severe perfectionism, the exact problem we're trying to solve. My years of working in music with other artists are enough evidence to me that I am not alone.
Along with the launch of Kaizen 1.0 I've released version 1.0 of my album called Forgive exclusively on Kaizen. This will be an art experience and showcase of the new creative freedom that Kaizen provides to artists. I'd love if you followed along by signing up and following me on Kaizen.
About Kaizen on Product Hunt
“Stream music that's released early and updated over time”
Kaizen launched on Product Hunt on May 13th, 2023 and earned 116 upvotes and 23 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. Kaizen is a music streaming platform that allows artists to release their music early and update it over time. Listeners can give feedback, support, and experience the creative process from the beginning.
On the analytics side, Kaizen competes within Music, Art and Streaming Services — topics that collectively have 116.3k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Kaizen performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Kaizen?
Kaizen was hunted by Benjamin Byram. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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