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Subjam<p>These servers (3 compute nodes on top, 4 storage nodes on bottom) comprise the current Subjam platform. These are servers that we bought, configured and racked ourselves in a data center we have physical access to.</p><p>We're proud of our DIY ethic and it motivates us to build Subjam strong.</p><p><a href="https://subj.am/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">subj.am/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(P.S. If you believe in what we're doing, become part of our success by clicking "Funding" on the main menu)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a></p>
Subjam<p>Setting up to stream some live radio on Subjam last Saturday. The experiment went well and all bands' sets are availble to listen to on the beta app (<a href="https://subj.am/beta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">subj.am/beta</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). If you're into live metal, this show did not disappoint! Thanks to everyone who put it on. Always a fun time going out to see some live music 😎 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supportlocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supportlocal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stream</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ios</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beta</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>I built the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> infra from the ground up on hardware I own, colocated at a secure datacenter I have physical access to.</p><p>These servers run a fleet of VMs (libvirt/qemu/kvm) that make up pretty much every service necessary for an Internet platform: DNS (bind), mail (postfix), web (apache), reverse proxy (haproxy), database (postgres, mariadb), storage (gluster) and a bunch of others.</p><p>It's very rewarding to be in near complete control of my services!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/baremetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baremetal</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a></p>
Subjam<p>We're proud to announce our 2024 Social Purpose Report ❤️</p><p><a href="https://subj.am/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024-Social_Purpose_Report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subj.am/wp-content/uploads/202</span><span class="invisible">5/02/2024-Social_Purpose_Report.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialpurpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialpurpose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livestreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestreaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/localmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>With the thousands of stories from musicians, artists and bands I've heard in the past few years while researching for Subjam, there's one overwhelmingly recurring theme:</p><p>Artists need money to survive, but making anything that even remotely resembles a sustainable income in the music business is next to impossible.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/band" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>band</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bands</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/supportlocalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supportlocalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/musicscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicscene</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>I've put together a ridiculously short (and fun) survey on live, local music. If you're a musician or music fan, I'd love to hear your responses!</p><p><a href="https://subj.am/qsm_quiz/local-music-survey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subj.am/qsm_quiz/local-music-s</span><span class="invisible">urvey/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/localmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localmusic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/supportlocalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supportlocalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survey</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musician</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/band" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>band</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bands</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fan</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>You might know that SJ is the Social Purpose Corp I founded in 2021 that supports local music.</p><p>Right now we're building an online platform that allows users to group together into music "scenes".</p><p>Audio livestreaming is currently available. Local artists, music fans, venues and others can connect, broadcast live and network with each other.</p><p>The newsletter currently has 49 subscribers, wanna be the 50th? 😎</p><p><a href="https://subj.am/newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">subj.am/newsletter</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/spc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livemusic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/socialpurpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialpurpose</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>I'm leaving my 9-5 job today.</p><p>I'm leaving voluntarily, which is both exciting and terrifying. The financial stability has been good, the people have been nice and the work has been interesting.</p><p>However, I can't deny that my motivation and drive has always been with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Subjam</span></a>. There's a lot coming up that'll demand my full-time attention. I can't wait!</p><p>If you have a second, please subscribe to the Subjam newsletter, it'll keep you up to speed.</p><p><a href="https://subj.am/newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">subj.am/newsletter</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/passion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passion</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dream</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purpose</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>Does ActivityPub have any "livestreaming" functionality built in / something that could be integrated? I'm exploring the idea of Subjam as part of the Fediverse. Its audio broad facilities (Icecast2 backend which uses HTTP streaming) might need to be a completely separate arm of my infra..</p><p>The core of Subjam fits well with the Fedi model. It encompasses multiple individual music communities/scenes around the world.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Icecast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Icecast</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/livestreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestreaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/broadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Subjam</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>A *HUGE* congrats to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> for reaching his PixelFed Kickstarter goal in less than 24 hours!! Holy crap, go Fediverse!!! :partyparrot: :partyparrot:</p><p>I can only hope to have as much success when I launch the crowdfunding campaign for my own open music platform <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Subjam</span></a>. Dan's hard work and dedication is an inspiration that when you stick to your guns, good things happen!</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/pixel</span><span class="invisible">fed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kickstarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kickstarter</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crowdfunding</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>I would absolutely ❤️ if you would subscribe to the Subjam email newsletter.</p><p>You'll get the latest news on the "Local Music Livestreaming" platform I've been building along with some amazing developers for the past 3 years.</p><p><a href="https://subj.am/newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">subj.am/newsletter</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The goal is 100 subscribers, we're currently at 44. Will you be +1? 😎</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjam</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsletter</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>live</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/localmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localmusic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/broadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/supportlocalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supportlocalmusic</span></a></p>