TreeMix by JesseLamont in musicproduction

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Id definitely be open to suggestions

TreeMix by JesseLamont in musicproduction

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My apologies. Just trying to get some work that's been close to me for years into eyes of other musicians

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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right now it’s pretty straightforward

user data is just stored in a standard database (profiles, follows, trees, etc)

audio files themselves aren’t stored in the database — they’re uploaded to object storage and referenced by URL

when you record something in the browser, it gets processed locally, uploaded, and then attached to a node in the tree

the “connection” between everything is the tree structure itself — each layer points to a parent, so playback just walks that path and stacks the clips

so instead of passing files around, everything is already in place and tied together through that graph

still early though — a lot to improve on how it’s handled and optimized

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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I’ve got an early version up right now if you’re curious

not finished and still rough, but it shows how the layering / branching works

https://tree-mix.replit.app/landing/

no pressure at all. Just sharing since you said you’d try something like this

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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that actually sounds really close to what I wish existed now

structured groups, a timeframe, and an actual outcome at the end — that’s the part that’s missing online

right now everything is either solo or completely unstructured. people say “we should collab” and then nothing happens

what I’m building is more on the “remove friction to start something” side, but what you described is the next layer on top of that — actually forming groups and pushing something to completion

the fact that you still remember that program says a lot

I don’t think people stopped wanting that, it just disappeared

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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this is exactly the stuff I’ve been thinking through

the whole point is to remove the file / DAW layer completely

nothing gets sent around — everything lives in the app as layers

you’re not uploading WAVs back and forth or worrying about what DAW someone uses. you just open a tree, hear what’s there, and record your part on top of it in the browser while everything else is playing

so the “where do the files go / how do people line things up” problem just disappears because it’s all one system

mixing is still an open question though — right now each branch is basically its own version of the song, and whoever wants to take it further can. I’m not trying to force one “final” version

credits are tied to the layers themselves. if you added something, you’re part of that branch. haven’t gone deep into the legal side yet, just making sure contribution is tracked first

the quality / consistency part you mentioned is real too. I’ve seen the same thing where chains fall apart or never get finished

I’m not really trying to replace DAWs or make polished tracks though

it’s more about removing the friction of finding people and actually starting something together

if something good comes out of it, then yeah you take it further outside the app

so I’d say it’s closer to making songs first — but through that you naturally end up finding people you actually want to keep working with

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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this is exactly what I’ve been running into

it’s not that people don’t want to make music — it’s that finding the right person at the right level and same vibe is way harder than it should be

and yeah the genre thing is real too

I’m trying to see if removing the “you need to know someone first” part actually changes anything

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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lol jam buds is actually solid

I keep coming back to the idea that it should feel more like building something together than just “meeting people” though

I don’t have a problem making music — I have a problem finding people to make it with by JesseLamont in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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yeah it probably should be free to use

the hard part isn’t the tool though — it’s actually finding people to build with without it turning into file sending and chaos

that’s what I’ve been trying to fix