The humble Journey to provide Free (do what ever you want) Premium Music began already in 2016. Back then I realized, that music copyright is not trivial - but inspired by the idea of an "Unsplash for Music" I started by giving away my own music.
To date, with a growing catalogue of handpicked songs, Unminus has over 2 million plays and reaches 5000 downloads per month - rapidly rising. Up next we are setting all sails to give attention and rewards to the contributing artists.
These could be the first steps of a huge journey...
Unminus Timeline-Archive:
12/06/2016 | First primitive website version of Unminus -> 😅
09/26/2018 | Very first Newsletter
01/13/2019 | free (do whatever you want) music
01/31/2019 | We are on Hacker News 1st Page
02/15/2019 | New Free Premium Music For You
04/05/2019 | WOWA is now "Unminus"
10/30/2019 | Legal & Copyright Updates
03/02/2020 | 1 Million Plays & Producthunt Launch
06/02/2020 | Unminus is Product of the Day (you can still upvote)
04/16/2021 | Unminus + Gumroad = More Benefits for Artists
11/23/2021 | Rolling out "Unminus Earn"
05/16/2022 | Starting Unminus for Business API (beta)
03/02/2023 | Billboard #1 Producer on Unminus 🏆
January 2025 | Unminus v2 - New Website 🎉
working on:
... Add more music to the Unminus catalog faster
... Build a proper business API so artists earn more from Business Scenarios
... Set up an automated, transparent payout system for artists (blockchain)
T H A N K Y O U for your support from all around the world 🌍🌎🌏
Danke. Merci. Gracias. Спасибо. Grazie.
ダンケ。Obrigado. 谢谢。Terima kasih.
Teşekkür ederim. תודה धन्यवाद। Salamat.
ขอบคุณ Tack. Děkuju. Dankie. ... 🙏🏽
Make it Echo!
Cheers
Wowa