about the project

Musehabit is an online open-mic platform for artists of multiple disciplines to share their work and connect with other creatives. We want to capture the essence and community feeling of an open-mic while utilizing the advantages and accessibility of the internet.

how it works

share your art

As an artist, you sign up and share one post per month. Musehabit isn't about showcasing polished masterpieces – it's a place to share works in progress, experiments, and explore ideas in their raw form. Try something that would interest you, and you alone. Challenge others with your unique perspective. Follow your muse.

Octopus with a paintbrush and art supplies

community and connection

Musehabit is a unique social platform in that users can only post once per month. This helps all users have an equal chance to be seen and heard. It also encourages users to be more thoughtful about what they share. What represents where you are as an artist this month?

It also harkens back to a time when the internet was more about staying connected with your friends and artistic peers than curated content.

accountability

In addition to only being able to post once per month, Musehabit offers an optional "accountability" feature. This feature allows you to set a goal of creating and sharing something once per month.

Your post is due every 30 days. With a helpful reminder at the top right to show how many days you have left (or how many days until you can post again).

the roadmap

  • May: Email Reminders of your due date to post
  • June: Updated UI for audio player | Notification when a user you follow posts
  • July: Playfull accountability functionality (optionally share a public automated post pointing out you neglected to post this month)

We are a small team and are working hard to make Musehabit the best platform it can be. We are always open to feedback and suggestions. Please feel free to reach out to us at doug at musehabit dot com.

History

Musehabit was a passion project I started in 2014 and ran for almost a year. It was audio only and had around 20 participants. I started it because I had already felt social media was failing at helping me keep up with my friends.

More than that, I found that surrounding myself with art was inspiring and made me want to create. I envisioned a platform that would constantly remind me that it's okay to share incomplete ideas. Or things that aren't perfect. For the most part I feel it was a success, but 2014 was a different time for the internet and me than 2024.

Ten years later, I have more knowledge of creating on the web, and I think even more we need a place to express ourselves that embraces distortion, noise, tangents, and all manner of things that do not fit in a nice neat package.

I hope you enjoy your time here.

- Doug Leinen

the team