Excited to announce a Tortoise bounty on POIDH this month! One randomly selected artist who releases a song on Tortoise this month will receive a prize worth over 150 USD Be sure to read all the rules here:

@neynar the api has been regularly failing to get farcaster usernames for several months now report bug

Sometimes I forget that my power is limitless and the bar for making an huge impact in this world is actually quite low if you are willing to practice free will I don’t like those moments at all

I am in the process of recording, mixing, and mastering a 17 song album myself It is the most ambitious project I have ever attempted It will take everything I have to do it right, but it must be done I have no choice These songs must be honored

I can remain irrational longer than the market can

Is it a faux pas to eat a crunchy ass apple in a library Asking because I am currently eating a crunchy ass apple in a library

If you knew how incompetent the people you’re intimidated by are, you wouldn’t be so afraid

I am Noticing that @six has been extremely locked in lately

Tortoise profiles are now customizable! You can add links to other music and social platforms, bio, change color theme, and rearrange how your songs are displayed. Tortoise.studio/user/mattlee

Just collected Drawn to your Enigma by @xalaska

how do zippers even work that’s so crazy

NYC, June 30th, 2026 Its seven o'clock on a sunny midsummer afternoon. This land that was frozen and covered in snow for the whole winter has now been almost entirely permeated by heat and light. The ere of exhausted youth that always permeates the city air is even stronger than usual. Leases, dreams, and keeping up a... Show more

The fundamental reason I am building Tortoise is that I am a recording artist living in a time when records are not valuable. So instead of just making good records I need to do an extra step before that: 1. Make records valuable 2. Make good records