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Dr. Lämmerbein May 8, 2025

Just uploaded my first album to bandwagon.fm! Seems like a nice place.

https://bandwagon.fm/681ce6a486cc3075f1f36e1a

#bandwagon #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #music #elektronauts

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icaria36 🎶Feb 17, 2024

^^^^^ via #elektronauts

https://www.elektronauts.com/t/spin-ai-music-generator-turntable-with-buttons/208706

SPIN : AI Music Generator - "Turntable" with Buttons

This AI music generator that uses the MusicGen language model. You use the buttons on the right to select a mood, genre, sounds and bpm. The virtual turntable on the left allows you to slow down, zoom in, scratch and listen between the notes. Created by Arvind Sanjeev. https://arvindsanjeev.com/spin.html Please please please be friendly and respectful in your responses. Really really really don’t like this ? Vote your disaproval with the MUTE button at the bottom.

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icaria36 🎶Oct 18, 2023

After reading and thinking more… I no longer believe that the #Bandcamp situation is a good reason to create a #Funkwhale alternative. It would probably end up like one of those waves of users that #Mastodon gets when Twitter does something crazy, with only a few staying around after a few days, frustrated because this is not what they expected.

Full reasoning: https://www.elektronauts.com/t/fediverse-soundcloud-for-elektronauts/183457/41

Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback and further information here or in #Elektronauts.

Fediverse Soundcloud for Elektronauts?

After reading and thinking more… I got to a different conclusion than yesterday. Creating a Funkwhale instance (or any free alternative) as a reaction to the Bandcamp situation is likely to solve no problems and cause frustration to the artists joining and the project promoters. Why? Decentralization? The Fediverse offers true decentralization, very good to federate specialized communities (i.e. free music produced with Elektron devices) but (imho) not to build alternatives to big centralized p...

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icaria36 🎶Oct 17, 2023

Ongoing discussion on #Elektronauts about the possibility to create a #Funkwhale instance connected to an #OpenCollective project. The idea had been floating around and it is now reactivated by the #Bandcamp situation.

https://www.elektronauts.com/t/fediverse-soundcloud-for-elektronauts/183457/27

Fediverse Soundcloud for Elektronauts?

Connected to the discussion on Bandcamp laid off about half of company staff, one alternative could be the Funkwhale network supported with OpenCollective powered payments (or similar alternatives, up to the taste of each artist). Most musicians publishing on Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc, don’t do it for the money anyway and don’t have much income. OpenCollective offers a more sustainable alternative.

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