Bandcamp Friday is here again... kinda sucks that the timing also lines up with the no shopping for May Day thing, but at least one middleman gets cut out of the deal today. :)

#ElectronicMusic #BandcampFriday #FairTradeMusicFriday #IndependentMusic

https://fuguestate.bandcamp.com/

Do you like #TTRPG s and/or #independentmusic?

I’m an independent classically-trained composer making music for TTRPGs, and my main project is a large-scale #gothic #Soundtrack for the #DnD adventure #CurseOfStrahd.

The soundtrack for Chapter 2: The Lands of Barovia is in progress, so you can pick it up as an early release at a discount today, receiving new tracks when they release, *and* supporting an independent musician on #BandcampFriday!

https://thearcanecomposer.bandcamp.com/album/dark-shapes-in-the-fog-an-unofficial-gothic-soundtrack-for-the-lands-of-barovia

My new album isnt out for another month so I have nothing new for #bandcampFriday
However, I have two beautifully melancholic acoustic singer/songwriter albums waiting for you, a comfy sofa, your favourite drink and some soft lighting.

https://mtp-music.bandcamp.com/

a box of tissues is optional

#bandcamp #independentMusic #music

A retro-pop band called The Velvet Sundown accumulated a million monthly listeners on Spotify earlier this year. The music was catchy. The backstory was detailed. The photographs had that quality of images that reward close inspection by generating new questions.

Everything about the project was generated by artificial intelligence. The songs, the images, the biography, the entire artist identity that listeners had been following and adding to playlists. And it worked. People were fooled. That's the significant thing.

The Pack's position - human creation, human curation - is not (only) a statement about the ethics of AI as a technology. It is a governance decision about what kind of content the platform is designed to support, and whose interests it was built to serve.

An AI disclosure label doesn't resolve the structural question of whether synthetic content should compete in the same royalty pool as music made by human beings. But it is a start, and transparency and flexibility is always better than the alternative.

New blog on AI disclosure, The Velvet Sundown, and why the label on the label matters even for platforms that already say no.

👉 https://www.packmusic.au/blog/the-sound-of-transparency-why-ai-music-labels-matter-even-for-platforms-that-say-no

#AIMusic #AITransparency #HumanCuration #IndependentMusic #MusicIndustry #ThePackMusic #ArtificialIntelligence #MusicEthics

A journalist wrote an in-depth piece about my path from touring as guitarist with En Esch and Mona Mur (KMFDM / Slick Idiot) to building an independent label and releasing 7 albums on my own terms. Personal, honest, worth a read if you're into the independent music world or the industrial/electronic scene.

https://charnightstar.substack.com/p/nightstar-exclusive-interview-with

@propaganda_site
#IndependentMusic #Industrial #IndustrialMusic #KMFDM #Experimental #NewMusic #IndieArtist #Music

Arijit Singh Surfaces with 'Laiyaan', Shifting Focus from Playback

Arijit Singh released his new song 'Laiyaan' on April 16th, 2026. The song is his second independent release after stepping away from Bollywood playback singing.

#ArijitSingh, #Laiyaan, #IndependentMusic, #Bollywood, #NewMusic

https://newsletter.tf/arijit-singh-releases-new-song-laiyaan-april-16/

Arijit Singh's new song 'Laiyaan' was released on April 16th, 2026. This is his second independent song since leaving playback singing.

#ArijitSingh, #Laiyaan, #IndependentMusic, #Bollywood, #NewMusic
https://newsletter.tf/arijit-singh-releases-new-song-laiyaan-april-16/