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Today in ‘Samuel Pepys’ Diary Reimagined’:
‘Finally! Sun, 24°C indoors, seems like summer has arrived. Hope it’ll stay for a little while. Re: the past twelve days, except for “making a living” and binge-watching several series in parallel, nothing much happened. Too little energy, too much work. Some of which at least is fun. Have a song waiting to be finalised that hence can’t take priority, though, which is sad.’
LONDON - Elton John on Sunday accused the British government of "committing theft" by proposing that tech firms could train artificial intelligence models on the UK's music and creative output without guaranteeing proper recompense.
If you haven’t read it yet: ‘[…] streaming platforms […] suck the life and worth out of music’ and many more observations regarding today’s music landscape, beautifully and expertly written by @sknob for @mixtape
‘The Best Spotify Alternative’
https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/the-best-spotify-alternative/
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The Best Spotify Alternative by @[email protected] OK so Spotify stiffs artists, platforms fascist podcasters, their CEO is a billionaire trumpie and he’s investing in military AI. Great. Which is probably why I keep getting the same question on fedi and IRL: what is the best Spotify alternative? Let me come clean right off the bat. [...]
OK, here’s yet another very nice feature of @mirlo (feel like fanboying, tbh):
When you start playing an album, or a track even, on the bottom audio player an extra button appears that says, ‘Tip the artist’. When you click it, a popup gives you some options to send some money *just this once*. Isn’t that great? No need for a long-term commitment, just a one-off helping hand. Love it!
Like so:
https://mirlo.space/babumenos/release/make-me-do/tracks/11400
EDIT: This only happens on the Mirlo page, not the player that is embedded here, of course.
A track by Babu Menos
Babu Menos — Why I Opened a Fanklub.com Account
Care to support Babu?
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I am excited to share that, as of today, it is possible to support my music on a new platform:
https://www.fanklub.com/babumenos
I have been looking around for a while. Patreon was not an option anyway since I’ve watched this video: https://invidious.fi/watch?v=mXyN3-gQwJw&local=true
The likes of Ko.fi are great for single payments, but they are not made with musicians in mind. OnlyFans, Fansly etc are mostly used for adult entertainment. Bandcamp, https://jam.coop and the like merely offer a way to sell music, but building a community, not so much. (Also, Bandcamp — which introduced a community feature a little while ago — took a turn for the worse when it was bought by Epic Games who subsequently sold it to Songtradr.)
To me, *the* most important feature of Fanklub is the pay-what-you-want approach. OK, there’s a minimum amount of €1.99 per month, but that’s about it.
If you feel generous, you can pay 10 or 20 Euros, or just leave it at 1.99 — you will always get all the content. No tier model like in Patreon. I love that. And you can always cancel, or change your subscription fee.
After deduction of VAT and payment fee, 90% of the proceeds go to the artist. Seems pretty fair to me.
I will probably update you on the development now and then, so, let me add a hashtag you can mute if you’re not interested: #Fanklub
I’d love seeing you there! 💚
Take care.
Fanklub von "BabuMenos". In case you were wondering, Babistas are the extraordinary, kind, and generous people who support Babu Menos and his music.Being a musician is never easy to begin with, but my decision to keep the real person behind Babu anonymous and not to play live doesnt help much, either.So, if you come join the club, I will be forever grateful 💚 Every Babista will · receive updates on my musical work, · be able to chat, interact, and give input, · get audio files of music Im currently working on,· get access to unreleased music,· and perhaps many more things we will come up with together.See you soon backstage,love,Babu Intro Video Music: Babu Menos, Before Longhttps://babumenos.bandcamp.com/track/before-long Footage: Suraphat Nuea-onhttps://www.pexels.com/@suraphat Font: Montserrat by Julieta Ulanovskyhttps://github.com/JulietaUla/Montserrat
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