Mastodawn

We are thrilled to announce the public availability of Fairplayer for Faircamp, the first step in our vision of a #decentralized #music platform.

After a few months of building, and the generous help of artists who have participated in our trial period, https://fairplayer.band is open to the world. If you are an artist that has a #Faircamp site, or someone wanting to listen to music from independent artists, come and tell us what you think!

Special thanks to @radisolar @blankfosk @helenbellmusic @maciac @sofisoft @kidlightbulbs @aymanhamad @laribal @txels @james @Omar @choan who have already contributed their music in this very early stage!

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James M.Mar 4

@fairplayer glad to see projects like this! To echo others, some kind of artist payment is critical before being adopted by most artists.

I've long been thinking about an open source, decentralized Spotify alternative that pays the artists the vast majority of all revenue, maybe metered by the minute rather than per stream, up to a maximum monthly payment from the user.

Another option is Bandcamp-style purchasing of music. Artists I know like the Bandcamp model. Purchased music would go into one's local library, and would be playable by the streaming app for free, integrated seamlessly with the non-owned (metered) content.

Good luck with this project!

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Txels

@jamesmarshall @fairplayer definitely agree with you that pay per listen should be compensated "by the minute" not "by song".

I ask myself whether "pay by song" encourages cutting up integral works into smaller pieces. The mechanics of compensation shouldn't condition the creative process and integrity of the artwork.