sknobMay 12

I’ve always had a personal music site.

(Edit: and a Bandcamp site)

Then I created a #Faircamp site, because I thought the project and the developper were really cool and aligned with my values. And for the webring!

Then I added my stuff to bandwagon.fm because of the integration with @TheIndieBeat radio.

Much later, I added my stuff to @mirlo because they also seemed cool, and because someone wanted to buy my music (which I no longer publish on bandcamp).

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There are other cool options like @jamcoop, and now there’s yet another one that’s making a bit of a splash suddenly (which is why I’m writing this).

I couldn’t articulate exactly why at this stage, but there’s just something that seems a bit off to me about it. Coop+Corp, but with a slick mainstream vibe (links to Instagram and BS for example).

Anyway, I won’t be joining anytime soon.

I’m spread thin enough as it is…

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Show threadsknobMay 12

If I had to pick only one third-party option, I would pick #Faircamp, because I believe in #BeYourOwnPlatform.

I like visiting artist’s personal sites. It’s part of the experience. I like the friction, and I have an RSS reader.

I don’t think the problem is « how to replace the evil streamers » by recreating some kind of mechanism to aggregate stuff from different places.

For more passive enjoyment, there are great internet radios!

https://nham.co.uk/listen/

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Radio

Listen to NHAM Radio or any of a multitude of other radio channels and stations listed here.

NHAM
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Sorry, more musing. As far as I know and can tell, bandwagon, mirlo, faircamp and maybe others don’t work in closed silos. Their developers talk and exchange ideas with each other, and they interact with musicians on the fedi. A bit weary of a platform that has ignored that conversation altogether (again, as far as I know) and shows up to save the day... Anyway…

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Show threadDefault Media TransmitterMay 12
@sknob
Supposedly the mirlo team reached out to that new service at one point, offering to help them get started by using the mirlo codebase. But they wanted to do their own thing and build everything from scratch again. Not getting good vibes about them. Afaik they've spent a ton of money on marketing, rather than on building stuff. Which I'm sure makes commercial sense, but it makes me stay away.
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@defaultmediatransmitter ah, I wasn’t aware, and I’m glad I’m not the only one getting bad vibes 😬

Even paranoid people are sometimes right to be paranoid.

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@sknob
I hope we're wrong, though 🙂
May 12 at 5:24pmWeb
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@defaultmediatransmitter me too, but I hope they don’t steamroll over what already exists… If that happens, I’ll probably just retreat to my own hosting.