Mastodawn

I'm gonna need you to try and keep the artist advocacy torch burning.

Lift each other up. Celebrate diversity. Demand tools we need as organic communities, not platforms that make us work even more unpaid jobs and harass/exhaust/silence us or extinguish out creative spark.

Push for consent and agency and collaboration. And as direct as possible support in whatever ways we can be amiable with and that artists can manage to navigate!

Clément Bertine Jul 25

Épiphanie concernant mon nouvel accordage de guitare. Y'a des jours comme ça.
Mais il se passe aussi des vraies choses dans le monde, comme vous le savez.

Clément Bertine Jun 12

I've been postponing that for a long time: today I start the migration out of my multiple gmail accounts.
I've been using a posteo mail account for years but those gmail accounts are relics of ancient, fossless times.
Now it's time to ditch them and degooglize a bit more.

Clément Bertine Jun 7

Setup is now made of FOSS and alternative tuning.

Slowly switching to #ardour.

Working into implementing visuals for my future show.

Clément Bertine Jun 3

Greenpeace International Feb 7

⚠️ ALL IS NOT LOST ⚠️

The news cycle is tremendously disheartening. Wildfires, the spread of climate disinformation in real time, genocides, the rise of the far right, removing fact checking and supports that protect vulnerable communities - it’s heavy.

We have a formidable amount of obstacles in our way.

But don’t lose sight of the fact that it isn’t too late.

Every fraction of action matters - and it’s not over yet.

#ClimateAction

Clément Bertine May 24

I'm so excited about this new config !

So it's basically full FOSS :
#guitarix / #rakarrak / #sooperlooper / #ardour / #jack / #raysession / #bespokesynth

And... New Standard Tuning for the guitar. I love it !

Here's a raw sample.

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Nouvelle config en New Standard Tuning et avec des composants uniquement FOSS.

Excellent !

Un extrait...

Clément Bertine May 6

https://www.hearingthings.co/how-to-quit-streaming/

"I want to remind anyone who’s been sitting on the fence for a while that quitting really is that easy. You can just do it! Everything will be fine."

#streaming #music #spotify #indy

How to Quit Streaming

A brief and practical guide

Hearing Things

Clément Bertine May 5

mirlo.space May 5

“A culture needs to be rebuilt with the understanding that there’s certain sorts of music that you have to seek out in alternative ways...”

Really interesting read about the musicians who are choosing to opt out of streaming altogether.

https://www.hearingthings.co/musicians-not-on-streaming/

#Streaming #Music #Musicians #DIY #MusicCommunity #Coops #Coop

Tune In, Drop Out

The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.

Hearing Things

Clément Bertine May 5

Show thread

Babu Menos 🎵 #NoAI May 4

@lislegaard

Still a bit in the middle of things, but let me share one thing that I’ve come to love over the past few weeks:

@mirlo not only is ‘the new Bandcamp’ but also it’s ‘the new Patreon’ (two artist-supporting platforms that started off promising but recently went down the ubiquitous enshittification path) in that it allows followers to both buy music and support musicians financially on a recurring (monthly) or one-off (‘tip the artist’) basis.

It’s a co-operative, and artists have lots of freedoms, even in chosing what percentage they are willing and able to give to the platform.

To me, this is the most amazing thing I’ve come across in quite some time.

https://mirlo.space

(My own page is here: https://mirlo.space/babumenos)

(I know you’re there, too [https://mirlo.space/kristoffer-lislegaard], still thought I’d explain a bit what it’s about for others reading this post.)