Simone Silvestroni (M2M)

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Sound designer, game audio pioneer turned music producer. Freelancing & publishing original music under the moniker Minutes to Midnight. Debuted with a concept album about my grandfather's escape from a concentration camp.

Gen X, still obsessed with the #ColdWar. First name is pronounced 'see-mow-nay'. Also a web designer.

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#MusicProduction, #SoundDesign, #GameAudio, #Bass, #Mixing, #REAPER, #Bandcamp, #WebDesign, #Sustainability #Degrowth

He/him

Websitehttps://minutestomidnight.co.uk
Bandcamphttps://minutestomidnight.bandcamp.com
Yewtu.behttps://yewtu.be/channel/UCXO3ZbalCLwCZwHk_UkDBHg
XMPP[email protected]
Does anyone use Mailmate on #macOS? #askFedi

some people may not realise this, but

some of us run away from meta and the rest of big tech to the fediverse communities where we have the right of association and tools to exercise it

some of us really don't want near that profit-before-people e-corp which has too often clearly proved how incapable of basic human ethics they are

i wouldn't touch them with a stick tbh

Talking about 1st-world problems, now that I'm back (for now) from the UK, it's time to think about switching instance. I've been mulling over two musicians-tailored nice instances, however, I just realised that I'm not forced to stay here.

Either Frendica or Diaspora could serve me well, they're part of the Fediverse, they both use ActivityPub as far as I know, so what's the point of being stuck with Mastodon?

@starbreaker since you recently made that switch, how do you feel about Friendica?

My position re: Facebook/Meta entering the Fediverse is perfectly reflected in this blog post by @Seirdy

https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/06/20/defederating-p92/

I agree that their records speak for themselves. Also, if I wanted to stay in touch with anyone who still have accounts with Meta, I wouldn't have left those cesspits.

Not much to be added.

De-federating P92

A compilation of my reasons and non-reasons for proactively de-federating from Facebook/Meta-affiliated projects, and refusing to support them.

Seirdy’s Home

You know what, don’t @ me if you‘re going to defend Facebook joining the fediverse or whatnot. Seriously, I’m not here to debate you. I’m sick and tired of pointing out the obvious. Do what you like. There’s a reason I’m building something that’s actually decentralised. It would just be nice to have the stopgap in place long enough to serve as a bridge.

Oh, and if the largest servers don’t end up blocking Facebook/Meta, a boycott will not work.

I’ve said my piece.

Over and out.

Furthermore, I'd like to leave the tech structure that allows webmentions, so that I can comment on certain WordPress sites without using the (to me) pointless WP comment system. I'd tried a few times and enjoyed the dynamic.

I feel like it's time to ditch #webmentions from my website. The ratio for spam to real mentions has taken a steep turn towards the former.

This also offers a chance to wipe out any Javascript from the website, which is incredibly tempting.

#indieweb

I’ve had a personal blog for nearly 22 years. For at least 15 of those years it’s ridden on Wordpress, but that platform really seems to be going sideways in the bloat department. I want to move it to something like Hugo, but 22 years of data seems like a HUGE migration risk. I’ve web searched the process with tepid results. Anyone have any pointers moving over two decades of Wordpress content to Hugo? Any other platform suggestions?
Hey folks. I'm having issues upgrading my Pleroma instance and am wondering if anyone is available (or knows of someone) for hire to upgrade it for me? Much appreciated!

I’m frustrated with #musicians who get SO excited about #AI tools that can write melodies and write chord progressions and write lyrics and do the producing, and use generative voice software to sing the song for them.

Like, do you even enjoy making #music? Or do you just want to make money? Because there are far easier ways to make money. 🧵 1/?

#MusicProduction #AIArt #AIMusic #Vocalist #Vocals #Singer #Songwriter #SingerSongwriter #Songwriting #MusicMarketing