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I just signed up at open.audio . This is pretty lackluster for the moment but has tremendous potential. Thank you so much for letting me know of it! :)
Is this based on Activity Pub?
Yes.
Actually, this seems like Spotify, I was talking abou something with comments and likes, kinda social. That would be even better imo.
Awesome, do you have a link to find instances?
https://fediverse.party/en/funkwhale/
It seems to work like Mastadon in that it's user-follow. Which means you can search for them in Lemmy but can't subscribe to them.
e.g. @guarachas_e_radiolas@sonora.radioaconchego.org
I can resolve the user on that Funkwhare instance, but can't see any posts or follow them.
Unless I'm doing something wrong.
Secure Connection Failed.
Maybe keep an eye on this one as well, fairly recent https://code.communitymedia.network/MountainTownTechnology/aural_isle
@ReverseModule @linux the main feature of Bandcamp is that you can sell music. Selling anything from your own website requires a lot of red tape. That's why these websites exist to get economies of scale on the red tape.
I think this is a great topic. I think it comes down to incentives. Artists going to the trouble of writing music, practicing, recording, editing and publishing probably expect to make some money. Individual artists who have low overhead and are doing it for the love of it probably have a better experience on Youtube as that’s where the audience is?
Not wrong but it would be a nice alternative at the very least. That's why I talked about ads so they also have an incentive beyond donations if they want to monetize. Perhaps a download button with the itch.io system would also be an option. It's just something that doesn't exist yet and I think has great potential.
That’s why I talked about ads so they also have an incentive beyond donations if they want to monetize.
Ads are a technical challenge. It is easy to track how many users are listening to a stream, and therefore how many users hear an ad. The hard part is keeping instance admins from faking these results to overcharge for ads, since they have full control over the computing equipment that are tracking listeners to ads.
Musicians (and all artists) ultimately want to get their art in front of an audience.
Right now the existing big platforms serve that purpose.
Any new service is in a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation trying to attract an audience with no content and trying to attract content with no audience.
What's the "Bandcamp situation"?
They just laid off half their staff
Edit: after they got bought out. Hooray capitalism! https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/half-of-bandcamps-staff-laid-off-after-songtradr-acquisition/ar-AA1ijuTX
The have laid off half their stuff and I think they're getting sold.
It's the other way around: they've been sold (second time) and the new owners laid off half of their staff.
It's not what you're looking for, but I think in this context Jamendo deserves a mention.
I found lots of great songs and artists there that I listen to daily.
I nominate itch to cannibalise the fucker
You could always create one