It's estimated that 100,000 new songs are uploaded to #Spotify every day.
Inevitably, that means loads of really great music never gets heard.
Thanks to Venus Theory, I've just heard about #Forgotify, which points you to songs on Spotify that have no listens, or at least no complete play throughs.
My Ephemera album was released one year ago, on Nov. 8, 2022, and to celebrate the album’s first anniversary of being out in the world, I’m thrilled to present these remixes by artists from Vancouver, Germany and Scotland.
I want to grow my crowd on here, any #musicians#music types that aren’t against full bands, guitars, untuned voices, drums, bass, keyboards, percussion and all things in the Gigoverse (weird term) I’d like to follow you!
But really, all #musiclovers and makers please say hi, just if you are against the above in taste, avoid listening to me 😂 #musodon
Inspired by the backstreets of Tokyo on a gloomy day in 2005 where I took the cover photo, Layer 011/005 are textured ambient beats that put you in that moment.
and as always the entire she discography is off -65%! Enjoy! #music#BandcampFriday#bandcamp#musodon
My excellent buddy @unrefinedjagoff has been making cool, "doomy, spaghetti western in space" music on guitar as The Astronaut King for over a decade and a half now, and hasn't had especially much attention on it. His sound ranges from distorted and doomy, to acoustic and emotive.
So I'd like to share this song with y'all -- perhaps it's your thing too!
Music platform @mirlo is raising funds to keep running! They let listeners buy directly from musicians, with only 7% going to the platform. They're owned by a worker co-op and open-source too
I really appreciate what they're doing, especially with the instability at Bandcamp
If you buy music as directly from an artist as possible, say at bandcamp, the compensation is enormous compared to streaming. A $10 album sale directly is the equivalent of over 300 Spotify album streams (3000 song streams). A $20 vinyl over 600, etc.
I too use streaming servives, but I’ve been trying to be more congnizant of the disparity both as an artist and fan. I try to buy things directly once I decide I like something. #MusiciansOfMastodon#Musodon
would love to hear your suggestions, #musodon#musicians :blobcat_hearthug:
EDIT: things that are not based on the US and things that are not led by white men are greatly appreciated. we need this kind of paradigm shift if we want to avoid being on a shitty tech loop.
Follow-up to my poll about music listening, I'm wondering: If you like to own (interpret ownership as you will) your music, what type of media is the MAJORITY of your collection? ( no multiple choices this time, you have to pick one!)
Are you a She/Her or They/Them person in music? Hobbyist, professional, amateur, expert, anybody in audio engineering, sound design, music technology, etc?
Will it hurt us for proven donating audience and some reach. Yes.
Right call for us to step back from #bandcamp that has sold twice, union busted and in the hands of DRM mad lawyers who want to partner with TikTok. Also Yes.
Will we project our choice on artists who are platform exhausted, overwhelmed, or desperate. NO!
Do your best to support indy artists where they can manage to be incl bandcamp.
I had to take a "forced" break from music because I was busy moving to a new house. Today I finally found a bit of stability, but I still haven't made any music.
So I'm dedicating myself to #BandcampFriday for the first time (always missed it and pretty new to BC).
First, I want to share some cool stuff that just joined my collection and which I strongly recommend.
Then, I'm happy to announce that I finally found the time to get my stuff together and put something on my Bandcamp!
If you’ve never read Steve Alibini’s letter to Nirvana before In Utero, you owe it to yourself to do so to see what goodness in the music industry looks like. Dude honestly just wanted to make great records and nothing else. https://imgur.com/a/p0tKn