The 4th Annual Fedivision Song Contest has concluded. What an incredible event, and indeed, an amazing achievement by the organisers of the event. 🎉
Shoutout to the face of Fedivision 2024, the winner of Fedivision 2023, @futzle for the incredible effort they’ve put into putting this together and keeping it running! 👏
Congratulations to every single person who entered their music! It’s been so much fun listening to your tracks. All of them!! 🫶
Shout out to Radio Free Fedi (@radiofreefedi) for hosting the pop-up channel for the event! They’ve done an amazing job! 👍
Congratulations to our winner, @keefmarshall for their incredible piece “Misaligned Aardvarks”! 🏆
Congrats to our runner up @negativeplayers for their amazing song “The New Rage”! ✌️
Big love to everyone who voted “All Zombies Go To Heaven” into 3rd place. Out of 72 entries, you humble me. Thank you. ☺️
I’m honoured to share the top ten with all the excellent artists who got a shoutout from the Fedivision Vote Bot. The entire selection is an amazing collection of impressive works!! 🥂
I want to thank my Wife, and Mom & Dad, and…
*#Dgar is forcibly escorted from the podium while continuously trying to thank everyone they can think of…
Just spent 30 mins listening to my music on @radiofreefedi 's video stream @owncast channel with my bunny laying against my torso and licking me as I pet him
I haven't been able to sing much less hear my own music (both physically and emotionally) since the #eviction in late March
Truly, it was so deeply needed to remember my spirit, my heart, my light
Please uplift #RFF as they serve a community of musicians like myself and music listeners as well
For many who didn't see it - my 40th bday was amazing because of the community I found through #RFF - the most amazing bday I ever had
Let's show up and uplift them as they have uplifted many #musicians
#MutualAid is NOT #charity it is much greater it is not about the weak and sick and poor benefiting from others, it's everyone equally fighting to meet everyone's needs
We all have power we all have the ability to get needs met
Internet radio. Especially radiofreefedi.net which features music from people on the fediverse. I especially like their comfy channel. #radiofreefedi#RFF
Music podcasts. The Add To Playlist podcast from the BBC is my favourite. Each track they add is inspired by the previous one. Loads of great music, plus interesting guest musicians talking about music history, theory and vibes.
ViMusic. This is an open source front end app for YouTube music on android. No payment, adds etc. You can get it on f-droid. Found a few cool tracks via the algo but not as many as previous options.
I have to say though that, like the boomers who went before me, I feel that music in general has become worse. I’m blaming the ‘winner takes all’ effect of commercial streaming platforms for the narrowing of artistic culture and the debasement of musicians.
Trying to recoop after getting triggered last night from something completely insignificant
To my #CPTSD it was the end of the world and I just collapsed mentally hyperly aware of how ridiculous it would look to anyone else not feeling what my nervous system was feeling
This is my life as a #TraumaSurvivor and today I'm paying for it with 11/10 physical pain
Within seconds I went from being excited for my #RFF stream
After fighting for that excitement for 48 hrs at least, prepping for the promotional stuff more than 24 hours before
Fighting through my #trauma around self advocacy yesterday morning - something I've had to fight daily since I was laid off in January last year with urgency clawing at my heels
"If you stop your family dies, if you rest your family is gone"
Diesmal führt uns die Route nach #Wien#Favoriten, unter anderem zum 2022 eröffneten, verkehrsberuhigten #Supergrätzl. Wir schauen uns an, wie der Platz in Wiens Straßen auch genutzt werden könnte, wo noch Verbesserungsbedarf besteht und fordern lautstark, diese Erfolgsmodelle endlich großflächig umzusetzen.
A perfect chance to escape the feeds for a bit, interact with and directly support an awesome independent artist outside of the pressures of other platforms.
@radiofreefedi so much thanks to #RFF for the space and community. So much thanks to everyone who tuned in. I very much needed this time for my heart and soul. Will see you all next week for the #comfy
Chat is on if you'd like to participate or just #joinIn for a lovely listen.
These are usually a fun time for some comradery and a perfect chance to interact with and directly support an awesome independent artist outside of the pressures of other platforms.
Have you been checking out @radiofreefedi New Year's Day 24 Global Stream Parade?...
It's happening right now and @newellijaytv watch party presentation of "Santa Conquers The Martians" (that should interest some of the #Monsterdon and #CultFilm peeps)
I've been listening to #RadioFreeFedi all day during #OliveHarvest, but couldn't use my phone's touchscreen while wearing gloves, so I thought it'd be a great day for field testing my #RFF display prototype, using a #Pimoroni Pico Inky Pack E-paper display for the #RaspberryPiPico.
It shows the currently playing track, lets me switch between main, comfy and specialty, and I can generate a QR code to take me straight to the artist profile or their music.
How do you listen to / discover music?