My treasured, most excellent followers, amazing fedizens, mischief-makers, music-lovers, and creatures of multiverse. I’m excited!
Today, under the light of a full moon, I present to you, a brand new Dgar song! Airlock is out now!!
Also, I have bonus shenanigans.
I’d like to give some algorithms a good punch in the face, and shock them into noticing this, my first new release of the year. If you would be generous enough to give my new track a play (or three) on your favourite streaming service (and your second and third favourite streaming service if you’re up for it), I would very much appreciate it.
This experiment will need a lot of people, so please don’t scroll by. I really do need your help to do this. It’s a short song, a bit over two and a half minutes, and I’m really excited for you to hear it!
It’s my dream that I can spend my days making music and sharing bad jokes for all you beautiful beings. I’m working hard right now to release at least one new song per month for 2024. The goal is to supplement the income from my part-time job, at least enough that I don’t need to get a second job.
Additionally, if we can make a meaningful impact on a song release with this kind of action, I’d love if we were able to help other musicians and songwriters of Mastodon with their song launches in the future. Perhaps we can come up with a hashtag for this kind of mission? Please leave your thoughts, suggestions, and expert knowledge in the comments.
I’ll pin this toot, and share the insights, stats, and relevant results for this experiment in the comments as they become available.
Thank you for your help in my attempt at breaking the interwebs. Hopefully we can give some algorithms something to think about!
Boosts are very much welcome and appreciated! I adore those favourites and likes too!
I’ve got a day off tomorrow, so instead of banging on about my music, I’m going to stay up late listening to yours.
If you’re an #indiemusician on #bandcamp or #soundcloud and you have a toot with a track you’d like to promote, link your toot in the comments and I’ll give it a boost.
[edit: If you’re a musician or songwriter here on Mastodon and have your music somewhere else, please share a link! This is about the artists and their music, not any platform!]
What are people using for #SoundCloud alternatives? I don't need distro or anything else, just a place to host audio where people can easily stream it. I'm game to host my own, if setting it up isn't a huge pain.
More and more I'm finding SC to be a magnet for spammers and scammers, and I'm looking for an out.
“Trying to find something good on Soundcloud is like panning for gold in a sewer.”
~ Ancient Soundcloud Community Proverb.
The Dgar List is a playlist of some cool nuggets I have found on #Soundcloud.
No self-promotion here - every song on this list is by another Soundcloud artist trying to find their own audience. And there’s some really different and interesting tracks here too.
If you’re interested in trying out some cool indie music that you’ve very likely never heard before, try this out. You might find something you really enjoy.
Habe eben einen soundcloud-link aus einer Bio einer ex-Politikerin hier aus Mastodon geklickt und auf einmal fragt @newpipe was ich damit machen möchte. Wie genial ist dieses Programm bitte. Ich wusste nichts von der #soundcloud, #bandcamp und #cccmedia Einbindung. #Hammer#Softwareempfehlung
Nem először futok bele a Soundcloud-nál a régiózár problémájába. Most komolyan, EU-n belüli (svéd) zenész nótáinak nagy része el van zárva Magyarországon? #rant#soundcloud#regionlocked
Soundcloud is filled with artists all trying to be heard, looking for their audiences. It’s difficult, and can be disheartening when you put yourself out there, when you feel as though you’re unable to get any traction. Some give up, leaving digital memorials of their musical dreams across the site. Others press on, digitally busking in a cacophony of a million other bedroom performers and creators.
#Soundcloud for Artists has done its job and today my first song has been published on a bunch of platforms. Exciting!
Later I'll try to publish on #Bandcamp for the first time, I'll switch on Soundcloud, and I'll publish on Anartist.org 's platforms. I will "launch" when all this is done.
Meanwhile, could you search for "icaria36" wherever you listen to your #music and let me know if you find me there or not, please? I'll go wherever you go. :)
Und ihr könnt über @newpipe alle Videos von #mediaCCC anschauen, dem Medienkanal des #ccc , der zum #37c3 wieder mit vielen spannenden Videos zu #Netzpolitik , #datenschutz etc. bespielt werden wird.
:mastoread:
This allows you to follow #creators directly from multiple platforms through "sources" such as #youtube#soundcloud#peertube etc and also support them through their preferred funding type. Removing the middleman and giving them back control on their "brand/identity" without being locked in.
lowkey obsessed with this alvin and the chipmunks soundcloud project where every track is slowed to 16bpm. it’s dark and drippy and haunting and sorta fkd up—extremely my shit