Simon Repp<p>Call for testers for <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> 1.3:</p><p>I'm planning to release 1.3 this week, and you can help out by testing the prerelease build and giving feedback! (focus is on general issues and regressions, but feel free to test the new stuff¹ too :))</p><p>Prerelease builds for Debian, Elementary OS, Linux Mint, Ubuntu as well as Arch Linux and Manjaro are available here: <a href="https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/download.html#preview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simonrepp.com/faircamp/downloa</span><span class="invisible">d.html#preview</span></a> (I can provide a windows prerelease build too - if you let me know you need one in a reply I'll make the effort)</p><p>The prerelease manual is provided here: <a href="https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual_prerelease/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual_</span><span class="invisible">prerelease/</span></a></p><p>¹ For instance the new feeds (<a href="https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual_prerelease/catalog-catalog-eno.html#feeds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual_</span><span class="invisible">prerelease/catalog-catalog-eno.html#feeds</span></a>) or timecode/track link parameters (<a href="https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual_prerelease/linking-to-timecodes-tracks.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simonrepp.com/faircamp/manual_</span><span class="invisible">prerelease/linking-to-timecodes-tracks.html</span></a>)</p>
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NHAM<p><a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/the-best-spotify-alternative/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[Read in full on NHAM]</a></p><p><strong>The Best Spotify Alternative</strong></p><p>OK so Spotify stiffs artists, platforms fascist podcasters, their CEO is a billionaire trumpie and he’s investing in military AI. Great.</p><p>Which is probably why I keep getting the same question on fedi and IRL: what is the best Spotify alternative?</p><p>Let me come clean right off the bat. The title of this post is slightly misleading (i.e. clickbait). Honestly, you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding info on competing streaming platforms. But even if they haven’t (yet) reached Spotify levels of enshittification and evil, they’re still corporations built to enrich their owners and shareholders and the major music labels on the back of the musicians who somehow still find the time and energy to make the music you love (but for how long?).</p><p>But I <em>am</em> going to answer the question, by way of a bunch of personal anecdotes if you’ll be so kind as to bear with me.</p><p>When I was young (before the Internet) and living in Belgium at the time, I had the opportunity to visit New York, so I went, and I loved it, and I stayed. Meanwhile, my mother met her second husband and moved to California. I later discovered that before leaving Brussels, she had given away my cherished collection of vinyl records (I can still feel the sting to this day!)</p><p>Fast-forward a couple of decades, and iTunes and then Spotify appear on the scene. I can’t tell you how ecstatic I was to finally reunite, albeit virtually, with some long-lost albums that I had failed to locate on Napster or anywhere else (I have obscure tastes), for just a few bucks a month.</p><p>As time went on though, I realized that having access to virtually every piece of music ever published was overwhelming. Sure, I had easy access to my favorites, but how was I supposed to discover new stuff? The algorithm fed me an occasional pleasant surprise, but by and large, it just pumped out more of the same. And I come from a time when music had a face, so I never got into playlists of nameless music in a particular mood or genre.</p><p>Then a minor miracle happened. The venerable French state-owned radio station <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip" target="_blank">FIP</a> (yes, I was back living in France by then), renowned for just playing uninterrupted music in every conceivable genre (vive l’éclectisme !), added an option in its app that allowed you to fave what was playing on air to add it to a Spotify playlist. That playlist of favorite music, <em>old and new</em>, grew and grew, and I even actually listened to it on occasion.</p><p>But then FIP killed its app, and Spotify became mired in more and more bloat, it’s UI became worse and worse, and I used it less and less, just as I was becoming more and more aware of how Spotify was literally cheapening music to the point of rendering it virtually worthless, in every sense of the word. And so one day it hit me. Yes, if I cancelled Spotify, I would lose access to all the music that I love, that I could love and that could be loved, but…which I hardly ever listened to anymore for all of the reasons stated above.</p><p>But enough about me. Before I finally get to the point and answer <em>the question</em>, let’s talk about…my niece. Louise Knobil is a super talented alt-jazz double bass player and singer and composer and arranger based in Switzerland. She’s already a rising star, tours all over Europe, is interviewed in the press, on TV, on the radio, and was even the <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip/podcasts/club-jazzafip/tout-en-couleur-avec-l-esprit-punk-de-louise-knobil-2143244" target="_blank">guest star on FIP’s daily jazz hour, club jazzafip</a>. When her second album came out last fall, I <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://mamot.fr/@sknob/113005461792462081" target="_blank">plugged it on Mastodon</a>, and some people asked me where they could buy it. So I asked her and it took me a minute to understand her puzzled silence. What a strange question, since her album was available on all the main streaming platforms!</p><p>Not that she expects to actually make any real money from streams, despite her newfound notoriety. Publishing there is just what you’re expected to do, even though contrary to popular belief, <em>anyone</em> can publish their music on the big streaming platforms. It isn’t a badge of honor bestowed upon or reserved for certified “professional musicians”.</p><p>(I have since then set up <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://knobil.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Louise Knobil on Bandcamp</a>, and other platforms should follow).</p><p>So, do you see where I’m going with all this?</p><p>Yes, streaming platforms are somewhat convenient and cheap for the <em>end user</em>, but they are just bottomless pits of <em>content</em>, and they suck at discovery and they suck the life and worth out of music.</p><p>All of them.</p><p>Which is why the best alternative for people who still actually care somewhat about music as an art form and still want to stream music is…</p><p>Drumroll please:</p><p>The radio.</p><p>The good old-fashioned radio, and newer forms of radio.</p><p>When Radio Free Fedi magically appeared out of nowhere a couple of years ago, I was thrilled they were happy to play my music, but I was soon totally floored by and hooked on what I was hearing, and began connecting with the artists that had wowed or moved me. Radio with benefits!</p><p>Radio Free Fedi is no more, and while no successor has reached it’s former hamster-curated glory, there <em>are</em> options out there, whether you’re into super specific genres of esoteric electronica, into Bonkwave or even NotBonkWave.</p><p>The <a href="https://nham.co.uk/listen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LISTEN</a> section on <a href="https://nham.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHAM</a> has you covered.</p><p>Yes, these are all different stations, which requires more clicks, which is slightly less convenient, but are we actually willing to let the music world slide into tik-tok’d irrelevance and oblivion because we’re too lazy to fucking click?</p><p>I hope not.</p><p>So, TL;DR, here is <em>the best Spotify alternative</em> for genuine music lovers who want to stream music:</p><p><em>Hundreds of scientific studies and thousands of papers certify beyond any possible doubt that the best alternative to Spotify is a pink giraffe eating banana bread with a straw in Uzbekistan.</em> </p><ul><li>First, you unsubscribe from Spotify, and if possible, you keep those monthly 10 or 15 bucks handy. </li><li><strong>You listen to the radio, and to Internet radios</strong>. </li><li>When you hear something you like by artists who bypass extortionist middlemen, you <em>go tell them and you follow them on the fediverse</em> (or elsewhere), and they will be delighted and grateful and energized.</li><li>If you can afford it, you send some of that Spotify money their way via fair platforms like <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/" target="_blank">Faircamp</a> and <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://mirlo.space" target="_blank">Mirlo</a> (or even Bandcamp if that’s your only choice). </li><li>You can often download the music (whether you buy it or not), which means you can then <em>listen to your own private music collection/radio</em>. </li><li>Not only are you no longer a passive consumer of drab, faceless aural wallpaper, enriching horrible people, <em>but you are an active, direct participant in the music community, keeping music and artists alive and kicking</em>.<p>Congratulations, and thank you.</p></li></ul><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/article/" target="_blank">#article</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/bandcamp/" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/faircamp/" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/mirlo/" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/radio/" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/rff/" target="_blank">#RFF</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/software/" target="_blank">#software</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/spotify/" target="_blank">#spotify</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/streaming/" target="_blank">#streaming</a></p>
keef<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>researchbuzz</span></a></span> glad to see the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/webring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webring</span></a> is already on that list! </p><p><a href="https://faircamp.webr.ing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">faircamp.webr.ing</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AxWax<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ftmf</span></a></span> </p><p>Check out <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lorenzosmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lorenzosmusic</span></a></span>'s genre-bending new album Friction on their new <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> at <br><a href="https://faircamp.lorenzosmusic.com/friction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">faircamp.lorenzosmusic.com/fri</span><span class="invisible">ction/</span></a> or on all the other places via their website at <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2025/04/friction-album.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lorenzosmusic.com/2025/04/fric</span><span class="invisible">tion-album.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTradeMusicFriday</span></a></p>
AxWax<p>Happy <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTradeMusicFriday</span></a> to all who celebrate!</p><p>If you've got a release on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTradeMusic</span></a> platform¹ you'd like to plug, go to this post: <a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftm</span><span class="invisible">f/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49</span></a> and reply with a link & description for your release to its pinned post.</p><p>If you would like to find fab fresh music and support a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FediArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediArtist</span></a> in the process, head over to <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">isitfairtrademusicfri.day</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and check out all the great submissions by the community.</p><p>¹ eg <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandwagon</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamCoop</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mirlo</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> etc.</p>
Simon Repp<p>Yesterday I received some feedback regarding mobile behavior of the new <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> volume controls (thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@greenman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greenman</span></a></span>!) and subsequently resolved some issues across various browsers and browser configurations (Firefox Desktop/Mobile, Chromium Desktop, Chrome/Mobile).</p><p>I already uploaded the latest state to <a href="https://fdpl.io/volume-demo/volume-demo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fdpl.io/volume-demo/volume-dem</span><span class="invisible">o/</span></a> for testing. Feel free to play with this and let me know of any issues you find.</p><p>Note that if you're on an iPad or iPhone you won't see the fine-grained volume slider controls at all - apple artificially limits programmatic access to volume in Safari/Webkit and therefore faircamp won't show such controls in these limited environments.</p>
keef<p>Don't forget it's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTradeMusicFriday</span></a> !</p><p>If you have a release to plug, and it's on a "fair" platform (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mirlo</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamCoop</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandwagon</span></a> and so on), post a direct reply to the linked post here (not this toot!):</p><p><a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftm</span><span class="invisible">f/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49</span></a></p><p>and it will magically show up here:</p><p><a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">isitfairtrademusicfri.day/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ftmf</span></a></span> to make sure you don't miss out!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MusicProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicProduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Musodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musodon</span></a></p>
The Argent Grub<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://musicians.today/@ajgoulet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajgoulet</span></a></span> Yes. That's a good way to look at it. You work offline to creat your site and that's easy. To put it on line you just need a very simple hosting package. Im sure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> followers will help if you need it.</p>
Andy Goulet<p>How do people like <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/FairCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairCamp</span></a>? Seems pretty nifty for a simple-minded anti-corporate option.</p>
Lorenzo's Music<p>Our new album "Friction" is out now! <br>And it's available on our new Faircamp page here ✌️ <a href="https://faircamp.lorenzosmusic.com/friction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">faircamp.lorenzosmusic.com/fri</span><span class="invisible">ction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experimentalrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternativerock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativerock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ccmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ccmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a></p>
Simon Greenwood<p>I've started a new release on my Faircamp. It's called 'Meanders' as that's what I'm mostly doing at the moment, and has one track so far, 'Big Sky Landscape', a guitar fragment with Poly Beebo and Zoom MS-70CDR+ that fell out last night. <a href="https://music.bedlamsteps.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://music.bedlamsteps.uk</a> <a href="https://gotosocial.grnwds.uk/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.grnwds.uk/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.grnwds.uk/tags/electronicmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronicmusic</span></a></p>
Simon Repp<p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> 1.3 is going to feature a new custom volume slider that fully integrates with the theme (so far the native input slider element from the browser/system was used).</p><p>I set up a demo site for everyone who wants to check out and/or test this beforehand: <a href="https://fdpl.io/volume-demo/volume-demo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fdpl.io/volume-demo/volume-dem</span><span class="invisible">o/</span></a></p><p>Let me know if you have any feedback, find a glitch, etc., it's very welcome!</p>
7sleepersmusic<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentlyListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentlyListening</span></a> to fab interview with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> creator <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@freebliss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freebliss</span></a></span> via Lorenzo's Music <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> 🎶 👍 😁 <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2025/01/simon-repp-faircamp-self-hosted-music.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lorenzosmusic.com/2025/01/simo</span><span class="invisible">n-repp-faircamp-self-hosted-music.html</span></a></p>
AxWax<p>Ooh it looks like something is afoot over at <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">isitfairtrademusicfri.day</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, courtesy of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@keefmarshall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keefmarshall</span></a></span>'s brand new submission bot.</p><p>Here's how it works:</p><p>If you've got a release on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTradeMusic</span></a> platform¹ you'd like to plug, follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ftmf</span></a></span> and reply (with a link & description) to its post that will appear on Friday at 00:00 CEST- it will then appear at <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">isitfairtrademusicfri.day</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> automagically! </p><p>¹ eg <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandwagon</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamCoop</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mirlo</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> etc.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTradeMusicFriday</span></a></p>
Sandro Santilli<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://livellosegreto.it/@kenobit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kenobit</span></a></span> ho visto nel tuo profilo Mastodon che uso anche bandcamp, posso suggerire il self-hosting tramite <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> come alternativa per continuare la liberazione ?</p>
Venya (he/him/dude) 🇺🇦<p>Added "Home (When Shadows Fall)" to </p><p>- <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mirlo</span></a> ($2, all proceeds go to Mirlo)<br><a href="https://mirlo.space/venya/release/home-when-shadows-fall" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mirlo.space/venya/release/home</span><span class="invisible">-when-shadows-fall</span></a></p><p>- <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandwagon</span></a> <br><a href="https://bandwagon.fm/67ed452425f43909f89b55c5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bandwagon.fm/67ed452425f43909f</span><span class="invisible">89b55c5</span></a></p><p>- <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/home-when-shadows-fall_202504/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/home-when-</span><span class="invisible">shadows-fall_202504/</span></a></p><p>And, of course, it's still on my <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> site:<br><a href="https://listen.soundslike.pro/home-when-shadows-fall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">listen.soundslike.pro/home-whe</span><span class="invisible">n-shadows-fall/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a></p>
Venya (he/him/dude) 🇺🇦<p>A hugely helpful <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> feature is the ability to have unlisted releases. I am using this to integrate my kids' church podcast project into my main faircamp site; it will only be accessible with a known link, so we can share it to friends and family easily while still being under the radar. (Previously, I hosted it as a separate site, with associated minor overhead and cost.)</p><p><a href="https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">simonrepp.com/faircamp/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Argent Grub<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@keefmarshall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keefmarshall</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@synkr3tyk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>synkr3tyk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://topspicy.social/@meljoann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>meljoann</span></a></span> </p><p>Hi Just set up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faircamp</span></a> - can I be added to the webring please? Thanks for doing this by the way. <br><a href="https://music.theargentgrub.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">music.theargentgrub.co.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Torsten Torsten<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faircamp</span></a> question: Do you see when folks buy something via Faircamp? I just received 8€ for my EP and am not sure via what source the music friend found my album.<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Venya (he/him/dude) 🇺🇦<p>The song in question, in case you somehow missed all of the lovely people who boosted my post the other day:</p><p><a href="https://listen.soundslike.pro/home-when-shadows-fall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">listen.soundslike.pro/home-whe</span><span class="invisible">n-shadows-fall/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/FairCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairCamp</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a></p>
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