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 I'd like to see a decentralised alternative to #BandCamp, and a lot of projects have tried. The same musicians tell me they all suck to use, or fail to reach the critical mass of artists and listeners required to be effective. Seems to me the only effective way to do this is for it to be led by artists, not web developers or decentralisation activists. Maybe a consortium of musicians' unions/ associations could be formed to co-design a decentralised platform with Free Code devs? 4 comments
 @GhostOnTheHalfShell @strypey @krusynth They have also set up an alternative to bandcamp, called Faircamp: https://faircamp.radiofreefedi.net/ I’m sure @radiofreefedi could give you more details!  @KydiaMusic @strypey @krusynth @radiofreefedi nice! They seem to be hitting the important points. I would love to see these alternatives prosper and grow. @KydiaMusic @strypey @krusynth @radiofreefedi Importantly, how much visibility have these sites gained even within the fediverse? I am not hooked into much of the music (artist) scene; this looks like a ray of light. I know there’s a coop effort alternative to Etsy and the like; again in peasant view, it seems like a fediverse variant like it’s time for the equivalent. The add challenge is shipping of material goods. |
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The payment system is one of the larger challenges.
Networking/promotion, word of mouth etc, is a cornerstone. Streaming of some fashion plays the part of radio stations.
*odd thought could fediverse support a listening “channel”, a radio station, as part of its functionality? that is add in audio stream as part of its API, music to go with bloom scrolling.
The other component would be to direct to artists’ “node” of works where people can toss a coin to their bard