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The music industry is ripe for disruption, and it's happening.

I very recently hopped into the #valueverse by releasing a full album... and I'm suddenly stoked about the future of music.

We just got word that “Live While I’m Alive“ is the #1 track on the music charts on Fountain.fm!

In a lovely twist of fate, a top podcast called This Week in Bitcoin by @npub1awyzkzaktxlhyg6syzst3pxy5lvp0c908yphz4ekk9rp3zcapp5qxn79n4@momostr.pink featured “Live While I’m Alive” on this week’s episode, and the track shot to #1 shortly after.

A few more podcasts featured tunes from Swamp Thing, including Upbeats from @[email protected], Sats and Sounds by @[email protected], Mutton, Mead and Music, and even the Lightning Thrashes Metal Show from @npub15z2javq62eh2xpms7yew0uzqsk4dr7t3q3dq4903uuxdyw2ca3kstx6q95@momostr.pink - you all rock.

A week later, we have 4 tracks charting on the Top 100 on Fountain with a few more on the WavLake Top 40!

WavLake and Fountain are at the cutting edge of podcasting and music streaming, and it's epic to have an alternative to Spotify that’s more friendly to both artists and listeners.

Big thanks to the devs, podcasters, artists, and listeners who are making the future of music just a little bit brighter. ⚡ ⚡ ⚡

#music #nostrmusic #grownostr #musicdisruption #fountainfm #wavlake #newmusic #nostriches #v4v #bitcoinmusic

"Live While I'm Alive" and the full Swamp Thing Album is available on @npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg@momostr.pink and @npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5@momostr.pink

https://fountain.fm/track/7GqafTatbyJheaOmzDwp

#valueverse #music #nostrmusic #grownostr #musicdisruption #fountainfm

NHAM @[email protected]

2024-05-29

[Read in full on NHAM]

Fair Music platforms can be defined by those which directly support musicians in a transparent manner. Ideally they are open-source collectives. In this article we delve deeper in to the good, the bad and the ugly in music distribution platforms, from the artist point of view.

The Good

I am sure there are some I’ve not yet discovered. If you know of any please do send me (Sam) a message on Mastodon.

The Bad

The following platforms, within the part of the music industry does not work on behalf of musicians, won’t be linked from this website if I can help it. Those which serve ads and trackers. No, thank you.

Amazon Music
Apple Music
Deezer
Soundcloud
Spotify (read more below)
Tidal
Youtube Music

The Ugly

Once renowned for supporting underground music, allowing fans to buy downloads and physical media direct from artists and labels, and only taking a small fee themselves, Bandcamp has recently been through two large buyouts, with staff lay offs ensuing. It is neither open-source nor a collective. For these reasons I’d ideally like not to include it. However, I do understand that a lot of small and indie artists still rely on the platform and at present they do still get to take home a decent 80-odd percent of the sales fees, which is still a pretty decent return.

Hopefully in time more artists will be able to direct people to their profiles on the platforms listed at the top of this page.

What’s so bad about Spotify?

None of the mainstream streaming services pay artists more than US $0.01 per stream. And that’s at the very top end, with a premium paying customer in a premium market. Spotify pay the lowest.
Spotify changed their payout system in April 2024 to only pay artists for their streams once that track is streamed at least 1,000 times in a calendar year.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests in AI technology for the military industrial complex and Spotify hosts several podcasts that support it.

The info above is from a thread by Kydia which goes in to more detail.

Revenue Share

While Spotify pay from nothing to peanuts to indie artists, here’s how the recommended platforms compare:

PlatformArtist Share (exc. payment processing fee)FaircampEssentially 100% as it’s self-hosted.BandwagonCurrently 100%. Tiered options to be introduced.MirloArtist Decides: Anything from 100% to 0%.Ampwall95% – $10 per year subscription feeWavlake90%Jam.Coop85%Bandcamp85%Resonate70% + share of any profits from remaining 30%SubvertAs yet undecided

#Ampwall #article #Bandwagon #Faircamp #FairMusic #Funkwhale #JamCoop #Mirlo #Resonate #resource #Subvert #Wavlake

#ampwall #article #bandwagon #faircamp #fairmusic #funkwhale

echonull @echonull

2024-03-21

Really enjoying Wavlake at the moment.

Is there such a thing as tribal ambient? No? Here it is anyway.

#music #Wavlake

https://wavlake.com/album/c01dc2b0-241d-4b22-8345-7edd8c2e6ed6

#music #wavlake