It's time for part 3 of our short series of posts about our plans for the future of #funkwhale. Last week, we talked a bit about our plans for a new Funkwhale app. A new app and a new API are both great, but let's not forget what sets Funkwhale apart from other media platforms: federation. It's something we really want to start expanding, so let's talk about it for a while.
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I second this. However, Funkwhale does not integrate directly a support system as far as I know.
FairCamp is probably the best support tool as you're supporting directly the artist (minus the payment processor fees, I guess?).
On the other hand, not everyone is willing or has the possibility to set it up.
The second best might be https://mirlo.space which is also a "Bandcamp-style" kind of thing. Still somehow acts as a middle-man, but for non-techy users is quite a breeze to use.
It's time for part 2 of our short series of posts about our plans for the future of #funkwhale. Last week, we talked a bit about our plans for a new API. While that's fun for developers and tech enthusiasts, most users are more interested in how Funkwhale as an application is going to improve. Let's talk about that now.
You want the "play any song immediately" experience. Musicians want to go viral, control their work and get paid enough to make it their full time job. We should be able to do this with #Funkwhale, redirecting the share that goes to corporations like labels and #Spotify, directly to artists.
Hello again #Fediverse, I may need your #fedihelp. So, here's a list of the Fediverse software I'm about to make temporary accounts for to test all the features and differences:
So, did I miss anything noteworthy? Does anyone have any tips or recommendations before I choose a server for any one of these? I'll probably be going for the most popular server on each for improved federation and maintenance.
Note: I'm using #Sharkey right now and Misskey forks are already overrepresented, so that's why it's not included.
Since I just moved here and I think I never introduced myself, its probably time for an #introduction:
Hi, I am Georg. I am currently living in #Leipzig, #Germany. I spent most of my time working on #Funkwhale and related open source projects. I am also spending quite some time #gardening and enjoying or making #music. I am living in a hetero-normative family with two kids, which hides my light queerness (still trying to figure it out...).
I would love to see open podcast projects such as @AntennaPod and @kasts integrate with a FOSS, decentralized protocol like ActivityPub for efficient podcast syncing between platforms. Does such a thing exist now?
@beunice@AntennaPod We're already working on this. Both #AntennaPod and #Kasts are involved in openpodcastapi.org together with other projects like #FunkWhale It's still in the process of specification at the moment.
have you played with #funkwhale at all? it's a nice base imo. I wish they'd try to be a decentralized mashup of #mastodon, #bandcamp and #spotify. a place for artists to both get their music promoted on the #fediverse, post/control their music but also a way to get paid for downloads and streams. let labels run servers or have artists do it themselves, sites that can double as their public website. all while letting fans follow, listen and share on any compatible app. #ccmusic
@adamchainz@paulox there are several django based instances, i think #funkwhale is another. But as far as i can tell alot is still in alpha and none has seen significant adoption. Its a bit of a pity. With the large numbers of python enthousiasts and contributors such a stack could made a difference for building out the #fediverse
I’m probably the last person to hear about it but I just stumbled on #Funkwhale in my search for a #Spotify alternative.
It’s #foss, #decentralised, and #federated! You can share #music by joinings pods or starting your own. Now I’ve only just discovered it but this feels like a much more #community driven listening experience than what we’re use to these days. Kind of like sharing your walkman earphones at recess with friends.
@wagtail its a great idea as it would make potentially any django / wagtail installation a first class citizen of the fediverse, expanding functionality in various novel ways
There are already several django based activitypub servers (I am aware of #funkwhale, #takahẽ , #socialhome) and related #python projects (#bovine, #piefed) but it seems there is zero code re-use among them.
#Funkwhale è un'istanza audio completamente gratuita della comunità di #MastodonUno ed è accessibile a tutti, chiunque può iscriversi e caricare le proprie opere.
Per i podcast consigliamo però https://castopod.it.
Anyone know of a fedi or at least free-ish alternative to SoundCloud? I like posting my stuff for archival and for whatever folks might enjoy listening to my brand of self indulgent improv, but I just have no desire to engage with that site anymore. What are the cool Indieweb kids using these days?
Are you thinking of self hosting, or signing up for a music service of some kind?
For self hosting there's #funkwhale, which has fediverse integration built in. I tried it myself and it didn't quite fit for me though.
A lot of musicians on here really like self hosting with #faircamp (and I use it myself and think it's great) but faircamp doesn't have activitypub, so there's no fediverse integration.