In case you weren't aware, I've been working with the #funkwhale project for over 5 years at this point. I first installed the software back in 2018 and started helping out people who wanted to install it, then I got involved with writing frontend code and documentation. It's no exaggeration to say I owe my entire career to the work I've done on the project. I wrote about this a bit in my blog a while back.
WOOOW. You guys. LOOK. What a sign. The #music signs are SIGNING.
I step out of emergency dental surgery (a toot for another day), and jump back into learning more about #icecast and #funkwhale. I immediately receive notification from nameless site, which alerts me to my friend leaving this very crucial comment on another friends post regarding #SpotifyWrapped and their underpayment of #musicians:
HOLD TIGHT YOU GUYS. I’M BRINGING THE LA UNDERGROUND LEGENDS.
I see some people posting #SpotifyWrapped updates again. I do still occasionally use spotify, but I mainly just run my own music streaming service. using #funkwhale
I don't have stats on my specific usage (or any of the other 40+ users that are on my pod) , but the overall stats are rather nice. My pod is open to all users no account necessary unless you want to upload your own library.
Funkwhale has some issues handling artists, particularly in classical music.
I love the idea of Funkwhale, and I have been trying it out for a little while now. I've tried uploading Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, but I stumbled across a few issues, particularly regarding artists.
The first thing that I noticed was that artists separated by commas get merged into one "artist". In my case, "Sviatoslav Richter, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra" was registered as one single person. I'm guessing there is some workaround for this, but since comma separation is a widely used format, you're bound to get a lot of double artists.
Another thing I noticed was that composers and conductors don't get registered as artists. That is quite annoying, because the composer is the one you care the most about in classical music. Even when I go into the track details, I see no Sergei Rachmaninov or Stanisław Wisłocki, even though they're clearly tagged in the files.
Then, a smaller issue is different spellings for the same name: JS Bach and Johann Sebastian Bach are shown as two different artists. I understand that it is difficult to prevent given the decentralised nature of Funkwhale, but some form of reminder to keep it to some standard would be nice (perhaps the one used on Discogs).
Overall, Funkwhale is a great idea and I am going to use the hell out of it, but it needs some standarisation and support for multiple contributors.
questa versione dovrebbe migliorare la velocità su browser, eliminare i bug e permettere un migliore funzionamento dell'app ufficiale (solo su fdroid):
@milan Okay, das verstehe ich voll und ganz, dass man sich da nicht so ein Fass ohne Boden ins Haus holen will. Aber dann weiß ich Bescheid. #Funkwhale
Danke Dir!
Happy Monday, #Fediverse!
To celebrate a new week and all the new opportunities it brings, here's a song I discovered on #Funkwhale.
I didn't see how to share it from Funkwhale, but I found the video for A Brief Breath of Spring, by Alone With Everybody. Enjoy.
So I've come around to #faircamp and find it a good thing to have around even if I remain on #bandcamp, as I shall for some time to come.
And my #funkwhale will still be available for as long as I can maintain it.
I'll slowly upload releases to https://faircamp.thurk.org ... If anyone notices any strangeness, please let me know. I'll possibly style it a bit differently in the future.
This week I boosted posts from #GoToSocial and #Akkoma instances and followed someone on a #Funkwhale instance all from my #Mastodon instance, as if they were all Mastodon posts and accounts.
Unser neues Musikvideo ist da!
Regenbogenexpress ist jetzt überall verfügbar. Neben den großen Plattformen natürlich auch bei Bandcamp, PeerTube und Funkwhale.
Parfois je suis sur Mastodon en croyant être sur Blouskaille. D’autres fois, je suis persuadé d’être sur Mastodon, alors que je suis sur Blouskaille. Il n’y a que sur Twittix que je sais où je suis, sans savoir si cela va encore durer longtemps.
Ah, mes amis, c’est devenu compliqué, les réseaux sociaux.
@monsieurkaplan
Et Zou ! C'est reparti! #Funkwhale est un projet communautaire qui permet d'écouter et de partager de la musique et de l'audio au sein d'un réseau ouvert et décentralisé. En quelque sorte le pendant de (feu) Bandcamp ou Soundcloud. Il manque juste la monétisation pour les artistes. J'ai un compte sur https://funk.firobe.fr/ où je stocke une partie de ma discothèque privée. @bilbo_le_hobbit Je peux la partager via un lien.
Sur l'instance, artistes, podcasts, radios...