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#Musicians

Randy (Bluesbreaker)
16 hours ago

"Spotify's new scam" - I'm going to post this three times for different time zones. I have thought this through overnight and I have a personal plan. I would rather not have to implement the plan, but if Spotify goes through with the -1,000 stream thing, I'll have to
#Spotify #Musicians

https://randulo.medium.com/spotifys-new-scam-111ddfbd61a0

Kalmor_Publications
21 hours ago

Most people understand slow, fast, and medium.

#Musicians aren't most people.

List of tempo markings used by classical musicians with corresponding beats per minute descriptions.
Variety
1 day ago

Ryan Gosling Praises Mark Ronson’s ‘Kenergy’: ‘The Entire World Gave Zero F—s About Ken … Look At Him Now’
#Variety #Awards #Musicians #News #Hitmakers #MarkRonson #RyanGosling #VarietyHitmakersRecap2023

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ryan-gosling-barbie-speech-mark-ronson-1235816706/

michael fulgenzi
1 day ago

Do any of you #musicians out there have stories about switching from one brand of gear to another and then regretting that decision? E.g., I recently bought some #Paiste cymbals only to realize that I prefer the #Zildjian cymbals I've played pretty much my whole life. Thank heavens I hadn't sold my Zildjians! 🥁 #musicproduction

geekgirl :mastodon:
2 days ago

#Fundraiser continues for Ollie Olsen ❤️ who is hosting #Rage tonight on #ABC TV.

Please give generously for Ollie's ongoing medical costs.

One of #Australia's great #musicians #performer #producer & #electronic #artist

GoFundMe, https://gofund.me/91543942

Yoni Den
2 days ago

https://bkmm.bandcamp.com/album/the-excursion-sequences

Wei En's "The Excursion Sequences" arise from live performances in September 2023

This is experimental electronic music, and I really dig it. At times almost #Ambient, it has a low key beat driven style, and is absolutely worth your time, so

Check It Out!

#ElectronicMusic #Experimental #Improvisation #BandCamp #BandCampFriday #Music #Musicians

and you can interact with Wei En here:
@yougenius

Holland Albright ♫ 🌈
2 days ago

Wandering Spirit

New release! Featuring Nicole Chang on harp (with some super cool harp sfx at the beginning) and Tze Liew giving the most ethereal and spooky vocals!

➤ Full song: https://youtu.be/4pSl02HWdE0

#composer #harp #vocal #vocals #piano #fantasy #fantasymusic #animation #gamedev #vgm #videogames #videogamemusic #cinematic #film #filmmusic #musicproduction #pianist #musician #musicians

Amadeus Paulussen
2 days ago

Do you think that as #humans (and #musicians or any kind of artistic or professional work) we should stop using services that #disrespect us, even though there may be a significant audience on such #platforms? I am thinking of #spotify, #applemusic, #instagram, #facebook, #youtube and the likes. Or is it maybe enough to just not use such services for our own #consumption? #fairness #respect

longwhan
2 days ago

Top 9 Albums I've been shoving down my earholes over the last month.

track info @last_fm
collage tapmusic.net

#music #albums #top9 #collage #charts #playlist #mp3 #flac #wav #albumart #tunes #lp #ep #cd #sounds #albumcover #albumartwork #musicians #listening

A grid of the nine albums I've listened to most this month.
Roberta Fidora
3 days ago

“Toxic ideas around success muddy up the narratives we tell each other, and ourselves, about what we do and why we do it.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/timshiel/p/22-what-it-feels-like-to-be-wrapped

#SpotifyWrapped #Musodon #Music #Streaming #DataVisualization #Listening #Musicians #Spotify #LongReads #IndependentMusic #BandcampFriday

Yoni Den
3 days ago

I'm gonna take it easy this Friday.

I have a few things I want to recommend, and I will def do that, but, though I enjoy supporting and boosting #IndieMusicians, #Musicians and #Music in general, the whole #BandCamp #SongTradrCamp thing has left a seriously bad taste in my mouth.

It feels a bit much to promote the platform that has openly thumbed it's nose at #Unions and #Workers and I cannot see a good future for #Artists or #Creators there.

Ericka Simone
3 days ago

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.

VERBS, a Los Angeles hip hop music legend, replies to Eric Spivak’s (co-creator of Bananas, origin of Doja Cat) post on subverting Spotify for their abuse of musicians with the comment “Let’s start a #FUNKWHALE instance.” 
To which I immediately reply off the dental meds “I’m on Masto right tf now doing this EXACT THING.”

OMG I HAVENT BEEN THIS EXCITED FOR MUSIC ON THE INTERNETS SINCE NAPSTER AND WINAMP
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦
4 days ago

I just finished the first essay in #JeffSharlet’s “#TheUndertow: scenes from a slow #civilWar. ” It’s a reflection on the ‘masks’ we wear (w/ #HarryBelafonte).

I know it’s not possible to know everything. But there’s so much that I didn’t know. Like this desegregated Revlon-sponsored, award-winning 1959 #TV special: https://youtu.be/L6oBqOR8kzo?feature=shared

#Books
#bookstodon
#ToRead
#segregation
#BlackHistory
#musicians
#EmmyAwards
#History
#Jamaica
#YouTube

Blake Leyh
4 days ago

I have my music on Spotify as an artist, & each year around this time they send the Spotify Wrapped thing celebrating all of our annual success together.

So in 2023 I had 105.7 thousand streams of music which I wholly own. For this, Spotify paid me...

...drum roll please...

$112.94!

#SpotifyWrapped #Spotify #Exploitation #Musicians

Blake Leyh's Spotify For Artists wrapped graphic. A picture of Blake against a graphic red background.

Text reads:

Blake Leyh
105.7K Streams
32.4K Listeners
3.2K Hours
139 Countries
Spotify for Artists
#SPOTIFYWRAPPED
MakerTube
4 days ago

MakerTube is now running on the latest Peertube version v6.0.1. It brings a bunch of new features like
* video chapters
* storyboards (thumb preview when hoovering over video timeline)
* upload new video version
* password protection for videos
See https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v6.0.0 for a full list of new features.

#MakerTube is a #peertube video instance for #makers, #musicians, #artists, #diy content #creators and the like. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!

MakerTube text logo with orange film clap
GW
5 days ago

Reverence For #Genius The Perfect Words To Describe How #Musicians, #Guitarists, and Fans, Including This #Writer, Have Felt About Ry Cooder

“With Ry, man, he can just play one note on the slide and it just melts.” That’s all I have to say about it. It’s amazing. He made a ton of soundtracks in addition to his many records, and all of them is fantastic. He’s such a musicologist that music and guitar appear to be written all over his #DNA. I can’t help but be inspired”

https://medium.com/@BluesBeat/reverence-the-perfect-word-to-describe-how-musicians-guitarists-and-fans-including-this-writer-37003c141ec0

Ry Cooder
Iron Man Records
5 days ago

Iron Man Records will be at Moseley Record Fair on Sunday 3rd December 2023. MOSELEY ALL SERVICES CLUB, 91 Church Road, Moseley, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EA. 12pm–4pm. FREE ADMISSION! https://ironmanrecords.net/2023/11/iron-man-records-will-be-at-moseley-record-fair-on-sunday-3rd-december-2023/ #music #musicians #vinyl #cd #recordfair #Birmingham

7sleepersmusic
5 days ago

Good guy studio maestro #RonanChrisMurphy gives us the answer to life, the universe, and everything ;-) 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #Musicians #Audio #Recording #DAW #DAWLife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZguDHrrIM

Stefan Bohacek
5 days ago

Hey #musicians and #composers, would you be interested in joining an ongoing weekly scoring challenge?

Sign up at https://buttondown.email/weeklyscoringchallenge and follow @WeeklyScoringChallenge to know when it launches in a few weeks.

#music #soundtrack

Michael Shotter
5 days ago

We're just a week away from a new episode of The Post Mortem Report! Who will be the next Author Spotlight? What books, games, movies, music, and TV shows will Ronald McGillvray & I talk about?

Tune in and subscribe today to find out!

http://youtube.com/@ThePostMortemReport

#podcast #podcasts #podcasting #authorcast #YouTube #AuthorSpotlight #books #games #movies #music #TVShows #reading #videogames #films #musicians #TV #entertainment #entertaining #talkshow #whattoread #whattowatch #subscribe

For the trained musicians under us, what is happening ‘music theoretically’ in Sabaton’s The Unkillable Soldier? (It’s heavy metal.)

Starting minute 3:27 there is a certain … key change? It suddenly feels ‘uplifted’ and opens up. Is it the instrumentation? The fact they ‘cut in the expectation’ of the chorus?

I can’t seem to put my finger on it, but I love the effect and was hoping you could enlighten me. For the full effect listen to whole song.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0gsCpWnPXzPqf0MoIh0Qbi?si=7351054a8eb44087

#music #musicians

Iron Man Records
6 days ago

Early career musicians struggling with mental wellbeing https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/early-career-musicians-struggling-mental-wellbeing @birminghammn #music #musicians

Iron Man Records
6 days ago
Kydia Music
1 week ago

Does anyone know how to get your song removed from a Spotify playlist? I'm pretty sure I've been added to a bot playlist as I haven't paid for, or even submitted my songs to any playlists.
The one I was added to is called TikTok 2023 (I don't have any content on TikTok) by Toxter, and all the streams are coming from Helsinki, Finland.

#Musicians #MusicProduction #Spotify #FediMusic #Playlist #SpotifyPlaylist

Screenshot of my info as provided by Spotify. The 1st list shows "Your top songs" and how many streams each song has. Holy Grail has 4,379 streams, and The Waterfall 416.
The 2nd list shows "Your top playlists" and how many streams came from each playlist. The top of the list is a playlist called "TikTok 2023," with 61,825 Followers, and 4,185 of my streams came from this one playlist. The 2nd playlist is "Radio," an algorithmic playlist created by Spotify based on their individual preferences, and that playlist provided me 124 streams.
VLCAM - Vlad Masslove
1 week ago

Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor) on crafting Meteora, songwriting, and the art of vocal production.
#Music #musicproduction #vocals #Songwriter #Musicians https://splice.com/blog/mike-shinoda-interview-meteora-20th-anniversary/ via https://publme.space/reactions/v/22683

Stage name Jay Peach
1 week ago

Working at learning more about the three Stylophone pieces I’ve got: the original, the Gen X-1, and the Beat. All have both audio in and out except for the original which only has audio out. Having fun connecting them up together, mostly using the Gen X-1 at the end of the chain.

That’s all for now…
#synthesisers #musicians #fedimusic #mastomusic #syn

VLCAM - Vlad Masslove
1 week ago

Most of #artists and #Producers as well as #Musicians will not get ANY royalties next year from #Spotify.
I personally understand the background but can't agree. If you want to keep your topline growing or at least stay at the same level and feed so-called business "elite" please use other ways to do this. So many talents are there below this 1000-streams threshold!
#FairSpotify #MusicIndustry #MusicIndustry #majorlabels
via... https://publme.space/reactions/v/31647

Chris Jags
1 week ago

Who's your favorite underappreciated musician/band?

(i.e. they DON'T have tens of millions of views on YouTube)

#music #rock #metal #pop #swing #hiphop #jazz #musicians #bands #folk #indierock

VLCAM - Vlad Masslove
1 week ago

Music funding, grants opportunities list and application tips posted in DittoMusic blog. Good FAQ in general.
#Musicians #independent #artists #MusicBusiness https://dittomusic.com/en/blog/latest-music-funding-and-grants-opportunities/

@AnarchistFederation

musicians and artists Thom Yorke, Es Devlin, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and Love Ssega;

So many of my musical influences (okay, my heroes) in this list of signatories.

#Joy, #Musicians rejoice

VLCAM - Vlad Masslove
2 weeks ago

Musicians are brands. Musicians as artistic agencies, how that grows overall music revenues.
#Musicians #independent #Music #trends #Agency #PublMe https://musicx.substack.com/p/musicians-as-artistic-agencies-and via https://publme.space/reactions/v/20950

Jessie Nabein
2 weeks ago

Argh... any piano musicians able to suggest an alternative to this music stand for my M-Audio KeyStudio 49, this one ?
https://m-audio.com/products/view/m-audio-keystudio

I can't find anything that fits the exact holes width-wise...

Here's an example webpage I found this on.
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/m-audio-music-stand

M-Audio says the product is fully discontinued. Aliexpress has no results... and this is such a simple item!

#Piano #Musician #Music #Musicians #Pianos #AskFedi

A black metal piano sheet music stand with two small arms on the front ends that would clip in to the top of a piano.
The upper metal bar section is curved down to provide a small amount of fanciness.
Richard Bloomfield
2 weeks ago

Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions
To all musicians, appear and inspire:
Translated Daughter, come down and startle
Composing mortals with immortal fire.
#StCeceliasDay #HymnToStCecelia #ChurchMusic #PatronSaint #Music #Musicians

GW
2 weeks ago

Calling All #Blues #Music Enthusiasts! Get Ready To Take A Deep Dive Into The World Of #Blues #Recording #Artists

We Are Excited To Introduce An Assembly Of 25 Talented Blues #Musicians Who Are Here To Captivate And Share Their Mesmerizing #Music, #Videos, And #Information With You The Audience

Whether you are a die-hard blues fan or new to this captivating genre, this platform offers a gateway to explore your beloved blues artists and discover new talent

https://medium.com/@BluesBeat/calling-all-blues-music-enthusiasts-247d0a7bcebb

Blues Collage
Default Media Transmitter
2 weeks ago

My music is now available at https://jam.coop/artists/default-media-transmitter

It's still early days, but jam.coop is aiming to become a co-op owned by #musicians and developers. I hope this can become another alternative to #bandcamp.

ES Michelson
2 weeks ago
Max Howard at the piano in a dramatically lit black and white portrait in which his face is mostly in deep shadow.
MTP
2 weeks ago

@muz4now I think gear snobbery and gear paralysis is simply a symptom of insecurity when it comes to writing and recording.
Use what you have with the time you have to create what you can with the knowledge you have.
enjoy the process, not the gear

#GearSquad
#Musicians
#MusicianTips
#GearHead
#VirtualInstruments
#recording
#plugins

Pre-holiday recording/plugin/gear sales were a big deal for me a few years ago. Maybe I’m past my gear-head days because nothing appeals to me this year in the sales ads.
Did I miss something good? And yes, I’m really curious to know.

#GearSquad #Musicians #MusicianTips #GearHead #VirtualInstruments #recording #plugins

If you saw this in a section of a book of sheet music of folk songs from around the world, would it make sense, even if you ended up skipping those 3 songs? Would it put you off the book at all? #musicians #sheetmusic #music

Ericka Simone
2 weeks ago

The #musicians are starting to form a #union. This should be an interesting time in #music history. If the world doesn’t end first.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/songwriters-protest-outside-umg-1235514699/amp/

MakerTube
2 weeks ago

A short status update on MakerTube, an ad-free, community driven Peertube video platform dedicated to #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy folks.

Currently there are 293 users which uploaded 2741 videos using 1.06TB of storage.

Funding is secured until the end of February next year, a big thanks to the donors!

Like the idea? Support us at https://makertube.net/about/instance#business-model

Every penny counts and gives room for improving the site!

Register now at https://makertube.net

#MakerTube #peertube #youtube

MakerTube text logo with orange film clap
Stefan Bohacek
2 weeks ago

A weekly/monthly trailer music challenge. Does this exist?

#music #MusicProduction #musicians #composers #soundtrack

Sharon Cummings Art (Official)
2 weeks ago

Love a good PUZZLE? I've got some really fun ones! And.....and....they are 25% OFF today.....ALL PUZZLES with my artwork!

Also 25% off yoga mats, coffee MUGS, zipper pouches and weekend totes!

PUZZLES
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sharoncummingsart/shop/puzzles

#puzzle #puzzles #art #artwork #colorfulart #colorful #artists #gift #gifts #giftidea #giftideas #fedigiftshop #giftsforall #giftsforher #giftsforhim #family #fun #cute #christmas #christmasgifts #abstract #abstractart #toys #guitar #guitars #music #musicians #musician

Colorful abstract mosaic on a puzzle by artist Sharon Cummings.
Colorful guitar art on a coffee mug by artist Sharon Cummings.
Siobhán
3 weeks ago

Time to share some of my music.

This one is from New Year's Eve 2020. It's an improvisation which I've called "Hold Me Down", and it features acoustic guitar (tuned to DADGAD), percussion, keyboards, and vocals.

#Music #Musician #Musicians

https://youtu.be/SmirhozJ5Sw?si=6LzClUWjRRKQzoKv

Siobhán
3 weeks ago

Hi!

My name is Siobhán. I am a musician, based in Brighton, UK.

I am:

* Trans
* Queer
* Neurodivergent
* Domme
* Non monogamous
* Creative
* Ethical

#Brighton #Musician #Musicians #Trans #Queer

Black and white photo of Siobhán Sarelle. She is standing up, leaning back against a wooden table, with her hands on the table at both ends. She is in front of 3 windows. She is wearing a mesh top with a black bralette underneath, a PU leather skirt, and fishnets. She has long black hair, and is looking at the camera with her head slightly down to her left.

A question for fellow #musicians and others with #AbsolutePitch:

Since I came down with a cold on Monday, I've been hearing some pitches (especially near C4) up to a half-step below their actual value in my left ear. My right ear is so far unaffected.

What's going on here? Should I be alarmed? Anything I can do to clear it up?

Any info/input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

#Musician #PerfectPitch #Music

🚨 #PSA for #Musicians 🚨

There's a website (https://songswave.com) that might have stolen your music and plan to make money off it without your permission!

I've just found my album "Enjoy the Ride" on there being sold for €4.26.

If your music is on there, you can send them an email at the contacts they've listed on https://songswave.com/pages/view/id/2/ requesting they remove it.

#IP #IntellectualProperty #Band #Bands #Artists #Artist #Stolen #Song #Songs #Songswave

Screenshot of my album "Enjoy the Ride" being sold on Songswave.com without my permission for €4.26.
Mark DK Berry
4 weeks ago

#Spotify, #YouTube, and #Deezer moving to new "inverse robin hood" #royalty models, is a sign it is time for small-independent #artists and #musicians to rethink their distribution outlets. https://markdkberry.home.blog/2023/11/08/spotify-youtube-forcing-me-to-look-elsewhere/

#AfricanArt #musicians #flute #drums #drum #acrylicpainting
Painting of the Day. The Drummer and Flutist VII
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/the-drummer-and-the-flutist-7/
This radiant painting in bold acrylic colors by Angu Walters captures the joy and energy of African music.
Buy art from artists.

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘
1 month ago

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#FarOutMagazine
Why Rick Rubin found it "difficult" working with AC/DC
AC/DC are one of Rick Rubin's all-time favourite bands, but he hated the "difficult" experience of producing their 1995 album 'Ballbreaker'.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-rick-rubin-found-it-difficult-working-with-ac-dc/

#faroutmagazine #rickrubin #acdc #outputoverinput #musicians #recording #producing #musicindustry

MakerTube
1 month ago

A short status update on MakerTube, an ad-free, community driven peertube video platform dedicated to #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy folks.

There is quite some growth lately, 265 users uploaded 2294 videos using 866GB of storage. This more than doubles storage usage in the last two weeks.

Like the idea? Support us at https://makertube.net/about/instance#business-model

Every penny counts and gives room for improving the site!

Register now at https://makertube.net

#makertube #peertube #youtube

JimmyChezPants
1 month ago

#HammondB3 #organ players of #Mastodon, where are you? #Musicians

Guitar's been my thing, but aging fingers are saying no. So, I've been slowly getting okay at keys the last few years, with a heavy focus on #B3 and theory.

I've got my basics now, along with a fake-but-usable organ (has Drawbars/Chorus/Perc/Leslie controls & ok sound) but I need a human mentor for working this contraption.

I had one, but he was older and left us before I could show him what I've learned and have him be proud.

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘
1 month ago

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#Loudwire
12 Years Ago: Lou Reed and Metallica Confuse Everyone With ‘Lulu’
On Nov. 1, 2011, Lou Reed and Metallica released their perplexing collaboration, 'Lulu.'

https://loudwire.com/lou-reed-metallica-lulu-album-anniversary/

#LouReed #Metallica #Lulu #AlbumAnniversary #Anniversary #MusicHistory #10Years #Musicians #Collaboration #Rockmusic

Yoni Den
1 month ago

Another month has grifted it's way through the corridors of time, and so once more we stare down the barrel of #BandCampFriday wondering if maybe this month our music might be elevated into the blissful glee of the zeitgeist.

Or maybe someone will, you know, listen and say it's nice.

And so the #BandCamp Friday thread begins!

If you have some music on BC or perhaps you have a friend who does, or you just want to recommend, add as a reply

All BC links are welcome!

#Music #Musicians #BCF

#AfricanArt #musicians #singer #acrylicpainting
Painting of the Day. African Blues Singers
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/african-blues-singers/
Here is a 5-foot acrylic painting of a barefoot African music band. It captures the energy and excitement of live music.

Strypey
1 month ago

@jazz
Thanks for collecting some links about what's happened to #BandCamp, and putting me onto;

* FairCamp (great work @radiofreefedi);

https://faircamp.radiofreefedi.net/

* Mountain Town;

https://mountaintown.technology/

* Jam Co-op;

https://jam.coop/

All look like great projects.

#musicians #FairCamp #MountainTown

Roberta Fidora
1 month ago

"By stepping onto Bandcamp’s turf and staking its claim over artists’ non-streaming sources of revenue — by, in the company’s words, allowing users to “shop your offers more easily” — Spotify will probably boost non-music sales for artists, but in the process fortify its position as the music industry’s default platform." #Spotify #Bandcamp #Musicians #Musodon #Music #Platform #Songtradr #Groan #Grimace https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/spotify-is-eating-the-entire-music-business.html

Avi.saai
1 month ago

I have, sigh, some invites for #BlueSky if anyone wants one.

Higher priority will go to #VTubers, #DigitalArtists, #Musicians, and other creatives.

MakerTube
2 months ago

A short status update on MakerTube, an ad-free, community driven peertube video platform dedicated to #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy folks.

Currently there are 206 users which uploaded 1376 videos using 341GB of storage.

Funding is secured until the end of the year, a big thanks to the donors!

Like the idea? Support us at https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8YxWfyAKwj

Every penny counts and gives room for improving the site!

Register now at https://makertube.net

#MakerTube #peertube #youtube

Cairo Braga
2 months ago

so let's talk #Bandcamp alternatives, temporary or otherwise?

the first one that comes to mind is @itchio (and you can get a music player for your release page here: https://torcado.itch.io/scritch-editor, thanks to @torcado :capylovesyou:​)

would love to hear your suggestions, #musodon #musicians :blobcat_hearthug:​

Noelle :verified:
2 months ago

Seriously screw #Bandcamp, I'm deleting my account. I'd rather send money directly to an artist anyway.

#music #artist #art #musicians

7sleepersmusic
2 months ago

“You’re never going to feel ownership of music made by tools that oversimplify the process. You want to find your own creative path in this kind of ecosystem — that’s how people create and discover their own sound.” #Music #Musicians #MusicProduction #MusicTech #Technology cc: @DJmag https://djmag.com/features/what-future-daw

Pria
2 months ago

If there are any #scholars, #writers, #musicians, or #artists who would like a small, bespoke website designed by a person and at very reasonable prices, let me know.