Back in the day I used to really like browsing soundcloud, listening to mashups, indie artists, and whatnot. Eventually soundcloud got too big and took down a lot of content (probably due to copyright) and introduced paid “pro” accounts. Is there a place like the early soundcloud on the fediverse?
there is FunkWhale
not sure how it compares to SoundCloud, but it is certainly some sort of successor to GrooveSharkWow Grooveshark. What a flashback.
I got KeePass before I got Grooveshark. I still have my account info!
Man I miss Grooveshark. Used to be awesome! Forgot what happened to it?
That’s a name I haven’t heard in forever! They built so much hype around Grooveshark and I dont remember it ever even working.
It got taken down because there was so much licensed music uploaded to it, I believe
Well that was the whole purpose. What makes this Funkywhale any different?
Federation, probably harder for music labels to go after so many instances?
I think the opposite. Most of the instances are closed/invite only, so there’s no way to know if there’s any improperly licensed music there. 🤷♂️
Ah that’s funny, kind of like private trackers
Yes, it’s called Funkwhale
Funkwhale is interesting, but feels more like a plex/subsonic/jellyfin server than a social media place. I can’t follow artists on Funkwhale and listen to their latest posts. There isn’t a “feed” anywhere, it’s more like a giant shared-music server (unless I’m missing something).
Yah it’s more like grooveshark years and years ago.
Nice. Maybe I’ll post some of my stuff there so I can have a third place where nobody listens to my music lmao.
What kind of music do you make?
I guess stoner metal (but also occasionally folk metal-ish), but the biggest influences on what I write are the Sword, Mastodon, Sleep, and Black Sabbath. But also sometimes I might make drum n bass or a trap beat, but I don’t usually upload those lol
I was just scrolling by with no skin in this game but I love the Sword and Sabbath so you sir hooked my interest.
Right on, I’ve found my people haha. I have some of my music on youtube (same name as here). I have more on SoundCloud (also same name as here), but those are generally first pass mixes and don’t sound as good imo. Check it out if you get a chance, I’d love to get some fresh ears on it.
