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Maple Music

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Welcome to Maple Music, a community on the Lemmy.ca instance focused on bringing attention to Canadian music and musicians!

Like everything else, Canada has a rich music culture, spanning from the traditional music of the First Nations to a unique spot in the Punjabi music scene, a rich variety of folk performers to the big names in pop, and established underground music cultures such as the Edmonton hiphop and rap scene to the metal scene in the Atlantic provinces.

This community allows for postings of Canadian music news, covering anything from the local scene to world-renowned names such as Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, and Celine Dion. It also allows for sharing Canadian musicians you wish to give a spotlight to, individual songs and albums by Canadian artists you enjoy, and even a bit of Canadian music history seeing how poorly documented some Canadian music history can be at times.

As with any community, here are some rules to follow when engaging with this Lemmy community:

  1. All rules of the host instance (Lemmy.ca) are to be followed at all times.

  2. Posts should follow the following format: "Musician - Title [Genre] (Year) (track length, optional)"

  3. No shaming of music tastes. Mumble rap is not for everyone, and neither is country or dubstep. Avoid all "real music" type comments. Refrain from downvoting music that is not your taste, everyone should feel welcome regardless of the genre you enjoy.

  4. Do not encourage music piracy. Much of the musicians and music shared here are likely small independent acts that deserve fiscal support. If money is an issue, please look into free and/or Creative Commons releases, a list of such titles will be made and built on as the community grows.

  5. All posts must be related to the Canadian music scene to some extent. News about Taylor Swift will be removed. News about Taylor Swift having a Canadian tour will be kept.

  6. Please avoid spam. Rather than make individual posts for each song by a musician you like, instead make a singular post bringing attention to the musician.

  7. AI music posts will be deleted. This community is made to support Canadian talent, not those who mooch off the talent of others for personal gain.

Resources:

Our Megathread of Canadian Music Resources

List of Non-American Streaming Services

Maple Music's Spotlighted Artists

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Guide to Non-American Streaming Services (lemmy.ca)
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Hey all,

Figured this would be a helpful resource considering how many people are boycotting the U.S. currently, and how tied to the American music industry Canada can be at times.

Unfortunately major players in the music industry are often based in the U.S.. Apple Music, Amazon Music, Bandcamp, Tidal all are based just south of the Canadian border.

However, here's a list of major streaming platforms you can use that aren't based in the U.S.. If you wish to purely find Canadian music streaming platforms, please check out the Resource Megathread, where we currently have two platforms listed with hopefully more to come. Let me know if you know of any other streaming platforms based here in the Great White North!

Major Platforms not based in the U.S.

Please note that streaming services from China and India were excluded due to human rights issues in the former, and the latter for assassinating someone on Canadian soil. Also not included are streaming services based out of Japan and Korea for lack of English or French language displays, or services with region-locks excluding Canadian users.

Also excluded from the list is Spotify. While based in Sweden and Luxembourg, they play a part in the situation down south due to their contract with Joe Rogan.

If you know of any other services, please shout them out in the comments! This post will be added to the sidebar, though not pinned.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh! Was fully under the impression they were based out of America. I'll make edits and add it to the list then.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I dumped Spotify for Deezer because of Spotify giving a platform to Rogan, someone who a lot of Trump people follow. They may not be American, but they are directly supporting the Trump disinformation machine.