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I want to start releasing my own music and have no interest in the corporate streaming platforms. I have only a basic conceptual understanding of torrenting but it seems to me like a nice way of sharing my music with people directly.

What do I need to do and consider in order to make a music release freely available in this way?

Currently my knowledge and experience is limited to using an application on my computer to search for and download files from others but I'm willing to learn.

Any advice or signposting much appreciated :)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If you have access to certain music-focused private torrent trackers, many will do spotlight articles on independent or smaller artists who are also members.

This kind of sharing is often welcomed and a valued thing, so could even be a way in to some of those communities.

Redacted does this, and I've been introduced to some really good music this way.

Alternately, as others have noted, Bandcamp is a good way to offer as well. If you go this route, even with setting the music as free, you might make some small money... I've often tipped a bit via the "Pay what you want" pricing tier.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

im just posting on my personal instance at thejoyo.com

there's a popular electronic producer that had their shit stolen by Apple back when iTunes was a thing and they published their music for torrenting and found some support from that.

the flashbulb

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Leave a text file along with your music including a donation link and thanking people for listening.

I've heard more than a handful of artists getting some money that way after putting their own albums up on torrent/file-share sites.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe bandcamp and youtube?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Funkwhale is a federated music sharing platform. In addition to some of the good suggestions here, maybe add that into your mix.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I release music. I use a low cost platform for distribution. There are free ones. I understand your position because I feel similarly.

I never expect to make money or get recognized, but I think my music is good enough to share. To do that, you need a distributor and to be on the major platforms.

Look into Soundrop. You can also put your stuff on bandcamp for free, but at least get it out as widely as you can.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Pdxd1oiWnNZK8NktgL7V3

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/

Read that for a start. And maybe consider sharing your work under a nice license. You can also check out platforms like Jamendo, Bandcamp, the Internet Archive... And as far as I understand archive.org will even handle generating some torrents for you.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

+1 for Jamendo and CC licenses

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

https://artists.jamendo.com/introduction-en/

Not big on them saying they can take from people who may be your fans for you lol

They'll "hunt" em down for me! Love to know:)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

A lot of people use bandcamp.. probably the least corporate of the online platforms

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How much do you know about piracy? VPN, torrenting client, etc..

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did you release it through a publisher of some kind? If not, it wouldn't matter because you have the full rights and the onus would be on you to take legal action in anyone that downloaded it.

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