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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] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe bandcamp and youtube?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day 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 1 day ago (4 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] 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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] 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

+1 for Jamendo and CC licenses

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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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