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Of course! I've been a fan of decentralized music (DeMu) since 2021 when Able and The Wolf released their album Stay Awhile self-hosted on RSS as a use case.

RSS is best known as a podcast protocol but can serve ALL digital media from books to movies and is distributed everywhere! It is permisionless and censorship resistant.

I made art for two tracks on the Stay Awhile album and receive a value split straight to my node every time those songs are sent sats, forever and ever. All contributing artists and musicians received value splits.

RSS is simple to learn if you put in some work -- easier than running a node, I would say -- and sovereign when you put it together yourself. Value goes where you direct it and the content is in your control.

There are platforms out there creating feeds for artists who blindly upload their content into their walled gardens for limited value splits, custodied sats and a 10% fee. It ain't sovereign but people are willing to give up their sovereignly it seems when it comes to fake and gay numbers like clicks, downloads, subscribers -- all BS marketing stats often inaccurate or faked with bots, like a follower count.

In my opinion, art should operate value for value because the value received is often immeasurable like in the form of covers, collabs, fan art, music videos, etc... plus sats, of course! Plus art should remain in the hands of its owner, just like sats. Not your keys, not your cheese.

Let me know if you have any questions. I could talk DeMu forever. 💜