I have looked into this a bit and want to do it. Did not have time to do it for our last release (time is scarce with a 1 year old child). I want to do it for our next release but it seems that we have to find a host site and pay them a monthly fee? Is that correct? If so, how does that make it any more decentralized than using Wavlake? It’s still a third party is it not? I am also very untechy lol. I am practically a Luddite compared to most nostriches 😂.
Homegrown Hits only plays decentralized music, artists who control their own RSS feed so we can see the actual value splits instead of 100% Platform parsed out in the background. Peer to peer payments are just sexier. It takes an extra step, but we have loyal Hitters supporting those artists we select every Thursday:
MusicSideProject.com makes it easy, but if you have your own website and like DIY:
https://github.com/de-mu/demu-feed-template/blob/master/feed-with-comments.xml
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Best person to ask is nostr:nprofile1qqsxj7j6m0urzhm8lgsalud8aqz5zt4a52s6mhep3g8e8cg6hte03rqhjfp35 about hosting.
Believe it or not this is a controversial question and therefore a dog whistle to certain folks on here. Good luck!
Haha sounds like the “not your keys, not your coins” but for music
I can't speak to making the choice as a musician, depends on how much time/money you have and how much you want to do the tech stuff.
I would think it would be easier to tackle as a band with more people in it and maybe someone in the band has tech skills...
vs if you're a solo artist or a duo and maybe no one can handle *one more thing* on top of the rest of the work you need to do.
Some on here will tell you there's only 1 way to do things. I believe in choice...
Yeah for sure. I definitely will look into it. Might as well do as much as we can to be as independent as possible
Congrats on your child! 💜🙏🏻 Mama of 5 here with a 1 year old as well. One is such a fun age!
I'm happy to tell you you're overcomplicating this. This is all about maintaining control of your RSS feed, the source of truth. As long as it remains in your complete control, your music will never be censored or rugpulled and anything can be updated at any time. Plus, you can put in unlimited value splits that go straight to the contributing artists.
There are some free or cheap hosting options but yes they are third party dependent. You can self-host but that's a different adventure for a different note.
Also should you need any help with any of this self hosting stuff, there are a ton of us here on nostr, irc, telegram, mastodon, etc. that are more than happy to help. Just ask nostr:nprofile1qqspdj6t8rlf5aytvcy0dfvkjyue9h79pyr9ynyrz8xnvz7yqg32h9qpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj76xfn5g and nostr:nprofile1qqs9qzn25rmt82te2lwh5cucje0nw35snmaw47cxplyurmg8eg5cu9spz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgjwaehxw309ahx7um5wgerztnrdakj7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9u9ydu77 and nostr:nprofile1qqsgufllkhymhrxaqyc6meh05jw4d4qpk4pym87lnf37qax4y7c8zhqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z70285xw 😁
YES, nostr:nprofile1qqsr5qnsn6medetj3vexljqqvy99gfdrgsp7hs9f52kdvrryz6gwkrspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsskqexd also. He has put together tons of lightning-enabled live events for musicians around the world. And all these people Libre tagged will teach and empower YOU to do it yourself. Then you learn and teach others, and the cycle continues. 💜
Boo-bury++
Great! Thanks so much! After Christmas I will probably try again and potentially reach out to some of these people! 👍
Looks like they have a website so maybe could host it there someday.
https://strangeloveofmusic.wixsite.com/strangelove
It's really about having full control over your RSS feed that all of this runs on but for now nostr:npub1l5hwyh7saazz4gdhgp9fx4939e25asx74kq6dj9ahrx69lcfxulsudhdrf just enjoy the ride.
Yes we put together a wix site that has some of our music up on it. Was wondering if that would work to self host. Hopefully we can figure out early in the new year.
Thanks so much! Never knew how good being a dad could be until you see the little guy smile at you and excitedly yells “Daddy!” 😂. We will probably start working on another next year! And this whole self hosting thing sounds like the self custody wallet vs custodial/L2 wallet. I am a self custody man so I would like to self custody my music as well. And I would love to get on your show! After Christmas I am hoping to have some more time to figure this out for our next release!
YES YES YES! Dude, once you release a DeMu album, nostr:nprofile1qqswf96y4qf8e7kv4dj4hcrer0hwyenacv8m5a9p0s0h3kj42lzwp8qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszythwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmny9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0s8a4k8 and I would LOVE to have y'all on the show for a listen party / very relaxed interview format.
And it absolutely IS self-custodying of your music, just like self-custodying your money. 💪🏻 So glad you get it. You said it better than me!
Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🎄
Hey that sounds great! And like a lot of fun! Wouldn’t mind at all coming on for an interview! Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!
The ability to chose how sovereign you want to be is the real killer feature. You can be entirely self sovereign by hosting your feed and files on your own server in your basement. Or you can fully trust a centralized custodian to host and build your feeds for you. There's other flavors in between as well.
Imo as long as you're in control of your feeds and files, the tradeoffs for convenience and associated risks are yours to take as you see fit. Im here for all of it.