Mel:
I feel strongly that artists should NOT have to use social media, for their work to be seen and heard.
Even apps like Mastodon
Thank you for calling out that Fediverse social media is still social media, and this comes always with trade offs.
So... in the old days of music creation, "all you needed" was a meeting place where interesting artists would get together and share. Could be a music club, a magazine, a label... First they met, others would join, and they would figure the next steps after meeting, creating and sharing music.
Is it possible that we are putting too much emphasis in software architecture and tech and too little on actually choosing a place (online) and call it our home, our shared studio? Look at the Bonkwave thing, their made... a hashtag their home and you have what looks like a fun and thriving community now.
Mel:
continue using CC music only
CC music makes prototyping and testing easier, because money and restrictions to play and share don't play an important role. Once some good exists for the CC music use case, and a first user base exists, building the features for money and restrictive licenses should be easier. But they should be in the roadmap of the open source project from the start, so nobody feels cheated, enshittified down the line.
