It's a special solo episode today that also became a DJ set of decentralised music!

In Episode #306 of 'Musings' I discuss: why I'm podcasting alone today, how Podcasting 2.0 infrastructure and technology can help make the music industry better, why middlemen suck and peer to peer payments solve this, a real time example of supporting my favourite artists, potential arguments on why this won't work (hint, it already does work) and a list of musicians already on the bandwagon.

A big thanks to Petar, Dave Jones & Brando Sellers for supporting the podcast, bloody legends!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:0) - Deep monologue with a light hearted touch
(0:56) - Brief news & updates
(5:11) - Why am I talking about 'Decentralised Music'
(6:46) - Problems with the music industry
(9:44) - Middlemen taking slices and RSS music
(14:33) - AbleKraft and releasing music via P2.0 apps
(17:15) - Making Beans by Able and The Wolf
(20:50) - How everyone gets paid
(28:42) - Boostagram Lounge
(31:36) - Responding to comments
(33:20) - Complexities for commercial rights
(39:25) - Are NFT's better for music?
(44:19) - V4V vs Advertising model
(49:35) - People abusing the system
(53:26) - More comments and using a wallet
(58:54) - Highlighting all the current music podcasts
(1:03:36) - USA by Signs Of New Growth


Intro Music and USA by 'Signs Of New Growth':
https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowth

Making Beans by Able and The Wolf:
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/4630863

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