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Michael UHappy <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/NetLabelDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetLabelDay2025</a>. I have two collaborative tracks with fellow artists on Bulgarian-based Mahorka’s massive compilation, Making Things Happen. Making both tracks was a lot of fun. Easy back and forth with complete strangers.<a href="https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/making-things-happen-netlabel-day-10th-anniversary-compilation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/making-things-happen-netlabel-day-10th-anniversary-compilation</a><a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/NetLabelDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetLabelDay</a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/Musodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musodon</a>

NHAM<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/archive/2025-07-04/index.html" target="_blank">Fair Trade Music Friday – July 2025</a> via <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" target="_blank">@ftmf</a><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusic/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusicfriday/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>

NHAM<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/archive/2025-06-06/index.html" target="_blank">Fair Trade Music Friday – June 2025</a> via <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" target="_blank">@ftmf</a><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusic/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusicfriday/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>

AxWaxHappy <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a> to all who celebrate!To nominate a release (by yourself or someone else) on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> platform¹, reply to <a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ftmf</a> pinned post linked below and it'll magically appear on the website!<a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JX11QDF3C5ZTB8SN8FQYS1B7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JX11QDF3C5ZTB8SN8FQYS1B7</a>Head over to <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a> throughout the day and check out some fabulous indie music links as they get submitted.¹ eg <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamCoop</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> etc.

Sam’s Ethical Revolution VidsLorenzo’s Music Podcast Fedi Specials: #6 Keith Marshall <a href="https://spectra.video/w/9JnkX6JwPNcKfasdMBoTFq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectra.video/w/9JnkX6JwPNcKfasdMBoTFq</a>

HadokowaJoined <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> today, another platform that wants to support musicians and listenners.<a href="https://mirlo.space/hadokowa/release/loading" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mirlo.space/hadokowa/release/loading</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FairtradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairtradeMusic</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bandcamp</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spotify</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#streaming</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punk</a>

NHAM<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/archive/2025-05-02/index.html" target="_blank">Fair Trade Music Friday – May 2025</a> via <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" target="_blank">@ftmf</a><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusic/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusicfriday/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>

keef<a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@MOULE</a> 5 days to go! For those who are new to this: Follow <a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ftmf</a> , and at 00:00 CEST on Friday it will post a toot. If you have an album or release you want to showcase on a "fair" music platform, just make a direct, public reply to that post and it will show up on the website here: <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>

AxWaxHere's how it works:If you've got a release on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> platform¹ you'd like to plug, follow <a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ftmf</a> and reply (with a link & description) to its post that will appear next Friday at 00:00 CEST- it will then appear at <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a> automagically! ¹ eg <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandwagon</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamCoop</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> etc.

NHAM<a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/imposter-syndrome/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">[Read in full on NHAM]</a>Imposter Syndrome by <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://mamot.fr/@sknob" target="_blank">@sknob</a>The other day, I was listening to an interview of the lead singer-songwriter of a hugely successful band (that I had never heard of, see below), during which he described the difference in his view between a hobbyist and an artist. The gist of his point was this: hobbyists mainly engage in their hobby for fun, while artists make art because they have to, are compelled to, even though making art is often an extremely fraught and painful and laborious process riddled with angst, thankfully interspersed with moments of exhilaration.This struck a chord with me, and got me thinking (again) about the whole notion of what it means to be a “real artist” and more specifically, a “professional artist” or musician. In a market-driven economy where you have to have something to sell in order to literally not die, it’s hard to separate making art from the problem of <del>staying alive</del> making a living.And so the public, and even artists themselves, tend to think an artists’ worth is measured in sales.Which is obviously bullshit. Because the percentage of artists who make a decent living from their art has always been tiny. In the olden pre-internet days for instance, bands used to make pennies on the dollar on record sales, and only once they’d paid off the recording studio and marketing costs fronted by the record labels.Musicians who have the drive and stamina to find gigs (if they actually can or want to gig in the first place), <del>market</del> promote themselves online and IRL, make throwaway TikTok videos and/or sell merch (no comment) in order to eke out a living are worthy of admiration and praise for their dedication and perseverance, but those activities have nothing to do with making art, and everything to do with not starving to death.Hopefully, you’ll agree with the following claims: <ul><li>There are tons of “great artists” you have never heard of (see above), sometimes because they toil in total obscurity. </li><li>All of the artists you love and admire were once one of them. </li><li>There are maybe a few true, once in a lifetime “geniuses” out there that we don’t know about because they aren’t geniuses at self-promotion, or are busy herding sheep or harvesting rice or <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=wmncZG17Iek" target="_blank">moving furniture</a> or selling truffles*. </li><li>When it comes to emerging from obscurity, inspiration and perspiration count, but probably not nearly as much as sheer luck (as in when and where you were born and in what milieu, and as in pure serendipity). </li></ul>It follows that there is absolutely no difference in terms of artistic worth between an artist who makes a living from their art and an artist who makes a living doing something else.None. Zero. Zilch. Nada.You can be a hobbyist with or without a day job, but having a day job doesn’t make you a hobbyist.Being forced to find a day job sucks, the day job may also suck, and even if it doesn’t, it steals time and energy away from making art which definitely sucks, but that says everything about the society we live in, and absolutely nothing about the artist or their art.Children create art with a passion and without compensation, beyond the feedback they crave, because their basic needs are provided for.In a post-capitalist solarpunk utopia (or think Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, or Star Trek), an artist would be someone who chooses to devote most of their free time and energy to making art, without worrying about food and shelter (or Klingons).Or as Oscar Wilde put it:<blockquote>A work of art is useless as a flower is useless. A flower blossoms for its own joy. We gain a moment of joy by looking at it. That is all that is to be said about our relations to flowers. Of course man may sell the flower, and so make it useful to him, but this has nothing to do with the flower. It is not part of its essence. It is accidental. It is a misuse.</blockquote>Useless isn’t a pejorative. It’s a badge of honor. It’s what makes art special.And to keep rolling with Oscar’s metaphor, you could say that an artist with a day job is a gardener with a day job, while a “professional artist” is a gardener whose day job is working as a florist. I really have a hard time seeing a meaningful difference, even if both arrangements have particular pros and cons. Some “professional artists” will be full-time, full-blown horticulturists or even farmers who have to cultivate (at least in part) whatever will keep their business afloat, while artists with a day job can tend to their flower beds or vegetable gardens without any such market pressure, time and energy permitting of course.Don’t get me wrong: it took decades of music-making for me to get rid of my imposter syndrome and to be able to call myself an artist without adding air quotes, even though (or maybe because) <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://sknob.fr/faircamp/living-the-dream/" target="_blank">I never dreamed of fame and glory</a>. So, freed at last from market-induced imposter syndrome, but not from the need to survive, the one extracurricular activity that artists probably should be involved in, is educating the music-loving public: <ul><li>So they stop confusing fame or notoriety with artistic merit. </li><li>So they stop valuing quantity (of sales, views, plays, followers, etc.) over quality. </li><li>So they stop seeing indie artists specifically as “mere hobbyists” who make “amateur” and presumably crappy art (do I actually need to convince anybody that there’s plenty of crappy “professional” art out there?).  </li><li>And ultimately, so they come to realize that <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://topspicy.social/@meljoann/114389457513066796" target="_blank">indie artists are in fact the cool kids on the block</a> 😎. </li></ul>This is a cultural battle, that can be won, collectively, because the tools and infrastructure and public do exist to circumvent toxic intermediaries.Only then will music lovers be able to entertain the notion of <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://indieart.support" target="_blank">supporting indie artists</a> directly on <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2024/05/what-is-a-fair-music-platform/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fair platforms</a> in sufficiently large numbers to make it possible for a lot more artists to make a modest living, or at least enjoy a fancy meal once in a while. *After finishing the first draft of this post and while searching for a link to the story about how John Cage financed his music-making by finding and selling truffles, I stumbled on this fabulous article that I had totally forgotten about (and had I remembered it, I probably wouldn’t have bothered writing this one 😅) and which I heartily recommend: <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://klangmag.co/lifers-dayjobbers-and-the-independently-wealthy-a-letter-to-a-former-student/" target="_blank">Lifers, Dayjobbers, and the Independently Wealthy: A Letter to a Former Student</a> by Max Alper. <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/article/" target="_blank">#article</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusic/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/152/" target="_blank">#Featured</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/impostersyndrome/" target="_blank">#ImposterSyndrome</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/indiemusic/" target="_blank">#IndieMusic</a>

AxWaxGood news everyone!You have a whole week to anticipate the next <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>!<a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a>You could of course check out all the fabulous releases posted on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> Fridays past and maybe interact with or follow one of those marvelous musicians - I'm sure it'd make their day!<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FediMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediMusic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FF</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BeYourOwnPlatform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeYourOwnPlatform</a>

NHAM<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://schallundstille.de/2025/04/24/what-is-fair/" target="_blank">What is fair?</a> by Stephan (<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://sonomu.club/@stephan" target="_blank">@stephan</a>)<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/article/" target="_blank">#article</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusic/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/indiemusic/" target="_blank">#IndieMusic</a>

AxWaxOMG, look what the postman just dropped off <a href="https://mastodon.social/@shannoncurtis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@shannoncurtis</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hilljam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hilljam</a>! :rainbow_heart_eyes: (Together with a lovely T-Shirt and sticker, not pictured)You can grab yourself a copy, together with some fab merch at <a href="https://shannoncurtis.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shannoncurtis.net</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NowPlaying</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FediArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediArtists</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MastoMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoMusic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/np" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#np</a>

AxWaxMissed tonight's <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BonkWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BonkWave</a> remix album release party? Want to hear those golden tunes again?Fear not, Not Bonk What I Call Wave: Remixes Vol 2 is available for streaming and download from all good purveyors of fine <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a>, such as<a href="https://bonkwave.org/music/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes-vol2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bonkwave.org/music/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes-vol2/</a><a href="https://bonkknobrecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes-vol-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bonkknobrecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes-vol-2</a><a href="https://bandwagon.fm/67fea099a706ef72dcec3978" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bandwagon.fm/67fea099a706ef72dcec3978</a>And the best part? It's absolutely free (as in 🍺)!<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BandWagonFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BandWagonFM</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMusic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NotBonkWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotBonkWave</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WeveGotTheBonksForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeveGotTheBonksForYou</a>

keef<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@researchbuzz</a> Well the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/webring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webring</a> ticks three of those boxes :1. Each site is created by the musicians themselves to share their music, using an excellent tool developed by <a href="https://post.lurk.org/@freebliss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@freebliss</a> 2. Most Faircamp sites have an RSS feed enabled3. It's a web ringWe just need someone to create a zine now!<a href="https://faircamp.webr.ing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://faircamp.webr.ing</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a>

keefAnd.. finally out on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandwagon</a>!<a href="https://bandwagon.fm/67f008d7c791c733bb85df20" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bandwagon.fm/67f008d7c791c733bb85df20</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Key13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Key13</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PretentiousIncongruity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PretentiousIncongruity</a>

AxWaxHappy <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a> to all who celebrate!If you've got a release on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> platform¹ you'd like to plug, go to this post: <a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49</a> and reply with a link & description for your release to its pinned post.If you would like to find fab fresh music and support a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FediArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediArtist</a> in the process, head over to <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a> and check out all the great submissions by the community.¹ eg <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandwagon</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamCoop</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> etc.

NHAMFair Trade Music Friday is back!Last year the <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/" target="_blank">Fair Trade Music Friday platform</a> provided a super way for people to discover great music on selected Fridays. 🪩Fresh from a little hibernation its now back, awake, alive, kicking and raring to go again! 💃If you’re a musician and would like to feature a release you have listed on a <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2024/05/what-is-a-fair-music-platform/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fair Music Platform</a>, simply follow <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="u-url mention" href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" target="_blank">@ftmf</a> and reply to its toot on a Fair Trade Music Friday with a link and description for the release. Your release will then feature over at <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a>! 🥳<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairmusic/" target="_blank">#FairMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusic/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nham.co.uk/tag/fairtrademusicfriday/" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>

AxWaxOoh it looks like something is afoot over at <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a>, courtesy of <a href="https://mastodon.online/@keefmarshall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@keefmarshall</a>'s brand new submission bot.Here's how it works:If you've got a release on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusic</a> platform¹ you'd like to plug, follow <a href="https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ftmf</a> and reply (with a link & description) to its post that will appear on Friday at 00:00 CEST- it will then appear at <a href="https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day</a> automagically! ¹ eg <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bandwagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandwagon</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faircamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Faircamp</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/JamCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamCoop</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mirlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mirlo</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> etc.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FairTradeMusicFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairTradeMusicFriday</a>

bendamaybe just me, but the feed seems awfully quiet on the "bandcamp(c)(tm)(r) friday" front. which means there should be plenty of oxygen in the room for my own suggestions :Pgranted, the world is burning , and simultaneously flooding, and we got measles and an all-you-can-infect flu buffet going on. but in these times, its important to remember that what we *can* still do for others matters. supporting one another and making the days a little less painful is important. think of the last time someone made you smile or laugh in spite of the trauma that is our every day lives. also, i think absolute good is often characterized by being two ways. when you do real good, you make someone else happier and yourself happier. so if you like the music an artist is making, throw them a $1 or $2. their music makes you happy and your support will make their day.so if any of you are you interested in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soundscapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soundscapes</a> with a healthy dose of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#noise</a> but often times weaving a solid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rhythmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhythmic</a> section in and out of that fabric... i would highly recommend you check out my comrade <a href="https://todon.eu/@rybson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rybson</a> . you can grab music and support them at their bandcamp: <a href="https://xymmusic.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://xymmusic.bandcamp.com/</a> been studying a ton of stuff this week, and "lofi microtonal beats to avoid brain damage to" as well as the album "gomi 三" have made for an excellent study soundtrack.if you would like something less abstract, but more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techno</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#industrial</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ebm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ebm</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dance</a> oriented while very explicitly attacking the powers that be and being driven by the wildest (i mean, seriously, the fucking wildest) <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drum</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/beats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beats</a> doused in just the right amount of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/distortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#distortion</a> you need to check out my other comrade, <a href="https://mas.to/@controlfreak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@controlfreak</a> <a href="https://music.control.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://music.control.org/</a> anything you can contribute to him would be greatly appreciated by me personally so that we can crowdfund the making of his next masterpiece :Dor you know support someone you care about it. even small amounts. our power lies in our numbers and the quality of our interactions. we don't need the corpos, we don't need a special day or a branded campaign brought to you by roland, or us bank. take care of another and stay radical.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mutualaid</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crowdfunding</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bandcamp</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bandcampfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bandcampfriday</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fairtrademusicfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fairtrademusicfriday</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fairtrademusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fairtrademusic</a>

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