Is there a federated version of Soundcloud?

Back in the day I used to really like browsing soundcloud, listening to mashups, indie artists, and whatnot. Eventually soundcloud got too big and took down a lot of content (probably due to copyright) and introduced paid "pro" accounts. Is there a place like the early soundcloud on the fediverse?

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Fisch@lemmy.ml · 58 pts · 3y (7 replies)

Yes, it's called Funkwhale

deadh34d@lemmy.ml · 50 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Nice. Maybe I'll post some of my stuff there so I can have a third place where nobody listens to my music lmao.

4th_Times_A_Charm@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

What kind of music do you make?

deadh34d@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I guess stoner metal (but also occasionally folk metal-ish), but the biggest influences on what I write are the Sword, Mastodon, Sleep, and Black Sabbath. But also sometimes I might make drum n bass or a trap beat, but I don't usually upload those lol

serfraser@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I was just scrolling by with no skin in this game but I love the Sword and Sabbath so you sir hooked my interest.

deadh34d@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Right on, I've found my people haha. I have some of my music on youtube (same name as here). I have more on SoundCloud (also same name as here), but those are generally first pass mixes and don't sound as good imo. Check it out if you get a chance, I'd love to get some fresh ears on it.

riquisimo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Funkwhale is interesting, but feels more like a plex/subsonic/jellyfin server than a social media place. I can't follow artists on Funkwhale and listen to their latest posts. There isn't a "feed" anywhere, it's more like a giant shared-music server (unless I'm missing something).

jackalope@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Yah it's more like grooveshark years and years ago.

testman@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 3y (9 replies)

there is FunkWhale
not sure how it compares to SoundCloud, but it is certainly some sort of successor to GrooveShark

B_Minus_Student@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Wow Grooveshark. What a flashback.

GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y

I got KeePass before I got Grooveshark. I still have my account info!

Fredselfish@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Man I miss Grooveshark. Used to be awesome! Forgot what happened to it?

dispenser@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y (4 replies)

It got taken down because there was so much licensed music uploaded to it, I believe

Fredselfish@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Well that was the whole purpose. What makes this Funkywhale any different?

dispenser@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Federation, probably harder for music labels to go after so many instances?

GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I think the opposite. Most of the instances are closed/invite only, so there's no way to know if there's any improperly licensed music there. 🤷‍♂️

dispenser@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Ah that’s funny, kind of like private trackers

tourist@community.destinovate.com · 3 pts · 3y

That's a name I haven't heard in forever! They built so much hype around Grooveshark and I dont remember it ever even working.