Spent a good bit of time today looking at Bandwagon.fm because of the connection with The Indie Beat Radio and then created an account.
#TIBr
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Because I had made the Radio Free Fedi #Roku app and was sad when RFF shut down in Dec 2024, I contacted Kirsten and asked if it would be OK for me to make an app for #TIBr and she said, yes! I was back in business listening to music on my entertainment center from my couch in the living room.
To install the app, search "Indie Beat" on the device or go here and install it on your account on the web:
Other free roku apps here:
https://limebar.github.io/roku/
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#TIBr radio launched Jan 2025 and #TIBtv launched Dec 28 2025
All hosted by @mizkirsten
I took notice when #bandwagon (at https://bandwagon.fm) announced in early 2025 that they would integrated with #TheIndieBeat and allow artists to check a box when uploading music that would distribute the music to the radio station for airplay! How cool is that? Federation for the win!
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I'm going to turn this into a pinned post thread for all things #TheIndieBeat
That's The Indie Beat Television or #TIBtv at https://tv.theindiebeat.fm
And of course The Indie Beat Radio or #TIBr at https://theindiebeat.fm
#BonkWave and #NotBonkWave contributors - there's been a load of fabulous new releases lately, do you fancy getting any of that good stuff onto the radio station?
New thread here: https://bonkwave.org/board/index.php?topic=259.msg3325#new
[contributors only, sorry! But you can become a contributor by submitting a track for the next compilation which shouldn't be too far away!]
Anyone can listen to the station here:
https://not.what.i.call.radio.bonkwave.org/
@MTP keep an eye open late December for something Fediverse-related that might help plug that gap a little!
(And if you have any music videos yourself, check out the progress report and links to the submission form at https://nham.co.uk/2025/11/the-indie-beat-television-progress-report/)
If you've been waiting for your music to show up on theindiebeat.fm over the last couple of months, I'm happy to report that I've finally cleared the backlog.
All tracks 6 minutes or less in length should now be on the Everything station.
Errors do occur in processing. So if your track isn't there, I may still be debugging it.
If it's been more than 3 months since you uploaded to Bandwagon and it's still not on TIBR, feel free to reach out.
As always, thank you for your patience!
If your usual music streaming service is down at the moment due to Cloudflare controlling half the internet, it would be a great time to try something alternative.
Why not check out:
The Indie Beat Radio:
https://theindiebeat.fm/
The Faircamp web ring:
https://faircamp.webr.ing/directory.html
Everything Bonk Wave or Not Bonk Wave:
https://music.bonkwave.org/
.. and plenty more links over here:
https://nham.co.uk/category/community/distribution-platforms/
#music #independentMusic #tibr #BonkWave #NotBonkWave #nham #Faircamp #Cloudflare
How Indie Video Killed The Spotify Star
By @limebar
In January 2024, I became aware of the Fediverse music subculture phenomenon called Jamuary. It challenges music makers to create one complete track per day during the entire month of January. It is a bonkers idea. But I gave it a shot, ended up making 18 tracks, and something interesting happened along the way…
I have several different processes that I use to make music. One of them involves using video sources. I previously created a few tracks this way and created a Peertube account to showcase them. I like working with video and audio together, so for Jamuary I decided to make a video for each track as well, because why not make a difficult challenge even harder? Nuts.
Peertube is great, Owncast is great, but it is still difficult to discover things I like, and it was apparent that people were not finding my videos either, despite shameless self-promotion on Mastodon. I decided to create a couple of playlists (FediVisuals and FediVisuals Live) but these are equally hard to find. Maintaining them is hopeless because discovery is hard in the first place! Nevertheless, in the process, I learned that there are many awesome musical artists on fedi who are also making amazing music videos!
My love for music videos was reawakened.
You see, I was around when MTV went on the air and I remember how influential music videos were for me as a teen. I don’t think it is crazy to say that without MTV, new wave wouldn’t have happened and most of the weird stuff I saw on 120 Minutes would never have played anywhere — Wax Trax owes as much to that show as they do to John Hughes 80s films. So I have nostalgia for music videos — because this was a time for great music discovery in my life.
Music discovery!
At its peak, Radio Free Fedi did a series of Owncast live performance trains that really showcased the A/V talent on fedi. When RFF shut down, I was happy that The Indie Beat, fueled by Bandwagon, sprang to life and carried the torch. They even have an Owncast server, but like most Owncast instances, it was dark much of the time.
All of the above made me want to light that server up with a 24×7 stream of music videos.
I reached out to @mizkirsten to ask if she would be interested in hosting a 24×7 music video channel. She was all for it but had no time to make it happen. While she’d researched and landed on Azuracast for TIBR, she didn’t have the spoons to search for the best video streaming solution. So I decided to dig into it myself.
I’d never done anything like this before, but I got a lot of help on fedi: Phil Nelson (@philnelson) of RetroStrange TV explained how it worked and offered advice, as did Andrew Roach (@ajroach42) of New Ellijay TV. I considered OBS Studio but that didn’t seem right for this because I wanted a hands-free, headless streamer running in the cloud, and I knew I couldn’t spend much time babysitting it. And while ffmpeg can stream video to Owncast, it would require major effort to make it robust for 24×7 hands-off streaming.
The answer came from Luka Prin/ce Lucija (@luka) of BeYourOwnPlatform some months prior. They’d suggested LiquidSoap for another project, but I didn’t want to invest the energy at the time to learn this strange technology, an OCAML-based scripting language of the functional programming variety — somewhat outside my comfort zone. I quickly learned that this tool was made to solve 24×7 broadcasting problems and that the community around it was very helpful. If you get your head around functional programming, it can be quite powerful.
Once I’d proven this could work on my home PC, everything quickly started to come together. I knew that Sam (@ethicalrevolution) and sknob (@sknob) were interested in showcasing NHAM videos. I learned from the Lorenzo’s Music podcast (@lorenzosmusic) that Roberta Fidora (@RobertaFidora), who makes great music videos, wanted an Animation showcase. I knew that Meljoann (@meljoann) was trying to promote artist discovery broadly, made great music videos, and had acquired technical skills from working with the Gravitons collective. I knew Keith (@keefmarshall) made great music, had strong tech skills, and supported dozens of artists via the bonkwave community. Similarly, I knew AxWax (@axwax) was an awesome music maker with strong technical skills. So Roberta pulled us all together in a Matrix room, along with Kirsten, where I was able to showcase the script and get technical help and review. I bought a test VPS and used Ax’s Owncast server for testing while building the script and the structure.
Along the way, I decided to document this on Codeberg so others could replicate it, because I’d found several complete examples of LiquidSoap code for radio stations, but not for TV stations. My secondary goal is to see more Owncast servers lighting up with 24×7 programming.
So, if you are an artist who would like to get your music videos on the air — or an animator who wants their work in rotation — see below!
We are building a 24×7 music video and animation channel for The Indie Beat and we need you!
This will be a consent-driven channel promoting indie musical artists from across the Fediverse, as well as animators who want to share their animation art (and who knows what else in the future?).
We will have a large chunk of airtime devoted to random play across styles and genres, as well as a few dedicated program slots for music in the electronic, jazz, ambient, pop, and rock families.
We will also have slots for NHAM, curated by Sam (@ethicalrevolution), and an Animation Array slot, curated by Roberta Fidora (@RobertaFidora).
There is no cost or pay to artists. Each video will display artist info including a QR code on-screen back to the artist’s chosen link. Videos will air by artist consent only and can be taken back down by request. Opt-in, opt-out, at will.
If you’d like to get your music and video art on the air at The Indie Beat’s federated Owncast server, keep reading!
How to submit videos for airplay on The Indie Beat TV:
We need and accept:
– Original music videos (no covers)
– Animations for the Animation Array program
– Short form eye-candy videos (~10s — these play periodically between music videos)
– Short station ID videos/jingles (~10s — these play periodically between music videos, see below for suggested script)
If you already have videos showcased on NHAM and have given consent to air on TIB TV it is not necessary to upload the videos again.
We do not accept any illegal, copyright-infringing, or explicitly NSFW material.
Please no “AI” or learning model-generated materials. If you use smart tools in your process, that is fine, as long as the final work is predominately human-made. Not really interested in generated materials.
We prefer not to air simple “visualizer” type music videos, unless they are artfully edited or otherwise human-crafted in some way.
We prefer music videos in the 15-second to 15-minute range as general guideline. However, very long videos will not be included in the hour-long programs as they would dominate program airtime — they would instead go into normal random play under the “anything goes” hours of programming.
Exceptions to these loose rules may be made based on perplexing intangibilities like taste and intuition. The curators are human.
Submitted materials must be MP4 videos with 1080p max resolution, but streaming goes out at 720p and 3000 kbps currently.
NOTE: Only submit original rendered video files. Do NOT submit MP4 files re-downloaded from Peertube or other platforms. Generally, these files will not work.
Submitted MP4 videos must include these metadata tags, which will be shown on-screen including a QR code to the artist’s website:
– artist
– title
– album
– website
– cover art
You can use a tool like Picard (or MP3Tag) to add these. If you need help, we can do it. Cover art is not displayed currently but will be in the future.
Submissions should be made using this form, also available on Roberta Fidora’s site, and right here:
More things you might be wondering about
Artists retain all rights to submitted materials: no rights, fee, or commission is claimed except non-exclusive right to air the material on the channel until the artist opts out.
Submissions may or may not get airtime, no guarantees. We may take videos in and out of rotation based on how much material we gather and due to limited storage and airtime.
Artists are not charged or paid. Artists receive exposure via onscreen metadata and QR code link. The entire effort is non-commercial and consent-driven. We may ask for community support to pay for servers, storage, bandwidth, etc., but we are volunteering our time and will never keep donations as “pay”. All donated money goes back into The Indie Beat channels.
Suggestion for station identification wording (but be as creative as you like): “You are watching The Indie Beat Television with videos by independent artists from across the fediverse. Find us online at the indie beat dot fm.”
Suggestion for show title wording: “You are watching The Indie Beat Television and this is the POP hour.” Use Pop, Rock, Electronic, Ambient, Jazz, etc.
– We plan to have slots for live performances if you want to do a show! Once we launch, you’ll contact @mizkirsten to request a time slot.
– We plan to have a few regularly recurring live programs. Watch for schedule updates at https://live.theindiebeat.fm/ and follow @streamer on the Fediverse (turn on notifications).
– We plan to support short promotional videos for new releases.
– We plan to support short promotional videos for other indie arts projects from around the fediverse that we hope to co-promote. More to come.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Interview with Socool
Dressed ever so splendiferously here at NHAM HQ we took some time out to sit back, relax, unwind and listen to ‘To the Nines’, the latest release from Vancouver-based music producer and DJ Socool. Whilst doing so we penned some questions and fired them over to Canada where she was waiting to respond…
NHAM: Hey Socool, how are you today and, as we’re conducting this interview virtually, across continents, can you tell us if you have also dressed to the nines especially for this chat?
Socool: Hello! I’m delighted to have this space to talk about music with you, thank you very much. By the way, you’re looking spiffy in that outfit, super liking those biodegradable sequins, wow! So yeah, thanks for asking, I’m having a great day so far, just hanging out on Cloud 9 in my favourite comfy spacesuit.
NHAM: Great stuff! Speaking of which, your new album To the Nines is another beautiful blend of gorgeous tones and chilled beats and breaks that we’ve become accustomed to hearing from you. It’s your first full album in nearly three years. In between time you’ve released various EPs and singles (two of which earned high praise on BBC 6 Music). Yet all the while the nine tracks from this new album had been floating around in the background. Can you tell us why now was the right time to pull these nine tracks down and release the album?
Socool: Ah thank you! Those years passed by with so much growth in both how I make and present my music, and more importantly in my understanding of why I do this and what I need to do to be able to keep doing it. In between all the many collabs and remixes, these tracks were quietly taking form. I’d start a track, get it to a place where I was happy with it, then put it away for a while, visiting it periodically with fresh perspective to refine the ideas and bring it closer to where I wanted it to be. One day I took a step back and looked at all these tracks that were piling up and realized the time had come to let others enjoy them. After that, many more things needed to happen, but I had made enough space in my life to have the energy to make the decisions and do the work and now here we are! I’m one of those people that mostly listens to full albums so presenting my music in this way is exciting to me.
NHAM: Tell us a but more about your background… Have you always been based in Vancouver? When did you start making music? We hear you were both a radio DJ and a live DJ in the early days?
Socool: I was born here on the coast in Vancouver but was raised in the Okanagan, in a small town that’s nestled between two lakes in the interior of British Columbia. Growing up, I had a chance to learn several musical instruments starting with piano, then clarinet, saxophone and guitar before I took up DJing when I returned to Vancouver after graduating from high school. I was one of the hosts of a radio show called Shadow Jugglers that aired every Saturday night from 7-9pm on CiTR 101.9fm. We’d mix records live on air, invite our friends to play guest slots, give away tickets to whatever show we were going to that night, and just generally have silly amounts of fun. I was loving those DJ days, playing all vinyl sets at various lounges, club nights, afterhours and summer music festivals in BC, until I got a copy of Ableton Live and that was it for me: from then on making music became my focus.
NHAM: That sounds like so much fun! So, where did the name Socool come from?
Socool: Around the time I started DJing, I had a really fun group of coworkers at the library I worked at and we all had nicknames for each other and they started calling me Socool because my last name is Sobool. So when I needed a DJ handle, I picked DJ Socool and it ended up being kind of perfect because I tend to play very chill music (and funny too, because I am a deeply awkward person so it’s a bit of an oxymoron).
NHAM: Brilliant! We’re interested to hear about your creative process:
– Where does the inspiration come from?
– How is it fleshed out/do you have a typical process?
– What’s easy, what’s hard?
– What do you enjoy, what do you dread?
Socool: Inspiration comes from many things. A chord progression that needs to be explored, a BPM that captures my imagination, an improvised melody that sticks. Also, it’s probably not ideal but going through stressful situations and experiencing difficult emotions tends to bring out some of my best music unfortunately!
NHAM: Makes sense – Great art often comes from a place of difficulty.
Socool: Sometimes certain music I listen to just grabs me and all I want to do is listen to it on repeat. I’ve been known to try to remake a song from scratch just to have an excuse to listen to it over and over, and in the process of deconstructing it there will often be a spark and something new will emerge.
My process of making music is pretty straightforward I think, I just kind of keep going until I can listen to a track without feeling the need to add or change anything. It can take me a long time to get to that place, but I usually do eventually – I’m not really one to give up on songs I’ve started: if something’s not working for present me, it might just be a little gift for a future me to come back to. And while I find it easy to start new songs, finishing them is more difficult for me because while I’m working on them they feel alive, and drawing that line and saying something’s done feels like a kind of abandonment.
I most enjoy that feeling when a song is still new, still figuring itself out, and there is this rush of like a honeymoon phase when all I want to do when I’m not working on it is work on it some more.
I used to feel like everything needed to be perfect and I dreaded listening to a track of mine that I had finished and released in case I might hear that there was something wrong with it. So I would avoid listening to music I had released, especially the earlier stuff, because of that fear of finding imperfections. But a couple of years ago, I had the honour of spending some time with a brilliant and creative Indigenous storyteller who introduced me to the concept of the spirit bead. In the context of beadwork, the spirit bead is a cultural tradition where a single bead is deliberately made to be out of place, for example, a different colour, facing the wrong direction, or slightly off-pattern, and this bead is placed this way intentionally to represent a sense of humility, to acknowledge that no person is perfect, so no artwork made by a human should pretend to be perfect. When I heard about this, it was the exact right moment for me to take it in and after that, there was a major shift in how I feel about my music. And in the these times of generative AI taking the place of real art, humanness in art is more important than ever, so I’m less afraid now to share art that has imperfections, instead, I embrace it.
NHAM: So true, what a beautiful tale. Tell us about some of your greatest influences, musical or otherwise.
Socool: Gladly! Some key albums in the early days include Breath from Another by Esthero, Mezzanine by Massive Attack, Homogenic by Bjork, and Portishead’s self titled album. More recently we have Forms by Rohne, Keep Your Soul Young by Amparo, Sisyphean Audio Therapy (all three volumes) by Ordos Mk.0 (@ordosmarkzero) and Bleach by cable.percussion.
NHAM: You’ve done a good number of collaborations including with other Fedi artists. It seems that remote collaboration is something you particularly enjoy. Can you give us an insight in to the process, right from the first approach to collaborate, through the process of creating the music to releasing the finished work?
Socool: Yes, I really do love collaborating with other music producers and musicians! I’ve collaborated with quite a few different people now and I’ve found that the process is wildly different depending on who I’m working with. Truly I just love it when people send me audio to play with, it keeps things fresh for me and brings about new techniques and approaches that I think I would miss out on otherwise. Plus the feeling of hearing something amazing that another producer has done with the audio I sent them is incredible!
Working with Skysonix (@skysonix) for example was really special, as everything flowed really nicely right from the start and all through the release process. It started with meeting on Mastodon, having a mutual appreciation for each other’s music, then one of us floated the idea of collaborating, the other enthusiastically agreed, one sent an initial idea for a track and the other took took that and ran with it, and vice versa, and then with some back and forth suddenly, almost effortlessly, we found we had an EP finished. Track names, artwork, track order, release planning, all those decisions were shared which I found to be a great relief.
NHAM: Can you remember how you first become initiated in to the Fedi Music Scene?
Socool: I was part of that big wave of people looking for alternatives when Twitter imploded. Someone I followed there mentioned they were trying out this place called Mastodon and I checked it out and found that people were really welcoming. I was around when Radio Free Fedi started up and at that point it really started to feel like a music community was forming.
NHAM: What is the pull of the Fediverse over traditional, dare I say ‘legacy’ social media for you?
Socool: It feels like home. So many of the people I cross paths with here share similar values.
NHAM: Is there a particular song or artist within the Fedi that’s caught your attention recently?
Socool: ‘Black Knoll’ by Bedlam Steps (@bedlamsteps) (from the Patterns and Shades EP) just gets me every time. I can’t seem to listen to it only once, I get stuck in it and end up having it on repeat for a while. It reaches me in the same way # 19 by Aphex Twin does.
NHAM: You have a wonderful back catalogue over on Bandcamp but more recently you’ve begun releasing on Bandwagon, Faircamp and Mirlo (@mirlo) too. What has been the appeal of these platforms for you?
Socool: I have a lot of respect for people who look at the current situation around the music economy and actually do something to improve it, and I feel like Faircamp, Bandwagon and Mirlo are good examples of this so I’d like to support them as best I can. Faircamp lets artists self-host their music and present it to the world via an elegant static site generator, and I’m grateful to have some music out there via the negative void community Faircamp, so my music can potentially be discovered via the Faircamp Webring. And with Bandwagon, I can simply check a box and then my music will go into rotation on The Indie Beat Radio, which is great because I am trying to reach more people with my music so I want it to be in as many places as possible to do that. In the case of Mirlo, I like how I can offer some music there and if someone is kind enough to buy it, a percentage goes to them so they can continue to grow this music cooperative.
NHAM: You’re also a regular contributor to Bonkwave compilation albums. Tell us some more about that. Why do you particularly enjoy being part of the Bonkwave community?
Socool: I love how chaotic bonk wave music can be, while at the same time the community is well-organized, friendly and inclusive. When I sit down to make bonk wave, often something kind of magical happens and the resulting music comes from a sincere and honest place that seems to be easier to access when I create music that has no rules and no genre constraints. And making music is a really important part of my life, so I put a lot of thought into how certain things that come with it make me feel, and in an effort to protect it, I try to be careful to only do the things that feel good. Well, one of the things that does make me happy is being part of the bonk wave community, and I feel a lot of gratitude to everyone involved. Also, we’ve established that I can take years to finish and release music when left to my own devices so having a set deadline to finish something for our compilations has been really good for me, haha. And how great is it to get to release music alongside some of my favourite producers? It’s inspiring and also a lot of fun.
NHAM: Something we don’t hear so much in your music is your own voice, but you were heard singing on the Happy Bonkday 2025 release. Might we hear your voice more in future releases?
Socool: I think so! I’ve been collaborating with an amazing music producer who is also part of the Fedi music and bonk wave communities. Can I just say how happy it makes me like every single day that one of my favourite artists is sending me instrumentals to add vocals to? I’ve been enjoying the process a lot and I’m excited for you to hear our songs …when the time is right!
NHAM: Finally, is there a question you always fantasised someone would ask about you or your music?
Socool: Heh, great question! I’d like to talk about how making and releasing music has brought so much more great music into my life. What I mean by that is every time my music is shared in DJ’s mixtape or a radio show, I’ll listen to the whole thing and more often than not, it will lead to me discovering music I would likely never had heard of. So many of my favourite songs, albums and artists have reached me this way. And that, along with the great sense of community I get from being part of the fedi music scene and the bonk wave community, is why I think I’ll continue to make and share music.
NHAM: Brilliant, it’s been so great to chat with you, Socool. With the breeze now blowing your cloud back toward your music studio (and hurrying the biodegradation of our sequins), this is the perfect time to sign off and tell every to go and listen to To the Nines – available now on Mirlo.
Find Socool on:
– Mastodon (@socool)
– Bandwagon
– Faircamp
– Mirlo
– Socool’s website
– Pixelfed
#Bandwagon #bonkwave #community #interview #Mirlo #music #RadioFreeFedi #TIBR
RE: https://mastodon.online/@keefmarshall/115196896263757177
The disc 2 tracks have now been added to the radio as well
The new compilation tracks have been added to circulation on Not What I Call Radio Bonk Wave, brought to you by The Indie Beat Radio.
You can listen here:
https://not.what.i.call.radio.bonkwave.org/
or here:
https://theindiebeat.fm/not-what-i-call-radio-bonk-wave/
.. and a reminder this includes contributor tracks that aren't on the compilations - you can add more by using the thread on the BonkBoard!
#FourSeasonsOfBonkWave #BonkWave #NotBonkWave #FSoBW #TIBR #NWICRBW
Not What I Call Radio Bonk Wave update: new tracks added in the last few weeks from:
@desolationpark
@flockofnazguls
@ordosmarkzero
@axwax
@decibyte
@ashnoodle
@Traiken
@limebar
@key13
Listen at:
https://theindiebeat.fm/not-what-i-call-radio-bonk-wave/
https://not.what.i.call.radio.bonkwave.org/
Contributors: there's a new submission thread just opened on the board.
Just days after her interview with @lorenzosmusic, @mizkirsten gets cosy by the fire with @ozoned for the latest episode of @firesidefedi. 🔥
Catch both shows in the podcast section of NHAMtv: https://nham.co.uk/podcasts/
And be sure to follow @firesidefedi for more fantastic episodes between Ozoned and his guests from the Fedi!
Lorenzo’s Music Podcast Fedi Specials: No.8 Kirsten Lambertsen
@lorenzosmusic from Lorenzo’s Music Podcast meets @mizkirsten, the creative mind behind The Indie Beat Radio (TIBR).
The Indie Beat Radio is an online station, but what sets it apart is its unique integration with Bandwagon (who Tom spoke with in a previous episode), allowing artists to upload their music directly to Bandwagon and opt-in for it to be played on Indie Beat Radio. This process ensures that new music is offered to listeners on The Indie Beat Radio, providing a diverse range of genres.
Kirsten emphasized the importance of music discovery, stating, “I think discovery is the biggest problem for artists.” She believes that platforms like Indie Beat FM can help bridge the gap by allowing listeners to explore new sounds and connect with artists in a meaningful way. With genre channels and curated playlists, the station creates an engaging listening experience that encourages exploration.
Kirsten is dedicated to evolving the platform to meet the needs of both artists and listeners. As she aptly stated, “I am trying to respond to what people want to do with it,” ensuring that Indie Beat FM remains a relevant and valuable resource for music streaming.
Lorenzo’s Music Podcast Fedi Specials: #8 Kirsten Lambertsen - The Indie Beat Radio Music Discovery
Audio Interface Programming by @limebar
Audio Interface Radio now has blocks of dedicated programming scheduled throughout the week.
You can find an overview of the shows and listen live here.
You can find a detailed schedule for each week here.
As of now, there are five blocks of programming but this may change. All times are in the UK at UTC+1. Per the site, “the aim is to bring you blocks of music for different headstates throughout the day.”
- Disturbing Dreams for one hour daily at midnight
- The Ambient Hours for five hours daily starting at 1am
- Breakfast Bangers for one hour daily starting at 7.30am
- Deep Focus for two hours daily at 10am
- Weekend Bangers every Friday & Saturday for two hours starting at 7pm
The rest of the time continues to be an eclectic mix of electronic music from the Audio Interface mixes in regular rotation.
Audio Interface Radio is hosted by The Indie Beat Radio as one of several curated music disovery experiences, alongside “Not What I Call Bonkwave Radio” and “NHAM Radio“.
Each curated station hosts the channel on their own website as well:
Follow @audiointerface and @mixtape in the fediverse for more independent music, indie music news, and resources.
The tracks from Bonks of Spring 1 are now in circulation on Not What I Call Radio Bonk Wave - brought to you by The Indie Beat Radio!
First up is the fabulous "Hacker Girl" by @bazkie
https://mastodon.social/@tibrnowplayingbot/114683979000838794
https://not.what.i.call.radio.bonkwave.org/
The Indie Beat Radio Roku App by @limebar
You may be familiar with The Indie Beat – a new internet radio station focused on music made by fediverse musicians and from the public domain. This station was brought to life earlier this year by the fabulous Miz Kirsten (@mizkirsten).
There are many ways to listen:
- Visit the web site.
- Use any of the hundreds of apps and platforms found in this list at Radio-Browser.
- Listen to the NHAM channel directly on this website.
- Listen to the Bonkwave channel directly on the Bonkwave site.
- Listen to the Audio Interface channel directly on the AudioInterface.org site.
- Listen on your desktop in Gnome.
…and if you own a Roku set top box or television with integrated Roku, you can listen through your soundbar or stereo system from the comfort of your sofa using the Roku app.
The app has gotten a visual glow-up for Pride month and supports the brand new Audio Interface channel as well! The Audio Interface channel joins the NHAM and Bonkwave channels with human curated, hand selected material to compliment the other great genre based stations. Community based radio at it’s finest, right here in the fediverse!
More About The Indie Beat
Through the magic of federation, if you are a musician looking to get airplay it is easy to do!
- Sign up for an account at the federated music discovery and distribution site, Bandwagon.
- Upload your album and check the box that says “Distribute to The Indie Beat”.
- Make sure you use the appropriate genre hashtags so that your tracks get airplay on the correct station(s).
For writers and spoken word artists there is a Spoken Word channel as well! If you record the spoken word (whether that be educational, fiction, poetry, podcast or other) you can just as easily get your material on-air! Use the process above and use genre tag ‘SpokenWord’.
The station also hosts live video streams at and in the Roku app — check the site for upcoming events. If you are looking for a place to stream your own live event, this might be it! Contact @mizkirsten to schedule your event. And don’t forget to publish your event on bandwagon.fm and cal.gravitons.org.
And finally check out the TIBR Now Playing bot (@tibrnowplayingbot) to see which tracks are playing. You can discover and connect with new artists this way — let them know you love their music, share your favorite tracks, buy their music, hire them for your projects, or just chat!
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Audio Interface Channel Launches on The Indie Beat Radio
As of today The Indie Beat Radio (TIBR) now has a TENTH channel with the introduction of Audio Interface (@audiointerface).
Already a firm favourite with Fedi music fans Audio Interface could previously be found on the non-federated platform, Mixcloud. But now its many guest mixes and great staple shows -which include Transverse Tempo by @CCirco, Forgotten Futures, Disturbing Dreams and The Ambient Hour (all by @xylander), and of course our very own NHAM Mixtapes Show by @ethicalrevolution- can be enjoyed on the station dedicated to Fedi Music.
This latest collaboration came about thanks to Fedi musician and Fedi music enthusiast Lime Bar: “After the very successful launch of the Bonkwave and NHAM channels on The Indie Beat radio, bringing two of my favourite sources of music discovery together with all of the other great music on TIBR, it seemed fitting that another favourite Fedi music discovery mechanism be brought to the airwaves,” he said.
“I reached out to both, made introductions, and asked if maybe an Audio Interface channel would work. Completely selfish motivation, really. 😉”
Pete Xylander who founded Audio Interface to promote independent electronic music shortly after Radio Free Fedi sunsetted had this to say: “I’m very excited to join in what Kirsten is doing with The Indie Beat Radio and I hope that new listeners will find their way to both TIBR and Audio Interface through this collaboration. The channel will play a mix of tracks from different Audio Interface shows along with full podcast episodes and scheduled blocks that tie in with shows. More info and schedule can be found here.”
Kirsten Lambertsen (@mizkirsten) who launched TIBR to showcase indie tunes from the Fediverse said, “I’m so happy and grateful to have Audio Interface launch a channel on The Indie Beat. We have @limebar to thank for connecting Pete and me (one of many acts of generosity). Collaborations like this are giving me life because I see them as harbingers of even more exciting things to come in the fedi music community. I love you guys, man!”
The Audio Interface channel becomes the tenth on TIBR: a third specially curated channel to go alongside five genre-defined channels, a spoken word channel and the channel of everything.
The Indie Beat Radio Channels:
So many options for discovering brilliant music from artists across the Fediverse!
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