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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
We need a protocol similar to Farcaster that can serve as home for all the new music being produced worldwide. Imagine all the cool music clients that devs could build. Seems like the only way to truly break free from the monopolistic control exercised by Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and major record labels.
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pugson
@pugson
sona.stream
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
What does Sona use for storage?
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pugson
@pugson
tagging in @lauraj
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Laura
@lauraj
Oh hello! Currently the MVP is storing music on AWS for the best possible streaming experience. That being saidβ¦ Weβre building a protocol after all. Sona teamβs cooking up some decentralized storage solutions with some A+ partners for decentralized music storage/attribution/streaming as we speak.
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
Very nice! Excited to learn more about the solution you and the team come up with. I donβt think you are available outside the US yet so no access for me, Iβm in Canada.
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Laura
@lauraj
On that point: music licensing needs a major upgrade. Love a future state where international licensing is handled from a permissions layer atop the music instead where it lives today (bureaucracy).
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
I agree. Itβs one thing to be able to host music in a decentralized manner, itβs a whole other thing to do it legally.
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Laura
@lauraj
Exactly, building in a vacuum will only get you so far. There is *totally* a way to do this legally but damn itβs work. Thankfully weβve got distributor and labels in our court willing to try new things If it works, the rest *will* come. π
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
I think thatβs another important aspect in all this. Educating artists on how they can operate everything on their own. As long as they create original music, leveraging the power of the internet, thereβs no reason they couldnβt break free from the current system.
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
Would you still pursue this project if the labels were not open to the idea? I feel like this is a problem with the music industry, an independent artist doing it all on their own isnβt viewed as legitimate. The impression is that you canβt actually do it all on your own, you need the middle men at some point.
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