For years, Spotify has been the go-to place to follow and stream playlists. Yes, it's still a great platform but in this quickly changing music world, it's important to use other platforms as well.
Now there's a new player on the market: Choon. Just a few days ago, the 10,000th track was uploaded, showing it's already becoming a not-to-be-ignored platform.
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Choon is a music streaming service and digital payments ecosystem—designed to solve the music industry’s most fundamental problems. Tired of earning nothing for your music on Soundcloud and Spotify? Upload your tracks to Choon and join a community of musicians reinventing the music industry.
We hit a huge milestone last night: 10,000 tracks! ?
Choon is now by far the largest crypto music service, & one of the largest catalogues of artist-owned music in the world. Congrats to #ApesWithAgendas for uploading our 10,000th track! ?
Check it: https://t.co/8R0ML0WfiT ?
— Choon (@choonhq) 9 juli 2018
The best thing about Choon? As an independent artist you'll earn NOTES when listeners stream your music. As a curator, you'll earn NOTES as well, when listeners stream your playlist(s). That way, it's a win-win situation for both indepenent musicians and curators. We'll explain about Choon in more detail in future Industry Tips blog posts.
Lazy Indie Morning ? ? ?
Release date: July 11th, 2018
One of the first playlists we've started curating on Choon, is Lazy Indie Morning. With chill indie vibes to start and enjoy your day more relaxed than you have ever had. Enjoy the best (new) Indie Pop & Folk, Singer-Songwriter and Dream Pop crawled up in bed or on the couch. Sipping your espresso as you start your day.
? Listen to and follow Lazy Indie Morning here
? Submit a track here
Currently on the playlist
Title | Artist |
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Coastline | Shavon Bonnie Legion |
Take Me With You | Shavon Bonnie Legion |
In Our Hands | Michael Dietrich |
Right And Wrong | cloudsoutloud |
A Homeless Prayer | Michael Dietrich |
Home To Me | Daniel Champagne |
Back To Nova Scotia | Daniel Champagne |
Restless | Darren Claxton |
Hooked | Taylor Renee |
No Place Like Home | Skyline Tigers |
Syrian Song | Skyline Tigers |
Moon Hanging Low | Serena Matthews |
Changed Again | Darren Claxton |
When Your Head's A Mess | Jacob George Band |
Passion | CloudsOutLoud |
Uncharted Road | CloudsOutLoud |
Stand Alone Together | CloudsOutLoud |
Chasing Light | The Turtle Project |
Beyond My Control | The Turtle Project |
Everyting For Nothing | James / Cook |
Night In June | Why Monkey |
The Break-Up Song | Joe Uzzo |
I'll Find Someone | Joe Uzzo |
Mer Amère | Everest |
Waiting On A Raincloud | Darren Claxton |
Planes | Zalex |
Cee | Kaysay |
Last Dime | Caroline Guske |
Pictures Slide Deep Inside | Peter & Elle / Ray Chapman |
Always A Rebel | Jon Magnusson |
Ode To A Friend | Jon Magnusson |
Wake Up | Juxta |
Time Only Moves In One Direction | Jonathan Mann |
Embertime | Embertime |
Time Is In My Hands | Brent Brown |
All About You | Another Color Of Gray |
That's The Way | Boats |
Shallows | Boats |
Forest Pump | Jeffguitar |
Sweet Little Thing | Jeffguitar |
Broken | Red Cure |
Visa Fran Utanmyra | Jon Magnusson |
Face Of The Lion | Mr. Rose |
Luces Del Norte | Nostos |
Fold Into Yourself | Jonathan Mann |
City Lies | True Hights |
Dawn In Honolulu | Jim Swan |
You're Not Alone | Ray Chapman |
The Same Path | The Reverse Engineers |
Feat. Steemians @michaeldietrich @soundlegion @micmastery @darrenclaxton @paintingangels @michaelgarfield @theturtleproject @whymonkey @kahsay @peter-ella @jonmagnusson @juxta (@atomcollectorrecords) @ade-greenwise @jeffandhisguitar @misterrose @nostosmus
I’m very excited for the possibilities of blockchain and the music industry to help innovate and keep spotify from just getting even larger and more powerful. This seems promising–who doesn’t love a win win?
I think streaming is a double edged sword. As much as it has helped sway people to pay for music, which is a tall order in the 21st century, it still has a lot to answer for. The fact that record companies and third party distributors, such as Spotify, take such a large cut from the pocket of musicians, is a difficult pill to swallow for the small independent artist(s). I understand the concept behind Choon and hope that it is successful. But crypto currency just doesn’t seem like the ideal solution to me.
Blockchain seems to be the best solution we have to try to find value again in our work. Being rewarded with fiat paper money, and fractions of a cent per stream make creating things in an expensive world, really a difficult task. I am hopeful that blockchain can get outside of that centralized complex and help artists distribute their creative work at a market value that is real.