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    <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>offbeat: The NHAM Interview</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[#music #musique #album&#xA;&#xA;I was interviewed by Sam (@ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social) about my new album offbeat over on #NHAM.&#xA;&#xA;Read the interview &amp;rarr;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>I was interviewed by Sam (<a href="https://noblogo.org/@/ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social</span></a>) about my new album <a href="new-album-offbeat" rel="nofollow">offbeat</a> over on <a href="/sknob/tag:NHAM" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">NHAM</span></a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://nham.co.uk/2026/04/interview-with-sknob" rel="nofollow">Read the interview →</a></p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>My Bonkers 2025 Fedi Music Year in Review</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[#music #design #collaboration #blogpost&#xA;&#xA;Another banner year, spread across multiple projects, ranging from #bonkwave to #RFFF25 to #NHAM to #TIBtv, to a little solo stuff. I don’t know how long any of this will last, but I’m relishing it while I can.&#xA;!--more--&#xA;Skip to Design | Community&#xA;&#xA;span id=&#34;music&#34;/spanMusic&#xA;&#xA;In more or less chronological order, I think:&#xA;&#xA;I co-wrote You Are Not Alone with @CCirco@ravenation.club for the Comfy Collaborations #RadioFreeFedi tribute album organized by @futzle@old.mermaid.town&#xA;I released a couple of extra tracks based on You Are Not Alone.&#xA;I released a new song, Cities&#xA;I wrote jingles for NHAM Mixtape Radio and Not What I Call Radio Bonk Wave&#xA;2 of my bonkwave songs were delightfully remixed&#xA;I released The Rite of Bonk for the Four Seasons of Bonk Wave-Bonks of Spring 1 album&#xA;I collaborated on Hi It’s Spring (production) with Sam (@ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social) for the Four Seasons of Bonk Wave Spring album&#xA;I gave a few related songs a common home by releasing the Cities EP (which got a lovely review on NHAM by @babumenos@sunny.garden)&#xA;I performed the sknob bonks cities live livestream for Radio Free Fedi Fest 2025 #RFFF25 (and covered other fedi musicians)&#xA;I contributed some vocals to Happy Bonk Day 2025 as part of a great lineup of BonkWave Allstars herded by @axwax@chaos.social &#xA;I released Ukulele Bonk on the Four Seasons of Bonk Wave-A Midsummer Bonk’s Dream 1 album&#xA;I released Wannawadda on the Four Seasons of Bonk Wave-A Midsummer Bonk’s Dream 2 album, part of the first ever Bonk Wave Sample Challenge&#xA;I produced (and played on) Better Than That by Sam, which was also released on the Bonk Wave summer album (and I also make a guest appearance on the fantastic video Sam made for the track)&#xA;I wrote and recorded a song I’m quite proud of for the upcoming Four Seasons of Bonk Wave fall album (which should come out this winter or next spring, in typical #bonkwave fashion)&#xA;I released a new song, Choo-Choo Train&#xA;I wrote 4 new songs for an upcoming concept album or EP, and have been chronicling my progress on Mastodon. We’ll see how far it goes and how long I can resist the urge to release them...&#xA;&#xA;Collage of album covers.&#xA;&#xA;span id=&#34;design&#34;/spanDesign&#xA;&#xA;I used to do quite a bit of UI and web design back in the day, experience which I put to good use this year:&#xA;&#xA;I designed album covers for the Four Seasons of Bonk Wave album series, with real-time feedback from the bonkwave community, and essential contributions from @Traiken@mastodon.social&#xA;I designed web and fedi assets (and the NHAM RFFF25 LiveStream graphics) for NHAM&#xA;And I did the version 1.0 redesign of the NHAM website (CSS mockup, Sam had to actually implement it)&#xA;Which gave me the impetus to finally recode and redesign my antiquated music site from scratch, which I’d been meaning to do for about a decade ; check out the new sknob/music, and read all about the redesign in a series of posts right here&#xA;I made a bunch of hand-drawn NHAM animations for the NHAM program slots on The Indie Beat Television (#TIBtv)&#xA;I made a bunch of more general NHAM promo videos for #TIBtv&#xA;&#xA;span id=&#34;community&#34;/spanCommunity&#xA;&#xA;On top of the musical collaborations with @CCirco@ravenation.club, the bonkwave community and Sam mentioned above, I participated in the following initiatives to promote music and musicians on the #fediverse:&#xA;&#xA;I did some virtual leg work vetting artists and asking for their consent to be listed in the Indie Art Support Community (IASC) directory which is built on the shoulders of @radiofreefedi@musician.social (and you can apply by pinging @hello@fedi.indieart.support on fedi)&#xA;I was involved in prepping the launch of the NHAM fedi music discovery site, and I’m also an admin of the site (for which I wrote a few posts too, like The Best Spotify Alternative and Imposter Syndrome)&#xA;I handled the technical plumbing for and co-hosted a NHAM Mixtape livestream for Radio Free Fedi Fest 25 #RFFF25&#xA;Last but certainly not least, I was part of the group of fedi musicians corralled by @limebar@mastodon.social to prep the launch of The Indie Beat Television, a 24x7 “Fedi MTV” (brainstorming, transcoding and tagging a ton of videos, pixel-pushing, and contributing a few musical snippets to station IDs and such). Don’t forget to follow @TIBtv@tv.theindiebeat.fm on the fediverse!&#xA;&#xA;As I said in a mid-year progress report:&#xA;&#xA;  I can’t believe how lucky I am to be part of the incredible fedi music community and to have met and collaborated with so many delightful, open-minded, super-creative people, who have opened my eyes and ears in so many ways.&#xA;&#xA;All in all a fine way to keep my head above water in these troubled times, and a constant and much-needed reminder that there is plenty of good, and good people in the world, and that we have agency.&#xA;&#xA;Thank you everyone span class=&#34;emoji&#34;❤️/span]]&gt;</description>
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<p><a href="my-crazy-2024-music-making-year-in-review" rel="nofollow">Another banner year</a>, spread across multiple projects, ranging from <a href="/sknob/tag:bonkwave" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">bonkwave</span></a> to <a href="/sknob/tag:RFFF25" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">RFFF25</span></a> to <a href="/sknob/tag:NHAM" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">NHAM</span></a> to <a href="/sknob/tag:TIBtv" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TIBtv</span></a>, to a little solo stuff. I don’t know how long any of this will last, but I’m relishing it while I can.

Skip to <a href="#design" rel="nofollow">Design</a> | <a href="#community" rel="nofollow">Community</a></p>

<h2 id="span-id-music-span-music"><span id="music"></span>Music</h2>

<p>In more or less chronological order, I think:</p>
<ul><li>I co-wrote <a href="https://music.futzle.com/comfy-collaborations/3/" rel="nofollow">You Are Not Alone</a> with <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/CCirco@ravenation.club" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>CCirco@ravenation.club</span></a> for the <a href="https://music.futzle.com/comfy-collaborations/" rel="nofollow">Comfy Collaborations</a> <a href="/sknob/tag:RadioFreeFedi" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">RadioFreeFedi</span></a> tribute album organized by <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/futzle@old.mermaid.town" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>futzle@old.mermaid.town</span></a></li>
<li>I released <a href="https://sknob.fr/faircamp/comfy/" rel="nofollow">a couple of extra tracks</a> based on <em>You Are Not Alone</em>.</li>
<li>I released a new song, <a href="https://sknob.fr/music/?cities" rel="nofollow">Cities</a></li>
<li>I wrote jingles for <a href="https://nham.co.uk/listen/" rel="nofollow">NHAM Mixtape Radio</a> and <a href="https://not.what.i.call.radio.bonkwave.org" rel="nofollow">Not What I Call Radio Bonk Wave</a></li>
<li>2 of my bonkwave songs were <a href="ive-been-rebonked" rel="nofollow">delightfully remixed</a></li>
<li>I released <a href="the-rite-of-bonk" rel="nofollow">The Rite of Bonk</a> for the <a href="https://music.bonkwave.org/the-four-seasons-of-bonkwave-bonks-of-spring-1/" rel="nofollow">Four Seasons of Bonk Wave-Bonks of Spring 1</a> album</li>
<li>I collaborated on <a href="hi-its-spring" rel="nofollow">Hi It’s Spring</a> (production) with Sam (<a href="https://noblogo.org/@/ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social</span></a>) for the <em>Four Seasons of Bonk Wave</em> Spring album</li>
<li>I gave a few related songs a common home by releasing the <a href="https://sknob.fr/music/?cities_album" rel="nofollow">Cities EP</a> (which got a <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/06/cities-by-sknob-2/" rel="nofollow">lovely review on NHAM</a> by <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/babumenos@sunny.garden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>babumenos@sunny.garden</span></a>)</li>
<li>I performed the <a href="sknob-bonks-cities-live-rfff25-livestream" rel="nofollow">sknob bonks cities live</a> livestream for <em>Radio Free Fedi Fest 2025</em> <a href="/sknob/tag:RFFF25" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">RFFF25</span></a> (and covered other fedi musicians)</li>
<li>I contributed some vocals to <a href="https://music.bonkwave.org/bonkwave-allstars-happy-bonk-day-2025/" rel="nofollow">Happy Bonk Day 2025</a> as part of a great lineup of BonkWave Allstars herded by <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/axwax@chaos.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>axwax@chaos.social</span></a></li>
<li>I released <a href="https://sknob.fr/music/?ukulelebonk" rel="nofollow">Ukulele Bonk</a> on the <a href="https://music.bonkwave.org/the-four-seasons-of-bonkwave-a-midsummer-bonks-dream-1/" rel="nofollow">Four Seasons of Bonk Wave-A Midsummer Bonk’s Dream 1</a> album</li>
<li>I released <a href="https://sknob.fr/music/?wannawadda" rel="nofollow">Wannawadda</a> on the <a href="https://music.bonkwave.org/the-four-seasons-of-bonkwave-a-midsummer-bonks-dream-2/" rel="nofollow">Four Seasons of Bonk Wave-A Midsummer Bonk’s Dream 2</a> album, part of the first ever <em>Bonk Wave Sample Challenge</em></li>
<li>I produced (and played on) <a href="https://sknam.nham.co.uk/summersamsknob/" rel="nofollow">Better Than That</a> by Sam, which was also released on the Bonk Wave summer album (and I also make a guest appearance on the <a href="https://spectra.video/w/mNieEJNJbV2Xg5zmUnsFsG" rel="nofollow">fantastic video</a> Sam made for the track)</li>
<li>I wrote and recorded a song I’m quite proud of for the upcoming <em>Four Seasons of Bonk Wave</em> fall album (which should come out this winter or next spring, in typical <a href="/sknob/tag:bonkwave" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">bonkwave</span></a> fashion)</li>
<li>I released a new song, <a href="https://sknob.fr/music/choo-choo-train" rel="nofollow">Choo-Choo Train</a></li>
<li>I wrote 4 new songs for an upcoming concept album or EP, and have been <a href="https://mamot.fr/@sknob/115472801832298733" rel="nofollow">chronicling my progress on Mastodon</a>. We’ll see how far it goes and how long I can resist the urge to release them...</li></ul>

<p><img src="https://sknob.fr/img/musique/sknob2025.jpg" alt="Collage of album covers."></p>

<h2 id="span-id-design-span-design"><span id="design"></span>Design</h2>

<p>I used to do quite a bit of UI and web design back in the day, experience which I put to good use this year:</p>
<ul><li>I designed <a href="https://music.bonkwave.org" rel="nofollow">album covers</a> for the <em>Four Seasons of Bonk Wave</em> album series, with real-time feedback from the bonkwave community, and essential contributions from <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/Traiken@mastodon.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>Traiken@mastodon.social</span></a></li>
<li>I designed web and fedi assets (and the NHAM RFFF25 LiveStream graphics) for NHAM</li>
<li>And I did the version 1.0 redesign of the <a href="https://nham.co.uk" rel="nofollow">NHAM</a> website (CSS mockup, Sam had to actually implement it)</li>
<li>Which gave me the impetus to finally recode and redesign my antiquated music site from scratch, which I’d been meaning to do for about a decade ; check out the new <a href="https://sknob.fr/music" rel="nofollow">sknob/music</a>, and read all about the redesign in a <a href="sknob-music-v5-release-notes" rel="nofollow">series of posts</a> right here</li>
<li>I made a bunch of hand-drawn NHAM animations for the NHAM program slots on The Indie Beat Television (<a href="/sknob/tag:TIBtv" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TIBtv</span></a>)</li>
<li>I made a bunch of more general NHAM promo videos for <a href="/sknob/tag:TIBtv" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TIBtv</span></a></li></ul>

<h2 id="span-id-community-span-community"><span id="community"></span>Community</h2>

<p>On top of the musical collaborations with <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/CCirco@ravenation.club" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>CCirco@ravenation.club</span></a>, the bonkwave community and Sam <a href="#music" rel="nofollow">mentioned above</a>, I participated in the following initiatives to promote music and musicians on the <a href="/sknob/tag:fediverse" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">fediverse</span></a>:</p>
<ul><li>I did some virtual leg work vetting artists and asking for their consent to be listed in the <a href="https://indieart.support" rel="nofollow">Indie Art Support Community (IASC) directory</a> which is built on the shoulders of <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/radiofreefedi@musician.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>radiofreefedi@musician.social</span></a> (and you can apply by pinging <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/hello@fedi.indieart.support" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>hello@fedi.indieart.support</span></a> on fedi)</li>
<li>I was involved in prepping the launch of the <a href="https://nham.co.uk" rel="nofollow">NHAM</a> fedi music discovery site, and I’m also an admin of the site (for which I wrote a few posts too, like <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/the-best-spotify-alternative" rel="nofollow">The Best Spotify Alternative</a> and <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/imposter-syndrome/" rel="nofollow">Imposter Syndrome</a>)</li>
<li>I handled the technical plumbing for and co-hosted a <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/07/special-live-nham-show-with-qa/" rel="nofollow">NHAM Mixtape livestream</a> for <a href="https://party.radiofreefedi.net" rel="nofollow">Radio Free Fedi Fest 25</a> <a href="/sknob/tag:RFFF25" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">RFFF25</span></a></li>
<li>Last but certainly not least, I was part of the group of fedi musicians corralled by <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/limebar@mastodon.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>limebar@mastodon.social</span></a> to prep the launch of <a href="https://tv.theindiebeat.fm" rel="nofollow">The Indie Beat Television</a>, a 24x7 “Fedi MTV” (brainstorming, transcoding and tagging a ton of videos, pixel-pushing, and contributing a few musical snippets to station IDs and such). Don’t forget to follow <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/TIBtv@tv.theindiebeat.fm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>TIBtv@tv.theindiebeat.fm</span></a> on the fediverse!</li></ul>

<p>As I said in a <a href="its-the-community-stupid" rel="nofollow">mid-year progress report</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>I can’t believe how lucky I am to be part of the incredible fedi music community and to have met and collaborated with so many delightful, open-minded, super-creative people, who have opened my eyes and ears in so many ways.</p></blockquote>

<p>All in all a fine way to keep my head above water in these troubled times, and a constant and much-needed reminder that there is plenty of good, and good people in the world, and that <em>we have agency</em>.</p>

<p>Thank you everyone <span class="emoji">❤️</span></p>
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      <title>Réclame pour NHAM</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[#billet #musique #collaboration #NHAM&#xA;&#xA;Lancé officiellement à la mi-février, NHAM a largement occupé mon début d’année. J’ai contribué à l’élaboration du site et je le co-anime depuis son lancement. C’est un projet à la fois artistique, éthique et communautaire qui ambitionne de faire le bien et du bien.&#xA;&#xA;Vous trouverez ci-dessous la présentation du site que j’ai publiée sur Mastodon à sa sortie, suivi d’un appel à contribution !&#xA;!--more-- &#xA;---&#xA;Depuis l’annonce de la fin de #RadioFreeFedi (et l’annonce récente de la fin de #Fedivision), ça phosphore dans le monde bouillonnant de la musique indé sur le #fedivers.&#xA;&#xA;@keefmarshall@mastodon.online a brillamment décrit la situation dans son billet, A New Hope.&#xA;&#xA;Et @ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social l’a brillamment cartographiée.&#xA;&#xA;J’invite VIVEMENT tous les gens qui souhaitent se repérer et s’y retrouver à les lire !&#xA;&#xA;Il se trouve que ce même @ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social mûrissait déjà l’idée de sortir une version web d’un magazine consacré à la musique qu’il publiait jadis sur papier. &#xA;&#xA;(Et beaucoup plus modestement, je cherchais justement un endroit où regrouper toutes les infos intéressantes que je trouvais éparpillées un peu partout, en public ou en plus petit comité sur des chats et des forums, etc.)&#xA;&#xA;C’est comme ça que le nouveau site nham.co.uk a vu le jour !&#xA;&#xA;Vous y trouverez :&#xA;&#xA;des radios qui diffusent de la musique indé dans LISTEN&#xA;des vidéos marquantes dans WATCH&#xA;des calendriers d’événements (streaming, concerts, etc.) dans ATTEND&#xA;des billets et des liens vers des infos utiles ou pertinentes dans NEWS&#xA;des critiques dans REVIEWS&#xA;des billets et des liens vers les sorties musicales dans RELEASES&#xA;des liens vers plein d’autres ressources et initiatives libres et éthiques dans le MENU (en haut à droite)&#xA;&#xA;(Et utilisez les tags pour vous balader sur le site !)&#xA;&#xA;Bref, NHAM est un site qui a pour ambition de joindre l’utile à l’agréable, tant pour les artistes que pour leur public, et de contribuer à faire connaître et vivre la communauté musicale sur le #fedivers et au-delà (mais y a-t-il un au-delà ? Vaste question !)&#xA;&#xA;Pour ne rien rater, vous pouvez suivre le compte @mixtape@nham.co.uk, et vous abonner au fil RSS du site.&#xA;&#xA;Et puis n’hésitez pas à faire passer le mot, merci !&#xA;&#xA;Au fait, musique indé ne veut pas forcément dire amateur ou bizarre. &#xA;&#xA;L’industrie du disque comme on disait est morte et les plates-formes de streaming affament et arnaquent les artistes (et je signale que littéralement n’importe qui peut mettre sa musique sur Spotify and co, ça n’est en rien un gage de « professionnalisme »).&#xA;&#xA;C’est pourquoi plein d’artistes connus et inconnus (et celleux qui les écoutent) cherchent d’autres voies de découverte, diffusion, rémunération, etc.&#xA;---&#xA;Nous sommes assez estomaqués par le succès du site si peu de temps après son lancement (des milliers de visiteurs uniques par jour !), mais nous aimerions publier davantage de critiques de sorties, y compris dans d’autres langues que l’anglais !&#xA;&#xA;Voici donc quelques « conditions » de publication pour celleux qui souhaiteraient nous envoyer une critique :&#xA;&#xA;Musique publiée sur une plate-forme éthique ou équitable (Fair Music Platform) : site perso/auto-hébergé, Faircamp, Bandwagon, Mirlo, Jam, Jamendo, Resonate, Subvert, Wavlake, etc.&#xA;Artiste ayant une présence sur le fédivers pour pouvoir s’assurer que la personne est fréquentable (pas de harceleurs, de nazis, de propos haineux, discriminatoires, etc.). Dans le doute, vous pouvez&amp;nbsp;:&#xA;    Rechercher l’artiste dans l’annuaire de la Independant Artist Support Community (@hello@indieart.support)&#xA;    Vous abonner au fil RSS des sorties de NHAM, dont les artistes ont également été validés&#xA;    Idem pour les artistes diffusés sur les excellentes NHAM Mixtape Radio et Not What I Call Radio BonkWave&#xA;Enfin, il n’y a aucune condition de longueur. NHAM publiera volontiers des pavés comme des miniatures, le but étant de faire connaître et rayonner la musique indé :)&#xA;&#xA;À vos plumes ! &#xA;&#xA;Texte NHAM reviews sur fond bleu clair]]&gt;</description>
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<p><em>Lancé officiellement à la mi-février, <a href="https://nham.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">NHAM</a> a largement occupé mon début d’année. J’ai contribué à l’élaboration du site et je le co-anime depuis son lancement. C’est un projet à la fois artistique, éthique et communautaire qui <a href="https://nham.co.uk/about/" rel="nofollow">ambitionne de faire le bien</a> et du bien.</em></p>

<p><em>Vous trouverez ci-dessous la présentation du site que j’ai <a href="https://mamot.fr/@sknob/114003417669390549" rel="nofollow">publiée sur Mastodon</a> à sa sortie, suivi d’un <a href="#:~:text=nous%20aimerions%20publier%20davantage%20de%20critiques%20de%20sorties" rel="nofollow">appel à contribution</a> !</em>
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<p>Depuis l’annonce de la fin de <a href="/sknob/tag:RadioFreeFedi" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">RadioFreeFedi</span></a> (et l’annonce récente de la <a href="https://old.mermaid.town/@futzle/113924901601343652" rel="nofollow">fin de <a href="/sknob/tag:Fedivision" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Fedivision</span></a></a>), ça phosphore dans le monde bouillonnant de la musique indé sur le <a href="/sknob/tag:fedivers" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">fedivers</span></a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://noblogo.org/@/keefmarshall@mastodon.online" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>keefmarshall@mastodon.online</span></a> a brillamment décrit la situation dans son billet, <a href="https://blog.key13.uk/a-new-hope" rel="nofollow">A New Hope</a>.</p>

<p>Et <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social</span></a> l’a <a href="https://excalidraw.com/" rel="nofollow">brillamment cartographiée</a>.</p>

<p>J’invite VIVEMENT tous les gens qui souhaitent se repérer et s’y retrouver à les lire !</p>

<p>Il se trouve que ce même <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social</span></a> <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/01/indy-music-ecosystem/" rel="nofollow">mûrissait déjà l’idée</a> de sortir une version web d’un magazine consacré à la musique qu’il publiait jadis sur papier.</p>

<p>(Et beaucoup plus modestement, je cherchais justement un endroit où regrouper toutes les infos intéressantes que je trouvais éparpillées un peu partout, en public ou en plus petit comité sur des chats et des forums, etc.)</p>

<p>C’est comme ça que le nouveau site <a href="https://nham.co.uk" rel="nofollow">nham.co.uk</a> a vu le jour !</p>

<p>Vous y trouverez :</p>
<ul><li>des radios qui diffusent de la musique indé dans <a href="https://nham.co.uk/listen/" rel="nofollow">LISTEN</a></li>
<li>des vidéos marquantes dans <a href="https://nham.co.uk/watch/" rel="nofollow">WATCH</a></li>
<li>des calendriers d’événements (streaming, concerts, etc.) dans <a href="https://nham.co.uk/attend/" rel="nofollow">ATTEND</a></li>
<li>des billets et des liens vers des infos utiles ou pertinentes dans <a href="https://nham.co.uk/category/news/" rel="nofollow">NEWS</a></li>
<li>des critiques dans <a href="https://nham.co.uk/category/reviews/" rel="nofollow">REVIEWS</a></li>
<li>des billets et des liens vers les sorties musicales dans <a href="https://nham.co.uk/category/releases/" rel="nofollow">RELEASES</a></li>
<li>des liens vers plein d’autres ressources et initiatives libres et éthiques dans le <a href="https://nham.co.uk/menu/" rel="nofollow">MENU</a> (en haut à droite)</li></ul>

<p>(Et utilisez les tags pour vous balader sur le site !)</p>

<p>Bref, <a href="https://noblogo.org/nham.co.uk" rel="nofollow">NHAM</a> est un site qui a pour ambition de joindre l’utile à l’agréable, tant pour les artistes que pour leur public, et de contribuer à faire connaître et vivre la communauté musicale sur le <a href="/sknob/tag:fedivers" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">fedivers</span></a> et au-delà (mais y a-t-il un au-delà ? Vaste question !)</p>

<p>Pour ne rien rater, vous pouvez suivre le compte <a href="https://noblogo.org/@/mixtape@nham.co.uk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>mixtape@nham.co.uk</span></a>, et vous abonner au <a href="https://nham.co.uk/feed/" rel="nofollow">fil RSS</a> du site.</p>

<p>Et puis n’hésitez pas à faire passer le mot, merci !</p>

<p>Au fait, musique indé <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/imposter-syndrome/" rel="nofollow">ne veut pas forcément dire amateur</a> ou bizarre.</p>

<p>L’industrie du disque comme on disait est morte et les plates-formes de streaming <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/the-best-spotify-alternative/" rel="nofollow">affament et arnaquent les artistes</a> (et je signale que littéralement n’importe qui peut mettre sa musique sur Spotify and co, ça n’est en rien un gage de « professionnalisme »).</p>

<p>C’est pourquoi plein d’artistes connus et inconnus (et celleux qui les écoutent) cherchent d’autres voies de découverte, diffusion, rémunération, etc.</p>

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<p>Nous sommes assez estomaqués par le succès du site si peu de temps après son lancement (des milliers de visiteurs uniques par jour !), mais nous aimerions publier davantage de critiques de sorties, y compris dans d’autres langues que l’anglais !</p>

<p>Voici donc quelques « conditions » de publication pour celleux qui souhaiteraient nous envoyer une critique :</p>
<ul><li>Musique publiée sur une plate-forme éthique ou équitable (<a href="https://nham.co.uk/2024/05/what-is-a-fair-music-platform/" rel="nofollow">Fair Music Platform</a>) : site perso/auto-hébergé, Faircamp, Bandwagon, Mirlo, Jam, Jamendo, Resonate, Subvert, Wavlake, etc.</li>
<li>Artiste ayant une présence sur le fédivers pour pouvoir s’assurer que la personne est fréquentable (pas de harceleurs, de nazis, de propos haineux, discriminatoires, etc.). Dans le doute, vous pouvez :
<ul><li>Rechercher l’artiste dans l’annuaire de la <a href="https://indieart.support/" rel="nofollow">Independant Artist Support Community</a> (<a href="https://noblogo.org/@/hello@indieart.support" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>hello@indieart.support</span></a>)</li>
<li>Vous abonner au <a href="nham.co.uk/category/releases/" rel="nofollow">fil RSS des sorties</a> de NHAM, dont les artistes ont également été validés</li>
<li>Idem pour les artistes diffusés sur les excellentes <a href="https://nham.co.uk/listen" rel="nofollow">NHAM Mixtape Radio</a> et <a href="https://not.what.i.call.radio.bonkwave.org/" rel="nofollow">Not What I Call Radio BonkWave</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Enfin, il n’y a aucune condition de longueur. NHAM publiera volontiers des pavés comme des miniatures, le but étant de faire connaître et rayonner la musique indé :)</li></ul>

<p>À vos plumes !</p>

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<p>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.</p>

<p>The gist of his point was this:</p>

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<p>OK so Spotify stiffs artists, platforms fascist podcasters, their CEO is a billionaire trumpie and he’s investing in military AI. Great.</p>

<p>Which is probably why I keep getting the same question on fedi and IRL: what is the best Spotify alternative?</p>

<p>To find out, <a href="https://nham.co.uk/2025/04/the-best-spotify-alternative" rel="nofollow">read the rest of this post on NHAM</a>!</p>
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