You probably already know that The Indie Beat (theindiebeat.fm) and Bandwagon (bandwagon.fm) have a federated link where artists can tick a box and get whole albums of music played on-air.
But did you know there is a bot on the fediverse showing the currently playing tracks with links back to artist profiles on Bandwagon?
@tibrnowplayingbot@mastodon.social
The bot also has an auto-updating fediwall which looks nice on desktop:
The bot posts tracks from all stations and so it that means about 1 post per minute on average, as new tracks are discovered – it is a firehose. Here are some suggestions on how to use the bot:
- Follow, but put the account in a list and choose “Hide posts from Home”
- Don’t follow, just search #tibrNowPlaying to find the latest posts.
- Don’t follow, check the public timeline
If you hear a track you like, by all means find the now playing post and let the artist know – or follow the links to Bandwagon and learn more about them.
And artists: Please make Bandwagon a source, not a sink. In other words, update your profiles over there to add links to you social media, store, web, blog, streaming services, videos, you name it so that listeners can jump off to learn more about you and support they music they love!