Yesterday I uploaded the new single of Man Of Ash also on my Faircamp!

https://www.lucamancini.com/music/file-001/

And at the same time I finally added myself on @fairplayer 😎

Hope you like it!

#FediMusic #FediArt #Artist #Art #Arts #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Faircamp #Fairplayer #Experimental #Ambient #Doom #DoomMetal #Metal #PostMetal #Sludge #SludgeMetal #Prague #Varna

A few months ago (10 months, actually! 😱) I received an email from @residuum pointing out some problem with my script + an addition to inject the footer as well into the Faircamp site!

Finally, I updated the script and the post, thanks Thomas!

https://www.lucamancini.com/stuff/faircamp-integration/

#Faircamp #Music #Art #Musician #Musicians

On behalf of my partner, I'm glad to share a painting that is on sale!

While she's setting up her own shop, I placed temporarily in my Kofi page 🙃

You can find it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/7ddecdc508

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PS. I've used Kofi as I had it set up already, if you have any other suggestions for a selling platform, please let me know. Thanks!

#Art #TraditionalArt #Painting #Paintings #Arts #MastoArt #Artist #Artists #FediArt #Prague #CzechRepublic

And the donation of this month goes to KeePass!
My password manager of choice for many years 😁

https://www.lucamancini.com/stuff/donations/

#Donations #Donation #FreeSoftware #KeePass #Password #PasswordManager #OpenSource #FOSS #OSS ​

It is time to re-rip my library and I shall start with Guild Wars soundtrack 😃

#Music #Soundtrack #VideoGames #GuildWars #CD

Finally, I started making donations for the free software I use!
I wanted to do it for a while, but it's always being postponed. 😵‍💫

I'd like to do this monthly, by starting with @Vivaldi, which is hosting the instance I'm currently on, and it's been my default browser since its launch!

In this page I will collect the list of donations 🙃
https://www.lucamancini.com/stuff/donations/

#Donate #FreeSoftware #Web

Hello #Fediverse!

My name is Luca, I'm a drummer and IT professional from Italy, currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

I make music, websites and, unfortunately, I like tinkering! 🎶👩🏻‍💻
I'm also interested in the Linux and the open source worlds.

I'll leave you my latest drum cover video 🙃
https://makertube.net/w/pk2AXKtpk36JpyY4S4Ez7J

You can find:

- 🎼 my music on https://www.lucamancini.com/music/
- :peertube: my videos on @luca_mancini_drummer
- :pixelfed: my pictures on @luca.mancini
- :web: my current services https://ko-fi.com/luca_mancini_drummer/commissions/

I also created a Lemmy community to discuss royalties and music promotion
:lemmy: https://lemmy.world/c/monetize_your_music

This is a monthly-recurring intro. If you don't want to see this post any more, please mute the hashtag #LMRecurringIntro

Enjoy, ciao! 🥁

:boost_requested:

#OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Drummer #Drums #Introduction #Introductions #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Prague #CzechRepublic #Italy

Since I'm trying to keep the usage of browsers/electron apps as low as possible, I'm testing Toot, a Mastodon CLI and TUI client!

It seems very cool so far, this is a test toot from it 😁
Thanks @ihabunek for this software!
https://github.com/ihabunek/toot

#Toot #CLI #TUI #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Mastodon #Fediverse

Just discovered https://unstream.stream/ through https://the.socialmusic.network/ , am I late to the party? :D

From the website: "Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming."

Quite cool, the results seem to be somewhat comprehensive, including Bandwagon and Faircamp!

#FediMusic #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Spotify #Bandcamp #Bandwagon #Faircamp

Maybe it's time for me to get back a bit on the internet. What's going on, everybody? 😄

I tried to "integrate" my #Faircamp page into my website, and this is what I came up with! 😁

Please let me know if you have any better idea 😄

https://www.lucamancini.com/stuff/faircamp-integration/

#FediMusic #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon

Finally updated and migrated #Faircamp from v0 to v1! (Thanks Simon!)
Better later than never 😆

Feel free to have a look if you'd like to!
https://www.lucamancini.com/music/

#FediMusic #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Progressive #ProgressiveRock #ProgressiveMetal #Rock #Metal #Prog #ProgRock #ProgMetal

I've been thinking about printing personal business cards for a while, and finally they're done!

I asked my friend Gianmarco Palacay to craft an illustration of my head for them, and here you have it! 😁

He's not on fedi, but you can check his work on the dark side: https://www.instagram.com/ggian_cay/

#FediMusic #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Drummer #Illustration #Artwork #DigitalArt

Hello #Fediverse!

My name is Luca, I'm a drummer and IT professional from Italy, currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

I make music, websites and, unfortunately, I like tinkering! 🎶👩🏻‍💻
I'm also interested in the Linux and the open source worlds.

You can find:

- 🎼 my music on https://www.lucamancini.com/music/
- :peertube: my videos on @luca_mancini_drummer
- :pixelfed: my pictures on @luca.mancini
- :web: my current services https://ko-fi.com/luca_mancini_drummer/commissions/

I also created a Lemmy community to discuss royalties and music promotion
:lemmy: https://lemmy.world/c/monetize_your_music

I'll leave you my latest drum cover video 🙃
https://makertube.net/w/arzVw7ZiJQaejyF6gndaUE

This is a monthly-recurring intro. If you don't want to see this post any more, please mute the hashtag #LMRecurringIntro

Enjoy, ciao! 🥁

:boost_requested:

#OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Drummer #Drums #Introduction #Introductions #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Prague #CzechRepublic #Italy

Hello #Fediverse!

My name is Luca, I'm a drummer and IT professional from Italy, currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

I make music, websites and, unfortunately, I like tinkering! 🎶👩🏻‍💻
I'm also interested in the Linux and the open source worlds.

Leaving you my latest video: https://makertube.net/w/vSQMcEMe15XDe9d3ERAV2C

You can find:

- 🎼 my music on https://www.lucamancini.com/music/
- :peertube: my videos on @luca_mancini_drummer
- :pixelfed: my pictures on @luca.mancini
- :web: my current services https://ko-fi.com/luca_mancini_drummer/commissions/

I also created a Lemmy community to discuss royalties and music promotion
:lemmy: https://lemmy.world/c/monetize_your_music

This is a monthly-recurring intro. If you don't want to see this post anymore, please mute the hashtag #LMRecurringIntro

Enjoy, ciao! 🥁

:boost_requested:

#OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Musodon #Drummer #Drums #Introduction #Introductions #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Prague #CzechRepublic #Italy

We are now over 150 to the party, and I thank you very much for following my madness! 😆

So I have a little gift for who's interested, you can grab a free version of Clairvoyant on Bandcamp!

Redeem here: https://midnightreveries.bandcamp.com/yum

Codes:
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e9ma-e6qt
g3r8-ug6b
txm3-eu9x
2q85-u5kq
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Hope you like it, enjoy!

#FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musodon #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Progressive #ProgressiveRock #Rock #Prog #ProgRock #Free #Freebies #Bandcamp

Hello #Fediverse!

My name is Luca, I'm a drummer and IT professional from Italy, currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

I make music, websites and, unfortunately, I like tinkering! 🎶👩🏻‍💻
I'm also interested in the Linux and the open source worlds.

You can find:

- 🎼 my music on https://www.lucamancini.com/music/
- :peertube: my videos on @luca_mancini_drummer
- :pixelfed: my pictures on @luca.mancini
- :web: my current services https://ko-fi.com/luca_mancini_drummer/commissions/

I also created a Lemmy community to discuss royalties and music promotion
:lemmy: https://lemmy.world/c/monetize_your_music

This is a monthly-recurring intro. If you don't want to see this post anymore, please mute the hashtag #LMRecurringIntro

Enjoy, ciao! 🥁

:boost_requested:

#OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #Musodon #MastoArt #Drummer #Drums #Introduction #Introductions #FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Prague #CzechRepublic #Italy

Did you say Bandcamp Friday?

Are you into orchestral music or soundtracks?
You might like: https://fractala-experience.bandcamp.com

Are you into kinda prog rock?
You might like this: https://midnightreveries.bandcamp.com

For a bit of context 😁 Fractala is my solo project, while in Midnight Reveries I mostly collaborate with my friend Georgi.

Have a nice weekend fellas 🙃

#FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Progressive #ProgressiveRock #Rock #Prog #ProgRock #Cinematic #Orchestra #Soundtrack #Bandcamp #BandcampFriday

Furthermore, due to the recent changes and awareness, I lost any interest (which was already quite low) in the streaming services.
For the moment, I won't release anything on any streaming service (at least for what I can control).
The reasons are several, such as: the distribution process has a cost which will never be covered (at this level of popularity), the retribution system makes no sense (to musicians, of course), they do nothing to help you, or do rather the opposite and so on.

To celebrate the anniversary and if you managed to read until here, congratulations, you won a free copy of Clairvoyant! 😄
You can redeem the following codes at https://midnightreveries.bandcamp.com/yum

fk8u-xmun
m3kd-jgaj
fayp-kbuy
5fkg-gxjf
g53z-bq8a
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I should have put it in the beginning, but I forgot TL;DR: no more singles, no more streaming services, today is Clairvoyant's birthday!

I hope you like it, happy birthday Clairvoyant!

2/2

#FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Progressive #ProgressiveRock #ProgressiveMetal #Rock #Metal #Prog #ProgRock #Birthday

One year ago, Georgi (my collaborator) and I released our first track together under the name of Midnight Reveries.

The original idea was to release singles one by one as soon as they were ready.
The release would have been done ourselves via a distributor, to get the music on as many platforms as possible.

Back then, it sounded ok to me to proceed like this, because "singles are the current trend of the music industry", "promoting a single is easier than an album", "it's hard to make someone listen to a song, image to an entire album" and so on.
Which I might agree to an extent.

However, I kinda hate singles in a way. I've always been used to listen to full albums and this is how I like to consume music, not by disconnected songs.
Why would I release singles then?
We came to the conclusion that this wasn't right, and we decided to stop on Monolith (the second single, which was already on its way to the release) and proceed with full length only.

1/2

#FediArt #Artist #Art #Artists #OriginalMusic #Musician #Musicians #Music #MusiciansOfMastodon #MastoArt #Progressive #ProgressiveRock #ProgressiveMetal #Rock #Metal #Prog #ProgRock #Birthday