Tech and Infrastructure Needs: 02/2021
In working our way toward producing a mobile and desktop Resonate app, we could definitely use more help on the development side of things, but:
Trying to think outside of the box means having to account for a few extra things in the development process.
This write-up is an overview of where Resonate…
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Winds of Change: In Conversation with Pink Siifu
Photo by Texas Isaiah.
Pink Siifu has been in hibernation mode this year. That hasn’t stopped his creative juices from flowing or his creative output, though.
In 2020, the Alabama-born emcee dropped his second full-length album Negro – introducing a soundscape radically different from his 2018 debut…
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New Board Member – Hakanto
Following the board appointments and confirmation at our Annual General Meeting, Resonate welcomes Hakanto to the Board of Directors. Hakanto shares his introductory letter, sent to the Board before seating.
I’m Hakanto: a singer, pianist, and visual artist in Houston, Texas. In May of 2020, I discovered Resonate while researching co-operative business. I’d been furloughed at…
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New Board Member – Melissa Taylor
Following the Board appointments and confirmation at the Annual General Meeting, Resonate welcomes Melissa Taylor to the Board of Directors. Melissa shares her introductory letter, sent to the Board before seating.
“I bring to Resonate 20 years of unique experience, contacts and perspective in the electronic…
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New on Resonate December 18th-24th
annual general meeting
The Resonate Co-operative will hold its 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) online via Zoom on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 18.00 – 20.00 CET / 9am – 11am PST.
The meeting is an opportunity for members to review the co-op’s progress, build community and plot ways forward together. There are important items on the agenda that will…
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New on Resonate December 11th
new releases
- Descriptions written by the artists. New releases from artist members in Australia, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, and New York.
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New on Resonate December 4th
new releases
- Descriptions written by the artists. Resonate Co-op welcomes new artist members from Canada, New York, New Jersey, Norway and England.
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New on Resonate November 27th
new releases
- Descriptions written by the artists. Resonate Co-op welcomes new artist members from South Korea, Germany, and California.
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New on Resonate November 19th
new this week
- Resonate Co-op has submitted its evidence to the UK Government Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming. We had a fantastic, impassioned response from our members, occasional listeners, artists, and the general public everywhere. It was quite a job to capture the great insights you provided, and to convey the strength of…
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New on Resonate November 13th
new this week
- Promo Cypher: At Repaired Nations‘ Virtual Pan African Solidarity Conference and Black Co-ops Week, Resonate’s co-op executive Rich Jensen joined them to chat about fairer streaming.
- Survey – Alternative Models of Music Streaming: The response deadline recently closed for Resonate’s survey submitted to…
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New on Resonate November 6th
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New on Resonate October 30th
new this week
- Dream Control: An Interview by board member Z with new Resonate member – comedian and musician Zack Fox
- Community Credentials: An introduction to Resonate’s new Co-operative Privacy and Trust project for digital dignity across communities.
- Staff Picks November: With Staff Picks, Resonate’s team strives…
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Dream Control: An Interview with Zack Fox
Comedian. Musician. Illustrator. Rebel.
The multi-talented and multi-skilled Zack Fox is closing out this spooky, dystopian month of October, 2020 with both a music video for his new song entitled Stick (featuring the legendary Fabo of D4L), and solutions-oriented perspective for his creative…
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Community Credentials
Resonate is creating a Co-operative Privacy and Trust system for digital dignity across communities, working with EU project partners.
Artists in every field want to collaborate with each other and with their own community-supporting audiences. But trusted collaboration without face to face interaction is difficult. Many of us let the major corporate social platforms manage the majority of our identity…
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New on Resonate October 23rd
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New on Resonate October 16th
descriptions provided by the artists
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New on Resonate October 9th
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New on Resonate October 2nd
descriptions provided by the artists
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Resonate welcomes new co-op board member Z
This is Z’s introductory letter to the Resonate board, shared before seating, and slightly modified for public viewing; it includes information on some of his background, as well as key insights into why he is lending his experience to our platform.
Dear Resonate Team:
My name is…
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Resonate welcomes new co-op executive Rich Jensen
Resonate thrives because of the broad range of skills and insight dedicated contributors have supplied to keep the project moving through years of development, risk, and experimentation.
Resonate social promotions
In our on-going efforts to democratize curation and build an algorithm-free streaming service, we’re announcing a new program for promoting new releases via social media.
Accelerating our development
Asking the question… can people-powered finance drive the expansion of a truly ethical music community?
Resonate roadmap 2019
With the relaunch of the brand and #stream2own app last week, we’re quite excited for the future development and growth of the platform. Here’s the roadmap for 2019.
Brand Relaunch
We’re very excited today to officially announce the relaunch of Resonate’s brand identity, a rebuilt player and a new framework for future growth.
Going Open Source
We have listened carefully to you, our members, and have an announcement to make – the first of several that will come this year. Starting in March Resonate is going open source!
Appearances + events featuring Resonate
Resonate members are speaking at numerous events in 2019. Check out the list for the full schedule and check back often for updates!
Restructuring Resonate
A set of unforeseen events has dramatically affected our ability to operate and execute on the plans set forth earlier this year. While we’ll explore those adversities and solicit your engagement, we’d first like to highlight what has been accomplished to date.
An invitation to Resonate’s first Annual General Meeting
We are pleased to invite you to our first AGM! This marks a major milestone in our development, and is a key part of democratic co-operative governance.
Building the greenest platform possible ?
Resonate is committed to an ethical, sustainable operation on all fronts. We’re pleased to announce that we’re donating to Eden Reforestation Projects to plant trees to offset our carbon footprint!
Resonate: past, present and future
As Resonate grows, our situation has changed substantially. Most of our staff only joined this past March, and it’s been a tricky but exciting transition to get the whole team up and running. We’ve been contextualizing what we’re working on now, figuring out how it fits into the bigger picture.
In pursuit of an inclusive platform
Resonate is committed to changing the music industry for the better, and we consider the wider impact of everything that we do. As we build a new, direct artist-to-fan music platform, we want to ensure that all people and communities are supported. It’s important to us to build a welcoming environment for all.
Working with WARM
We are really excited about all the progress that Resonate is making, and today we’re delighted to announce yet another development: Resonate is collaborating with WARM Music, the first large-scale radio airplay monitor.
Collaboration with Off Axis
We are tremendously excited to be announcing yet another partnership. Resonate will be working with Off Axis, a platform that brings brilliant artists to new audiences.
lifeID collaboration
Resonate and lifeID are thrilled to announce a new collaboration. The ethical music streaming co-op and blockchain-based identity platform will be working together to develop a comprehensive solution for managing identity online.
RChain partnership announcement
Resonate is thrilled to announce a new partnership that will help us achieve our goal of building a fair, transparent and accountable future of digital music distribution. A new blockchain system called RChain is investing $1M US into Resonate through their investment arm Reflective Ventures.
The importance of tagging
While this article is primarily targeted towards our music makers we thought it would be interesting for fans to explore the topic as well. Building a robust, easily searchable music application is crazy complex. After all, look at all the different ways one common music genre can be tagged…
The quest for accurate streaming royalties data
Recently I got into an extended email discussion with a very well known indie label that I was seriously hoping to recruit into the Resonate coop. The short version is that it was quite eye-opening to find out how much they loved…
Blockchain for DJs + Producers
Let me drop a dazzling question, much as you might drop a track on a crowd about to hit a massive peak of orgiastic dance frenzy: What technology could usher in a new era of unparalleled creative freedom, artistic control and collaborative expression?
Why independent labels are so important
Through all the chaotic changes in the digital age of music, one institution has been consistently the target of criticism – the record label. While it’s now technologically possible for artists to self produce and distribute, we think the role of the (independent) record label has never been so important.
Blockchains for metadata and licensing
Imagine for a moment that embedded within music files was a smart contract that could run 24/7, sending out automated licensing, usage and payment agreements to hundreds of parties around the world without phone calls, emails or face to face contract-signing.