This is a great summary of the hurdles that exist here, and ...

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Getting more listeners is a major step as everyone mentioned. Part of it I think, is having easy touch pionts into the space without actually having t...

This is a great summary of the hurdles that exist here, and I appreciate it. You also described what I've been building for the past 2 years, so let me chime in.

My philosophy is that we just need to get creators making more money on nostr than anywhere else, and we have the freedom to make it happen.

We made nostr:npub16lvpp8hyxetuuczk4kjx2vqxhwmyruc72r59ysmgrsnjg5rcz8kqk07j3k so that artists can publish paywalled music on nostr, but link to it via any normal social channel. Put your free stuff on your YouTube/Bandcamp/etc can funnel people toward your paid stuff (with free previews). Payments are done via lightning but CashApp can natively handle lightning payments even if the payer doesn't own bitcoin, eliminating the friction of onboarding them. We're always working on making it more convenient for people to buy and for creators to sell. It's all about putting more tools into creators' hands, and this is a paywall you can start using without running a lightning node.

Regarding paywalls, artists are already pricing their work whether they realize it or not: offering it for free is pricing it at zero. And as many artists have found out, pricing your goods at zero doesn't always yield a great return. A middle ground (free samples + paid catalogue + zaps on top) could give artists a real shot at making this their living.

Pricing things at zero is how we get Spotify feudalism. I think artists deserve better.

Cheers 🫡 shout out to nostr:npub18ug6hvhzxhdz6nw6t4k7ktcjx9e5w6n5tg7226y458g0vv4y9aqq3r20ex for directing me to this thread.

If you'd like early access to publish on Fanfares just let me know.

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