I want to start releasing my own music and have no interest in the corporate streaming platforms. I have only a basic conceptual understanding of torrenting but it seems to me like a nice way of sharing my music with people directly.

What do I need to do and consider in order to make a music release freely available in this way?

Currently my knowledge and experience is limited to using an application on my computer to search for and download files from others but I'm willing to learn.

Any advice or signposting much appreciated :)

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[–] saintetienne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How much do you know about piracy? VPN, torrenting client, etc..

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 22 hours ago

If they hold the copyright to their own music (basically, if they're not signed to a label), they can distribute it wherever they want.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

I understand the concept of sharing 'peer-to peer', how a VPN works (and I use one) and I regularly use Qbittorrent to download files. I understand that in this context piracy is contravening an intellectual property license. That's it! I don't know how to distribute files using the technology.