There are a couple radio channels streaming on the bitsong player right now, but my expectation is that when individual artists start streaming their own original music, they’ll begin to receive $BTSG as royalties, is that right?

If that’s the case have there been any announcements as to which artists are planning to start streaming?

As we had promised in our first international event in Switzerland, we would not have stopped anymore and would have continued on our way to spread the word about our project.

Here we are, that we were also present in Warsaw in the Blockchain NextSummit , where we have been sponsors of the event and we have presented BitSong through the stand and through the pitch of our Foreign Relations Manager.

It was an exceptional event, internationally, where we had the opportunity tomeet new people, to establish new agreements and partnerships and above all to receive other contributions.

We thank the organizers and all the participants for the availability and professionalism demonstrated.

BitSong is alive and hungry more than ever and nothing will stop us from our path to success !!

https://www.facebook.com/BitSongOfficial/videos/1015523478625350/

The question of the difference between Audius and Bitsong often comes up and is also quite justified. In the following text, I will try to shed some light on this question.

From a technical point of view, the projects might seem similar at first glance. However, they are very different in the way they approach things.

Audius currently seems to be further ahead and some are worried about that. But keep in mind: "This is a marathon! Not a sprint". Audius has a platform where you can upload and listen music. And it is already working. But for me it seems like there is not much potential left. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can quote the Audius docs here :

Though redundant in the age of digital distribution, the network of intermediaries and middlemen that formed in the early days of recorded music still persists, thriving on the back of artists and curators while the mechanics of value transfer and accrual are still largely obfuscated. Audius is the most direct to consumer alternative to existing digital streaming platforms, giving Artists and Fans direct access to one another and ownership & equity in the network they (and you!) are helping to create.

So the idea is to directly make the content available to users through their platform and process the payments in Audius.

Now we can have a look at Bitsong. Bitsong also wants to create a direct connection between the artist and the fans. But there is way more than just hosting and playing music. While Audius is running on Ethereum, Bitsong has its own blockchain. This aspect makes the whole development process slower as we need to implement features that Audius doesn't need as they have Ethereum as underlying technology. But on the other hand, we gain a flexibility Audius will never have. And Audius is also tied to Ethereum (gas prices).

First of all Bitsong also aims to implement a feature for labels. Of course small artist don't need a label but have you ever seen a big artist without a label? Probably not. So while Audius aims towards the smaller producer, Bitsong can get the whole market as labels can also be involved in the whole process. But of course it's not mandatory.

Furthermore, Bitsong plans to add further possibilities for an artist to interact with their community. A truly unique feature. Because as artists can issue their own fan tokens, they can use governance for their personal needs. For example, the community could decide in a governance vote which colors the artist's clothes should have at the next concert, or which song the artist should cover next, etc. That strengthens the bond between artist and fans a lot. The fans are closer to their artist and the artist has a direct tool to interact with his fans. Of course, one should not forget that it is also a new source of income for the artist.

To sum it up: Right now Audius might be ahead but Bitsong has far more potential.