Fanburst, free music streaming service, shutting down on Feb 25

Ever thought of the expectations of an artist from a music streaming service? Majority of users are listeners, in fact nothing but consumers in the eyes of these services. What about the content creators, especially independent ones?

There are services like Soundcloud or Bandcamp to mitigate this gap. Artists can share their creations directly to the fans. There is no harcore formal structure of recording or studio grade final finish – someone can put all of their jamming sessions every day.

And there lies another major factor – space quota. To generate revenue, these platforms choose freemium or subscription based models. It eventually starts shrinking individual upload allowance.

Initially launched as beta in 2016, Fanburst brought a fresh and uncluttered experience. The founders – Chris Miller and Jeremy Yudkin do not believe on shackles or restrictions. Everything is free for musicians and fans, and there is no space quota either.

Sharing should be free
Artists have the right to create, upload, and share music at no costs. There should be no barriers to entry for the next great artist.

Albums deserve a home
Albums don’t belong on Mediafire or Zippyshare. The Internet has been an amazing place for singles, mixes, and individual recordings, but albums, EPs, and mixtapes desperately need a home, too.

Artists can upload unlimited tracks (individual track size limit is 1 GB) of different genres. The developers also offer a set of official APIs to integrate Fanburst with another app or site.

All good things come to an end, and unfortunately Fanburst is not an exception. The devs duo have announced that the service will be closing down on 25th February.

Reasons behind the shutdown is still unknown. One reason can be the lack of interests in the creators/partner program.

New user registrations and uploads are already being suspended. Existing users can download the tracks before February 25th. Fanburst will start sending emails to their users soon. The developers have also promised to post another detailed post, so keep a tab on the website.

Roll20 – a popular online virtual tabletop simulation, shares a large user base with Fanburst. They have also published an official announcement for their users who primarily use Fanburst for storing gaming music tracks.

Roll20 is itself equally shocked with the current situation. They are looking for alternate services and also planning for launching their own storage solution.

We hope Fanburst will shed some light on the matter ASAP. Who knows, probably the decision can be reverted by crowdfunding!

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