Let's try XSongs: Revisited
In an earlier Coil blog, I visited the XSongs music sharing platform, to trial its front-end Beta & decided to document my experience as a first-time user. This included a step-by-step walk through. I was pleasantly surprised by the platform but had a few bugbears. You can find the blog here:
Craig DeWitt, the creator of this platform, had read my blog that day & has addressed some of them already. I'd quite like to use this follow-up, “XSongs: Revisited”, to document updates to the Beta as they appear.
Changes made:-
Songs purchased using the Payburner wallet are now downloadable. During my first visit to XSongs, I used two methods to purchase a song & found I was unable to download to a device after using Payburner. Craig has addressed this in “My Music Library”, now any songs you own can be saved.
With the new addition of a download button.
- Speaking of Payburner, there is now a payment notification. After purchasing a song, there wasn't a notification or clear instruction as to what happened. Craig has also addressed this too.
- The addition of genre search now allows you to find musicians creating the sound you're most fond of. Added 07-Jan-2020.
- Larger files can be uploaded too, allowing Podcast authors to add their content for download.
- With the Payburner update, new features have been added directly into its website. Like a drop down menu with access to XSongs features. You can even find new songs without the need to change sites by clicking “Shop for Music”. Users of Payburner are also able to upload their songs using the “Publish Music” link and then selecting the “+” button to the right-hand side. All available on the Payburner web application.
- As an aside, Payburner's web application locally hosts your private key (That is to say, your XRP wallet is safely stored on your device) and allows you the ability to send payments. In the drop down menu select “Make XRP Payment” and then add details in the pop-up box. You will need to know the recipient's 'Destination Tag' if they want money sent to an exchange wallet but this isn't needed if the recipient has a Payburner account too.
