In the name of the Lollipop Graph, welcome to Able Kraft Episode 7.

Podcasting 2.0 topics galore, Bobcat Feeder & the Music Project updates are available inside!

Today Sir Spencer updates us on Boost-o-grams. Able brings update on the Bobcat Index code base. The music project marches on, with a sneak preview of a new track.

Also on the table:

• The Only Fans situation
• XML hijinks
• Where to find a good MIDI cable

On today's AbleKraft, SirSpencer and Able Kirby discuss:

Podcasting 2.0

• Danial J. Lewis guest spot https://podcastindex.org/podcast/920666
• Review of the new podcasting app Fountain https://www.fountain.fm/
• Brian of London on The CryptoManiacs Podcast https://web.podfriend.com/podcast/jongolson-3speak-podcast/3360984469
• New "Recommendations" proposal is updated https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/issues/205
• Commentary from a discussion with cottongin about podping and aggregators

Bobcat Index

• What is a bobcat? It's a cat named Bob (duh!)
• Bobcat Feeder development continues
• Our first podcast 

Project Golem (Album in Progress)

• Drums are sequenced, needs more processing
• MIDI stories about the King of Pop

Sir Spencer and Able Kirby

Today, we discuss the baby-steps in recording. Able brings a rundown of Creative Commons music services, and some of the problems with them.

Able commits to having a desktop solution to publishing ready for next week. Soon to be on bobcatindex.com

In this episode, Sir Spencer and Able Kirby discuss the old recommendations from Benjaman Bellamy (castopod/podlibre.org) at https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/proposal-docs/recommendations/recommendations.md

Is this the way to make an organic network? Music forward means easy publishing. Able discusses ruining out everyone else routes and the static publishing paradigm.

On the music front, Fletcher comes in to kick our bass!

While respecting your time, Able Kraft Thanks you!

Music is in the air. 

This week, Able and Spencer talk about digital legacy and our journey to becoming value enabled. Also on the docket is the role of Podcast Index, and what the topology of an avant garde decentralized music index would look like.

Finally, they play a bit of demo music, and discuss the catch-22 of remote song making.

AbleKraft is a value-for-value enabled podcast. You can stream sats to us with any Podcasting 2.0 value-enabled podcast player. A list of Podcasting 2.0 complaint apps is available here: newpodcastapps.com

Sir Spencer & Able Kirby discuss the music industry and self-publishing. They also discuss new ideas about how music could be published and aggregated in a decentralized way, and how emerging technology enables that.

Finally, they discuss their ongoing music project, and discover something about the folders they've been sharing.