Whenever I deal with LANDR, CD Baby, or DistroKid, my hair starts falling out.

All I want is an upload page that publishes music directly. Instead: metadata forms, review queues, royalty splits across seventeen intermediaries, dashboard hell, and platforms that could go down or change terms at any moment.

So I built D'audio—a decentralized streaming platform using Shelby for storage and Aptos for payments. Upload → publish → done.

What's On It

My recordings are live on D'audio—same music that's on Spotify and Apple Music, but without the intermediaries:

• Debussy: Clair de Lune, Arabesque 1
• Chopin: Nocturne 2 (arr. for guitar), Nocturne 20
• Hisaishi: Howl's Moving Castle (arr. for guitar)
• Joplin: The Entertainer
• Guiraldi: Christmas Time is Here
• Singularity: original instrumental (guitar, bass, drums)

Everything's free. Playable 24/7 on the Radio and Tracks pages. Publishers can either list for free (always tip-eligible) or require pay-per-stream (beta).

Why Decentralized Streaming?

AWS and Azure outages keep making the case. Centralized platforms can go down, change terms, or disappear. Blockchains enable streaming infrastructure that's:

• Always available (no single point of failure)
• Censorship-resistant (no platform gatekeeping)
• Direct (creator → listener, fewer middlemen)

Shelby is to decentralized hot storage what USDt was to stablecoins five years ago. Everyone knew stablecoins were the killer app before the market did. Hot storage on blockchains is next.

Current Status

D'audio combines music publishing, storage, and social features:

• Profiles, likes, comments, tipping
• Audio and video clips to a global feed
• All user content (including PFPs) stored on Shelby

Note: Currently on Shelby Devnet, so content gets wiped monthly. Once mainnet launches, uploads become immutable (within ToS).

Try It

Without a wallet:

• Radio Page — Free tracks on random loop
• Tracks Page — Browse all content

With a wallet:

• Upload your own files
• Build your profile
• Tip creators directly