Thanks for sharing! I also tried #funkwhale (last month) and found uploading and setting an account up very counter intuitiv. (https://funkwhale.interlin.nl/) I didn't even try to upload a second song or a whole album like you did, but I can't see (yet) many artists or consumers using it.
What do you think is problematic in being a lazy listener when it comes to funkwhale? It wasn't well enough designed for listening to music?

ATM I'm trying #ampache which seems to be hosted on only 3 servers atm. It looks a lot more userfriendly though.