grammy award winning recording artist ✨ m@r.ac
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i started making my own audio plugins!
-> omnicorp.audio
macOS for now, but Windows soon.
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ok so you hate NFTs.
cool, let's talk about it.
i'm not gonna convince you, but at least i can offer the perspective of an artist who has been involved in the space since 2017 before any of you heard about it.
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i made more income from one NFT drop than my 15 year career as a musician.
can I be exploited some more? plz
A few have asked about our stance on NFTs:
NFTs are a scam. If you think they are legitimately useful for anything other than the exploitation of creators, financial scams, and the destruction of the planet the we ask that please reevaluate your life choices.
Peace ✌️
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1.85 ETH (~$5.7k) in royalties in 1 week.
this was generated by 36 people.
It would take 1.4 million plays to generate this on spotify.
not counting the primary sale of 10 ETH (~$31k) which is the equivalent of 7.75 million plays
136 people generated more than 9.1mil people.
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Calculating carbon footprint based on transaction count fundamentally misunderstands how ethereum works.
Every argument for this is all based on this flawed principle.
Blocks will happen regardless of your transaction count.
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a lot of people seem to miss that the entire point of NFTs is to make content FREE while making ownership scarce.
nobody is forcing you to pay for an NFT, you can still enjoy it FOR FREE alongside everybody else.
you like my music? you can have it for free.
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claiming all NFTs are a scam is about as tone deaf and uninformed as it gets. it's pure ignorance.
it's like saying all cheese is bad, or that all music sucks.
yeah, some are bad, but like anything, there are tasteful and smart and interesting ways to do anything.
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fun fact, the game I scored that was released on @itchio made a whopping 132 dollars over 2 years. Thanks guys!
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scarce ownership empowers artists to make WAY more income without stupid ad based models. it eliminates the exploitative models of Spotify, Apple, Amazon, etc..
unit based/per play economics in an infinitely copiable medium makes no sense whatsover.
when a work is priced by creating infinite digital copies, it’s no surprise that it’s priced incredibly low. It’s an old physical world concept that was embraced by web2.
web3 flips this concept and provides a new model. infinite free access for all but scarce ownership.
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this is completely surreal.
@RollingStone has kindly named me one of the Future 25 shaping the music industry.
I do most things in a vacuum and expect nothing but it’s really nice to be recognized for all the hard work. ✨
rollingstone.com/pro/feature…
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we don't need to convince you to join the revolution. just continue to enjoy the free content we make for you, except this time we're actually getting paid for it.
how that is offensive, i do not know.
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another daily reminder of how much you'll make from streaming services for 1 million plays.
- spotify: ~$3.5k-4k
- apple: ~$5k-5.5k
- tidal: ~$12k
- google play: ~$16k
- deezer: ~4.7k
- amazon: ~5k
- pandora: ~1.4k
- youtube: ~1.7k
- soundcloud ~1.3k
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The stars have aligned ✨
For the first time in my career I'm fully independent. This has been 10+ years in the making.
I'm going to be releasing music through my own label Minerva and published through Minerva Publishing.
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i've personally taken a more fine art collector first kind of approach than mass marketing my NFTs.
it's more of my speed and i can focus on a smaller subset of people.
I have 3.5 million unique listeners per month on spotify, yet I made more income from 5 collectors.
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can they challenge the music industry? lol
the bar is so incredibly low that literally anything can outperform the music industry. I made more in one single NFT than my entire career.
we’re witnessing is the old guard losing control and the true value of music emerging.
Independent musicians are making big money from NFTs. Can they challenge the music industry?
ti.me/3xKWJKo
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do you think a 10k pfp project is a ponzi? here's a thought, don't buy it.
if you squint hard enough, literally everything is a ponzi.
every person that took econ 101 is now suddenly an expert.
stock market, the US dollar, etc..
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We're starting an NFT creative agency ✨
The rest of the industry is scrambling to understand this and we've been doing it since 2017. If you want to join the best minds in the space and do this right, reach out.
▷ nft@6.digital
▷ @sixnft
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meanwhile web2 platforms *cough* @itchio *cough* that exploit gamers and their makers come out saying it's a scam.
it's not a scam, it just makes them irrelevant.
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this is a drastic economic shift and it flips the entire model that we've grown accustomed to.
a model that has held back several generations of artists predating the internet.
this is a profound change.
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we're in the first real wave of mainstream adoption and the tech is still kinda janky and some questionable projects are having success.
the market has not weeded those out yet because we're in year 1 of a multi decade wave.
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first off, ecological concerns.
this is basically solved pending imminent implementation.
Calculating carbon footprint based on transaction count fundamentally misunderstands how ethereum works.
Every argument for this is all based on this flawed principle.
Blocks will happen regardless of your transaction count.
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Bring on the replies sent from the latest iPhone, sent through a service run by thousands of people (wearing H&M) commuting everyday, run on massive server farms running 24/7 farming your data to give you the illusion that you're better than us for trying to carve out a living.
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i think of NFTs as a pseudo file format. it's completely open to anybody.
because of this there is a very wide spectrum of projects that have surfaced. some great, some not so great. this is how the internet works. it's up to the individual to filter through these.
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am I scamming them?
would you like to ask them? @pablorfraile @etyoung @artoninternet @33NFT @MaxStealth5
i put everything i have into creating something that is moving and artistic with @reisingerandres and we just sold a piece alongside banksy and basquiat.
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my first drop on @soundxyz_ made 10 ETH (~$31k)
we sold 100 editions for 0.1 ETH each (~$310)
those 100 editions are now selling for 1.3 ETH (~4k)
giving the song a market cap of 130 ETH (~400k)
with about 25 ETH (~78k) in volume
making me an extra 2.5 ETH (~7.8k) in royalties
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let's talk about money and music.
<ok let's all take a deep breath>
the friction in between art and commerce is as old as time but i've noticed this anti-commercial sentiment creep up as nfts have blown up.
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auction is sitting at 13.37 ETH (~26k USD)
i’ve said it before but fans that want artists to be poor aren’t fans.
over 100k followers and making under 10k a year is unacceptable. this community is eager to support real art.
welcome @jmw327
probably gonna try out nfts, dont understand them or why they are controversial, but cant keep making less than 10k a year and so if there is a chance want to be able to afford healthcare and stuff, sorry if it offends you and please do whatever makes you feel comfortable
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A thread on @SoundCloud. The good, the bad and my perspective as one of the largest accounts on the platform.
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i've personally made 12.5 ETH (~39k)
which is equivalent to 9.75 million plays on spotify
so yes, 100 people generated more income than 9.75 million users.
just gonna let that sink in.
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hearing more stories of fanbase backlash against nfts.
dunno how else to say this, but they aren’t fans.
true fans don’t tell you how to make art, they don’t try to keep you from succeeding, they don’t hold you back.
it makes me so appreciative of my own real audience.
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admittedly i’m just poking the hornets nest, but i’d be more interested in the pet rock if there was actually any development.
BTC failed as a currency a long time ago and the narrative keeps shifting to make up for its shortcomings.
SoV… k
PS: I still hold some 🤷🏻♂️
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in hindsight, using gas as a term to describe computational power may not have been the best idea.
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I want to learn to code solidity/web3.
I have a few good resources already, but let's build a thread for somebody starting from scratch.
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Recorded music made 21 billion last year. Artists got 20%.
The music industry is patting itself on the back but I think it's rather pathetic. The average person consumes 26 hrs of music a week.
21bil / 7bil = $3 per year
Honestly, does that seem fair to you?
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Here's a list of celebs that @justinsuntron paid to tweet about #TRX
#NotActuallyDeFi
sup @SEC_News
send me more and i'll add them.
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I just got nominated for another grammy ✨
I’m truly honored and so thrilled to be recognized for my work. Especially in a category that I care so deeply about.
This is my 3rd nomination (hopefully 2nd win) for my remix of @philgoodsmusic ‘s “Do You Ever”. 🦾
Thank you all 🖤
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FYI,
the only reason music NFTs don't include master/pub ownership is because the SEC blocks US consumers from buying them unless they have over 1mil in assets.
most of us are just waiting on regulatory clarity.
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the internet: just listen to your body
my body: eat this whole pack of double stuff oreos and choke it down with mountain dew
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let's talk about @Spotify
*cracks knuckles*
a joy for listeners, fantastic playlisting, a solution to piracy, hated by artists and ultimately a victim of a broken & outdated financial model.
let's dig in...
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I'm baffled by all the misinformation being spread around. I think it's well intentioned (or maybe not) but it's cherry picked data to attack artists for participating in a larger ecosystem they don't even understand. Not to mention, just plain wrong.
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Today we’re launching something completely new. ✨
It’s called $RAC - a community token by @ourZORA. Built on ethereum.
blog.ourzora.com/introducing…
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There's a lot of fair criticism of NFTs and I welcome informed discussion on it, but if you found out about this 2 weeks ago and are just spreading a poorly researched medium article, I don't have time to argue with you.
The truth doesn't always have a clickbait headline
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I can’t believe I’m writing this but I’m so proud of the team @sixweb3 for brokering the sale of this legendary @WuTangClan album to @PleasrDAO !
This one is for the history books.
s/o @thatguygeo @JesseGrushack
nytimes.com/2021/10/20/arts/…
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i don't mean this to be alarmist, but is the entertainment industry ok?
i've had this sense for the past few months that we're experiencing a massive shift, yet it's hard to put a pin in exactly what it is.
this is purely anecdotal, but many artist friends are going part-time, managers seem lost and unsure of what to do to break an artist. I have no clue how I'd start in todays environment.
a lot of labels/venues closing their doors. tiktok was almost a last gasp of air that is now being silenced.
labels are only signing singles that are already trending, never investing in a long term career.
the mighty pitchfork is being sold off for parts.
and this is just music, i hear about a lot of stuff falling apart in film, budgets being 1/10th of what they used to be, an overabundance of content/etc..
I think it's easy to look at fear of AI, but I don't think that's it.
is this all just a high interest rate environment? I started my career in 2007, i've never known anything else.
thoughts? theories?
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hi @interscope & @UMG
i own the domain interscope.records
you can have it in exchange for my master rights.
:D
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Given the recent disclosures from @pmarca about debanking and the stories now coming to light, I figured it might be time to share my own story.
Can confirm this is true. It was one of the most unethical and un-American things that happened in the Biden administration, and my guess is we'll find Elizabeth Warren's fingerprints all over it (Biden himself was probably unaware).
We're still collecting documents via FOIA requests, so hopefully the full story emerges of who was involved and whether they broke any laws.
Warren and Gensler tried to unlawfully kill our entire industry, and it was a major factor in the Dems losing the election. The Democratic party should realize Warren is a liability and further distance themselves if they want to have any hope of rebuilding.
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I've gotten a fair number of new followers from the crypto space, so figured I'd re-introduce myself. 👋
Here's a thread:
(this might get long)
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wHy dO aRtiSts kEeP tAlkInG aBoUt NFTs?
another daily reminder of how much you'll make from streaming services for 1 million plays.
- spotify: ~$3.5k-4k
- apple: ~$5k-5.5k
- tidal: ~$12k
- google play: ~$16k
- deezer: ~4.7k
- amazon: ~5k
- pandora: ~1.4k
- youtube: ~1.7k
- soundcloud ~1.3k
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thinking that BAYC represents NFTs is like thinking The Black Eyed Peas represent all of music
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I've never seen anything like this in my entire professional career (2007+). The amount of attention around NFTs has been overwhelming to say the least.
If anything it just shows how broken our current system is.
Artists, investors, industry, friends all hitting me up.
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I can't believe I'm saying this but here's my brand new remix for the one and only @gwenstefani! soundcloud.com/gwen-stefani/…
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we need a package manager for vst plugins.
something open source, maybe just cli at first. something like apt/pacman/yarn.
imagine updating all your plugins with:
sudo vst update
instead of the tedious manual process of going to each manufacturer and downloading .zip files.
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at what point does “i don’t understand blockchain” just become lazy negligence?
it’s not that complicated guys lol it’s not some fringe thing anymore.
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honest question, when was the last time you used the bitcoin blockchain?
not counting internal cex transactions
for me it was 2020 when i converted to WBTC.
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Most of the activity on ethereum has nothing to do with NFTs, so attacking this tiny subset is even dumber.
Proof of work systems are being phased out (aside from the pet rock). We have 50+ L2 solutions RIGHT NOW. We've been working on this for years.
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I'm up for another grammy this sunday. what a trip. it's probably gonna be the only zoom based grammys in history. 3 noms and 1 win already but i think i can make the shelf space hehe
I'm def gonna try to sneak in my cats and definitely only wearing shorts.
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My first music job was writing music for @HBO Entourage. I was just a poor college kid so I couldn’t afford cable. I did the majority of that work without ever watching the show.
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if you're wondering why songs are getting shorter it's because streaming services pay the same rate for anything 45 seconds or longer.
there's zero incentive to make long songs.
my 1 min interludes earn the same as bohemian rhapsody.
play count is a terrible metric of value
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i'm so excited to have a chance to explore DALL-E from @OpenAI
the arthur c. clarke quote "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" applies here.
for those that don't know, it's an AI that creates images from scratch with only a text input.
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meanwhile:
@compoundfinance = 10.36%
@AaveAave = 10.89%
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I've held ETH since 2016.
Yes, even through the bear market.
I've avoided talking about prices publicly because I hate to put emphasis on that alone. There's certainly enough of that on twitter already.
With that said, it's so great to see things catching up to fundamentals.
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3.7 monthly active users that don't even realize they have a crypto wallet because it's so smooth. The only platform that gives equity to its artists and users.
i think the $AUDIO sleeping giant just woke up.
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somebody commented one of my posts and said:
"why don't you just admit that you just want money"
you know what? i do.
i want to be paid fairly for my work, just like pretty much everybody else on this planet. am i supposed to hate money because i make music?
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