# New Horizons for Onchain Music **Published by:** [Invest in Music](https://paragraph.com/@investinmusic-2/) **Published on:** 2023-11-03 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@investinmusic-2/new-horizons-for-onchain-music ## Content It was a big week for onchain music. We saw major announcements from Sound and Audius - two market leaders taking big strides towards their next chapter. Aave debuted their IRL passport ahead of Devconnect and Spinamp released a number of features including collaborative playlists. RŌHKI announced CERULEAN - their newest EP while Jen announced a new text-to-music app powered by Futureverse with support from industry legend Mike Caren. This all goes to say that onchain music is becoming more social. We encourage everyone to try out Sound’s new feed - offering an easy and clean way to discover, collect and share music in realtime. Plus - in our bonus reads, Sona is gearing up for their beta, Hypeshot integrated Twitch and Bonfire shipped a ton of new features. Feels like the energy is shifting… and we’re right here to cover it every step of the way. Want to keep the convo going? Shoot us a DM to join the Invest in Music chat We’re giving away a free IM Pass to the first person to respond to this newsletter.Top Stories sound.xyz (🎧,🎧) @soundxyz_ Music multiplayer mode: ON You can now post your favorite songs to the social feed on Sound, write comments, get upvotes and earn rewards. BONUS: to celebrate, we are doubling curator rewards for seven days* Let's go. 216 12:28 PM • Nov 1, 2023 Sound is officially an onchain social platform with the release of their newest feature. Audius 🎧 @audius We’re excited to introduce a new way for artists to earn money on Audius! Set your price, sell your music, and get paid instantly Be one of the first. Join the waitlist Artists Deserve More link.audius.co/waitlist 462 11:01 AM • Nov 1, 2023 Audius debuts their first monetization with Unlocks. Aave @aave Introducing the GHO Passport: Your onchain pass for IRL events. First stop: İstanbul 50 available today. pass.gho.xyz 242 10:49 AM • Nov 2, 2023 Aave debuts an onchain passport for IRL events ahead of an event in Istanbul. spinamp @spin_amp Big new release today - 3 major features: - Collaborative Playlists - Passkey Login - Profile Makeover Collaborative Playlists You can now invite others to join in to collaborate and share a playlist together. Everyone can suggest and vote on songs and you can set governance 77 12:35 PM • Nov 2, 2023 Spinamp added collaborative playlists, passkey login, and profile makeover. RŌHKI @ROHKI CERULEAN EXPLAINER 6 songs. 1500 editions. Each offering a look into a new world. 1. CERULEAN (feat. @angelbaby) 2. KYŪKETSUKI 3. NYUMBANI 4. GRAVITY 5. DESPERADO No. 2 6. LOST EN ROUTE 100 bundles (all 6 songs) for 0.1 ETH. Singles for 0.02 ETH on @soundxyz_ after the 58 10:39 PM • Oct 31, 2023 RŌHKI debuts a new 6 track EP dropping next week. Jen Announces Text-to-Music Platform Futureverse announces text-to-music in partnership with Mike Caren.Weekly Podcast Remember - Invest in Music Pass holders can mint at a discount. Listen and collect here.Music MondayFeaturing Reo Cragun, BLOODY, Mija, TK, NOISE, Grey and Kuren. See the thread here.Weekly SpotlightGrey - CONTRABLOODY - BEN STILLAPete Rango - HONEY ft Betty DawlNOISE x TK - PASSIONFRUITVALÉ - the homesick songAngelbaby x Jagwar Twin - life is goodSadye - Freak Like MeSee the thread here.Bonus Reads Lyrah @lyrah some poetic timing that “I Just Need” hit 1M streams right before @imdanielallan went on stage thank you all for making this happen 55 2:02 PM • Oct 31, 2023 Hypeshot @HypeshotHQ Excited to announce our integration with @Twitch If you're new and want to start streaming on Hypeshot: ↳ Verify with Twitch ↳ Create a badge (deployed on @BuildOnBase) ↳ Start streaming once you have holders 71 2:16 PM • Nov 2, 2023 Ziggy Ziggy @ziggyziggymusic FREE MUSIC NFT GIFTS We want to bring artists and collectors together and grow the community So we're gifting 20 forever editions of this song! It's a mellow masterpiece from @acutek12 ft samples from @sofractures and @Sara_JPhillips Drop your wallet address below ↓ 38 10:00 AM • Nov 2, 2023 Bonfire @bonfire_tweets Product Updates October Recap Here's what we shipped this month: Bonfire Wallet Credit Card Checkout @friendtech Gating Download Livestreams Storefront Block @soundxyz_ tiers Support NFT Trait-based Gating Video Background Let us know what you think! 21 7:08 PM • Oct 31, 2023 laura J @LauraTJD The Sona Beta is right around the corner so we took some time to revamp our site Artists, taste makers, and fans — take a peak at what’s ahead… The future sounds good sona.stream @sonastream 42 9:57 AM • Oct 31, 2023 Liquality @Liquality_io Today we are testing Honey Pots: creators' revenue is shared with their supporters, powered by smart measurable conditions, all onchain. As artists flourish, so do their collectors. A true win-win. Read on 39 9:36 AM • Oct 31, 2023 LNRZ @lnrzxyz LNRZ SZN 1 FULL RECAP After our crowdfund, we introduced our freshman class with Lookbook Vol. 1 - Then we dropped ten crazy weeks of music, bringing together talent from different genres, backgrounds, and web3 experience. Here’s a look back at the first season of LNRZ: 27 1:19 PM • Oct 30, 2023 LA EQUIS ✨ @Xcelencia Over the summer we launched the first NFT to evolve based on Spotify streams, this month we enter lvl 4 @passage_labs Here's a few updates and what to expect next - Pass is still available - 2nd single drops this Friday! - Next reveal takes us into Ch 2 of el niño estrella 11 10:16 AM • Nov 1, 2023 Privy @privy_io 1/ Consumer Crypto Highlight of the Week We're excited to celebrate a recent wave of activity happening in onchain music Crypto helps address two of the biggest challenges in the music industry: Connections between artists and fans Limited value capture for artists 39 2:35 PM • Oct 31, 2023 karma.wavᵂᴿᴸᴰ @karmawav rare wavs series 001 Limited edition drop across platforms... pls don’t collect them all ;) 222 9:40 AM • Oct 31, 2023 Vega-Genesis @VegaGenesisTM THE HOLOGRAM TOUR Last night, Junior Jr. touched down in LA to give us a world premiere of 2 new songs. Thank you to everyone who pulled up to rock with us!! Thank you to all the support. More footage to come with the technical breakdown of everything. YJG FOREVER!! 167 1:59 PM • Oct 29, 2023 Sound of Fractures @sofractures The current funding options available to creators are not working After 2 years of building a reputation for experimenting and innovating in the blockchain music space I felt I needed to try and look for a different solution So I created Sound of Fractures Token 41 6:16 PM • Oct 30, 2023 Matt Sandler @mattdsandler building music & audio companies is hard. music rightsholders. tiny industry (vs. gaming, healthcare, etc). bad actors. lack of investors. lots of noise. but damnit, i love it. if you’re thinking about starting a newco, here are seven music & audio concepts to play w/… MUSIC 136 11:44 AM • Nov 1, 2023 STVDIO NOUVEAU 💽 @stvdionouveau Tokenized music has all the makings of a potential dominant meta in the next growth cycle. It has the right combination of established history, infrastructure, and dedicated community, but also the right contrarian stance as something not taken very seriously by most of the 32 9:44 PM • Oct 31, 2023 Nigel Eccles @nigeleccles We are now 4 weeks into Vault's fantasy record label alpha test. It is proving to be a really fun game and dramatically exceeding our expectations. If you want a shot at the alpha you can sign up to the wait list in the comment below. 14 4:36 PM • Oct 30, 2023 PORTAL @portalmusic_io PORTAL MIXTAPE 001 [Curated by @dotmvsic] drops tomorrow at 12pm PST Music by: @sofractures @VividFeverDrms @Pozibelle @itsbrendvn @Goodnight_Cody @rejectdamain @celiainside @broeybeats and more Collect our Genesis Mixtape on @soundxyz_ and become a Portal Member 22 3:11 PM • Nov 2, 2023 Collect the Invest in Music Pass and join the Collector Chat. 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