
X Li - think i’m in love with you
X Li joined Sound with a bang this week, becoming the first artist to receive over 3,000 mints on a Sound genesis drop, topping every Sound chart for the week with new track “think i’m in love with you.” 80s synth ear candy and acoustic guitar create a carefree atmosphere for lovesick lyrics to dance with youthful nostalgia. “My heart is beating, I am falling. Think I’m in love with you” muses X Li while contemplating the urgency of expressing his true feelings.think i'm in love with you...

Our Next Chapter
To the Invest in Music community, Thank you for your support over the last 14 months. When we launched Invest in Music we had one goal. Creating a home for the onchain music community. After 58 podcast episodes, over 60 newsletters, artist spotlights, and thousands of mints across all our different series - we’re very proud to have delivered on that promise. We’d like to give a special thanks for Sound, Pods, Spinamp, Mirror, Bello, Optimism and NFT Now for being key partners in our journey. ...

Onchain Music Year in Review
Reflecting on a transformative year for onchain music. What started as a niche trend has subtly grown into a strong ecosystem of artists, projects and communities passionate about the next generation of music. In this report - we’ll break down some highlights from 2023. Giving you an overview on many of the major milestones and accomplishments from the past year. Please note this list is non-exhaustive. We put out a form for projects to be included in our recap and if we missed you - we hope ...
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X Li - think i’m in love with you
X Li joined Sound with a bang this week, becoming the first artist to receive over 3,000 mints on a Sound genesis drop, topping every Sound chart for the week with new track “think i’m in love with you.” 80s synth ear candy and acoustic guitar create a carefree atmosphere for lovesick lyrics to dance with youthful nostalgia. “My heart is beating, I am falling. Think I’m in love with you” muses X Li while contemplating the urgency of expressing his true feelings.think i'm in love with you...

Our Next Chapter
To the Invest in Music community, Thank you for your support over the last 14 months. When we launched Invest in Music we had one goal. Creating a home for the onchain music community. After 58 podcast episodes, over 60 newsletters, artist spotlights, and thousands of mints across all our different series - we’re very proud to have delivered on that promise. We’d like to give a special thanks for Sound, Pods, Spinamp, Mirror, Bello, Optimism and NFT Now for being key partners in our journey. ...

Onchain Music Year in Review
Reflecting on a transformative year for onchain music. What started as a niche trend has subtly grown into a strong ecosystem of artists, projects and communities passionate about the next generation of music. In this report - we’ll break down some highlights from 2023. Giving you an overview on many of the major milestones and accomplishments from the past year. Please note this list is non-exhaustive. We put out a form for projects to be included in our recap and if we missed you - we hope ...
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There was a lot of debate this week around Music NFT aggregators.
In short - many artists were unaware that their music was automatically populating on aggregators like Oh La La, Spinamp and FutureTape. You can find the full 5 hour conversation here.
There was a smaller conversation around compensation around these plays, but more importantly - the focus was that artists should always be in control of where their music is being distributed.
Here’s my take.
Aggregators are extremely valuable.
Just look at DeFi projects like 1inch, Balancer or Yearn. Connecting liquidity to offer the best rate(s) possible benefits the end user.
I would argue music is no different. The more exposure an NFT gets, the higher likelihood it is that someone collects.
Very soon - I expect aggregators to allow listeners to collect directly in-app - creating the end-to-end experience Music NFTs have been missing.
After all - it’s about the relationship with the music, not how many plays it gets.
To this end, I’m proud to be starting an event series in LA called Rising Tide.
It’s meant to spotlight emerging artists and create a space to discover new music - beyond the tech.
If you haven’t already - smash that RSVP.
This Wednesday is going to feature a lineup of artists that very much fit the criteria.
Speaking of which - Criteria.
2500 editions (Sound’s largest collection to date) from Daniel Allan and Reo Cragun - two web3 powerhouses.
Time to take web3 music to the next level.
See you out there.
Two leading artists in web3 debut a 2500 edition collection - Criteria.
Sound drops a mixtape to celebrate its first year of existence.
I’m launching an event series for emerging artists in LA
A big conversation breaks out around music aggregators.
Decent shares learning from its first year.
Reo Cragun’s remix contest kicks off a wave of Framework remixes.
This Week in Music NFTs is free to subscribe. Follow me to stay up with the latest!
Disclosure: I am an investor in Sound, Decent and Apreggi. I am a co-host of Rising Tide. I am a project manager of Criteria. I am a collector of most of the artists mentioned in Freshly Minted.
Free to listen. Valuable to collect.
There was a lot of debate this week around Music NFT aggregators.
In short - many artists were unaware that their music was automatically populating on aggregators like Oh La La, Spinamp and FutureTape. You can find the full 5 hour conversation here.
There was a smaller conversation around compensation around these plays, but more importantly - the focus was that artists should always be in control of where their music is being distributed.
Here’s my take.
Aggregators are extremely valuable.
Just look at DeFi projects like 1inch, Balancer or Yearn. Connecting liquidity to offer the best rate(s) possible benefits the end user.
I would argue music is no different. The more exposure an NFT gets, the higher likelihood it is that someone collects.
Very soon - I expect aggregators to allow listeners to collect directly in-app - creating the end-to-end experience Music NFTs have been missing.
After all - it’s about the relationship with the music, not how many plays it gets.
To this end, I’m proud to be starting an event series in LA called Rising Tide.
It’s meant to spotlight emerging artists and create a space to discover new music - beyond the tech.
If you haven’t already - smash that RSVP.
This Wednesday is going to feature a lineup of artists that very much fit the criteria.
Speaking of which - Criteria.
2500 editions (Sound’s largest collection to date) from Daniel Allan and Reo Cragun - two web3 powerhouses.
Time to take web3 music to the next level.
See you out there.
Two leading artists in web3 debut a 2500 edition collection - Criteria.
Sound drops a mixtape to celebrate its first year of existence.
I’m launching an event series for emerging artists in LA
A big conversation breaks out around music aggregators.
Decent shares learning from its first year.
Reo Cragun’s remix contest kicks off a wave of Framework remixes.
This Week in Music NFTs is free to subscribe. Follow me to stay up with the latest!
Disclosure: I am an investor in Sound, Decent and Apreggi. I am a co-host of Rising Tide. I am a project manager of Criteria. I am a collector of most of the artists mentioned in Freshly Minted.
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