I deal with depression. It first manifested in my 20s, and at times it’s been brutal. The idea of musicto actually came from my lowest day, when I needed to call someone to stop myself from going to the top of the building and throwing myself off. The hold music on the line was awful. Over the years it comes and goes, and I handle it the best I can. I’ve put good defenses in place: exercise, healthier eating, less drinking, yoga, meditation, creativity, and foundational human beings I work wi...

I've been traveling over the last week - moving from the warmth of Los Angeles to spend the next month in the cold of Scotland, and after the ridiculous heat of the summer / fall - you bet I'm thankful for it. My wife and I are lucky in that we both work remote and have done for years. We were early nomads, spending at least two months a year in Barcelona starting back in 2015 and yet we haven't been back for a while. We're now spending more time in Scotland and while there are many reasons f...

We perceive Higher as a movement that rises above division, fear, and hate. If hate represents the lowest expression of humanity, then aiming higher is about choosing connection, empathy, and creativity.

I’ve been listening to the Sept. 7 episode of "Many Such Cases," and it got me thinking about channels. I’ve been active since August, and I’ve seen channels evolve. I have an old idea, I think sub-channels are the next step. Right now, channels are set up for competition. It’s a zero-sum game—"let the channel wars begin." That makes no sense to me. There's time for culling and time for growth, yet my impression at least is that we're in a growth phase, no? It feels like we're architected aga...

Thanks for your interest in the musicto channel. As of October 2024, we’ve decided to put the channel on hold. After spending time on Warpcast, we believe that there aren’t enough real humans to sustain multiple music related channels on the platform. In the spirit of collaboration we’re shifting our focus and energy to the /music channel. Our goal being to help create value and build a real community of music lovers. Over time we hope the music space on Warpcast grows large enough to support...

The Evolution of musicto Community When musicto started, the idea was simple: build playlists under a brand umbrella, attract an audience, and eventually monetize it. The issue? Most people expected to make money around their individual playlist. When that didn’t happen fast enough, they left. We had an 85% attrition rate because the motivation was personal gain first, community development second, if at all. That nearly broke us. In 2019, we pivoted. We focused on supporting artists, buildin...

The vision for the musicto channel is a curated space where people on Warpcast discover and share music through the context of playlists. Starting with traditional artists, the goal is to move the focus to on-chain artists.