Throughout January and February, the first Onchain Music Songcamp in Buenos Aires took place, leaving us with a compilation of songs entirely created within the songcamp by groups of local musicians and producers, stored on the blockchain.
A Songcamp is a space where different musicians come together with the idea of creating a series of songs intensively. In this case, the BA Songcamp 2024 was an initiative driven by Sweetman and Sol Siete in collaboration with the communities of MúsicaW3, Newtro, CulturaC3, and Futurx, aiming to encourage independent musicians to upload their works onchain and strengthen the Web3 creators' community in Buenos Aires.
Four groups of artists with different influences, countries, and experiences had to create and record a song in a professional studio. Then, the royalties from the sales of all the songs together would be divided equitably among the participants.
The five songs included in this first EP cover various styles, from experimental electronic music to city-pop bolero, melodic waltz, and rock & pop.
Process
Once the groups were selected, there were pre-production stages where the compositions started to take shape. Then each group would have 12 hours covered by the songcamp in a professional studio in the city to record and mix what they’ve been preparing.
While some groups had little time to put the song together before entering the studio, being able to dedicate more time until the final deadline for mixing and producer arrangements, others experienced the reverse process and had to adapt their schedule to meet the deadline.
Collect
You can collect the drop from the Buenos Aires Songcamp uploaded to Zora from the following link. The artworks were designed by visual artists from the Newtro community based on the inspiration produced by each theme."
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We celebrate these initiatives that undoubtedly build a better future in the struggle for artists' sovereignty. Many of the participants had never been able to access a professional studio to work on their music, and projects like this help to create bridges between artists and support the development of their careers. It’s necessary to continue building and supporting ideas like this in order to continue generating spaces of visibility for Latin American artists.