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Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will catalyze Web3 music adoption?Today I’m joined by Rob Abelow, founder of Where Music's Going: a newsletter tackling insights & tactics for music's future. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will catalyze Web3 music adoption?I’m joined by Daniel Allan & Cooper Turley to discuss Daniel’s $1M seed round for Daniel Allan Entertainment. The round was led by Coop Records with support from Palm Tree Crew Crypto, Noise DAO, Woodstock DAO and Fire Eyes DAO.Show Links:Daniel’s TwitterMirror Post AnnouncementCooper’s TwitterInvest in Music Podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will catalyze Web3 music adoption?Chad Hilliard and Cole Ryan are the Co-Founders of Dreams Never Die, a new-age artist company and music community. As the team behind the music blog Hillydilly, they’ve spent over 15 years discovering, sharing, and working alongside brand-new artists. Their recently launched Founder’s Pass grants access to their community of creatives, industry personnel, and music fans. They discover, document, and develop brand-new artists, host events, share music, experiment with new tech, chat regularly, collaborate with other communities, and look to the next decade.You can find more info on Dreams Never Die at https://dreamsneverdie.xyz/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dreamsnevrdie. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption?Derek Davies is the Co-Founder of Medallion, a web3 technology company helping artists launch digital worlds to expand fan participation, actionable insights, and economic potential. As the "home base for artists", Medallion has leveraged Web3 rails to power communities for global superstars like Tycho, Jungle, and Santigold.For more info head to https://www.medallion.fm/ and catch them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/medallionfm. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption?As an independent artist for the entirety of her career, VÉRITÉ understands the need to adapt to the ever changing landscape of both the industry and culture. VÉRITÉ is an independent artist whose career has always been an exploration of how to create and build outside traditional structures. A prolific and “spellbinding” (NPR) songwriter, executive producer and performer, her independently released albums, EPs and singles have garnered 350M+ streams across all platforms with 1M+ monthly listeners.Her third album, love you forever, is due out February 24th 2023 on all streaming platforms. For more on VÉRITÉ head to https://verite.komi.io/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption?Evan Dhillon is the Co-Founder of Arpeggi Labs, “the sound platform for the next generation of audio artists”. Arpeggi is a collaborative web3 music creation platform built on the ARP protocol. Over the years music has become increasingly 'single player', Arpeggi's goal is to automate the trust in digital collaboration so artists can be more connected than ever.Arpeggi allows musicians to share their music for reuse with guaranteed attribution when their sound is used. In the traditional music industry, compliantly using someone else’s song or sound requires payment and legal clearance. With Arpeggi, any sound you hear is yours to create with.Today's platform features an infinite community sourced sample library to create with and a full featured DAW to mint your own songs and samples as shareable tokens.Kits is a new sample pack marketplace that uses digital assets to empower artists and producers in all new ways. Kits partners with artists to release limited collections of sample packs. Only those who purchase and hold a Kits token have access to one of the limited number of licenses to use the sounds in the pack.https://twitter.com/arpeggi_labshttps://twitter.com/kitsio_ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption?David Beiner is the Co-Founder of The Hume Collective, “a record label built for the future”. Hume counts Angelbaby and Clio among its roster of metastars, virtual characters reshaping what it means to be an artist. Hume’s community of “humies” are one of the most active in Web3 as they vote on decisions guiding each artist’s career.Follow The Hume Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wearehume This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption?This week I’m joined by Music Ben, the Co-founder of Ziggy Ziggy Music, a platform for Web3 music discovery, posting daily videos of music NFTs. Ben is also a contributor for Billboard, where he covers the Web3 landscape. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption? This week I am joined by Madalen Duke, Lackhoney, and Vaarwell, who are all freshmen members of LRNZs. LNRZ (pronounced loners) is a creative incubator and producer of groundbreaking music and visual NFTs. Founded by Reo Cragun and Jeremy Lewis, the collective now counts dozens among their roster of collaborators. LNRZ is community-owned, with a portion of each NFT sale going into the LNRZ treasury for use to be determined by its members. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com

Welcome back to another season of the One Big Idea podcast. Each week I sit down with artists, founders, collectors, and thought leaders shaping the space today. This season we are focused on the central question - what will be the catalyst for Web3 music adoption?To help answer that question and unpack the Web3 landscape I was recently joined by David Greenstein. David is the co-founder of Sound.xyz, a suite of web3-native music and economic tools powering the next generation of artists and their communities. Sound Artists can publish songs, sell NFTs, use splits, and participate in governance within a tightly integrated suite of tools. Our conversation covers a wide range of topics including:* The historical relationship between labels and artists.* Streaming’s impact on an artist’s career.* How Web3 creates new pathways for artists and collectors.* The genesis of Sound.xyz and working with some of the biggest artists in the world.* The obstacles facing broader Web3 music adoption.To learn more be sure to follow David (@dgreenstein1) and Sound (@soundxyz_ ) on Twitter.Please enjoy and be sure to tune in live Thursdays at 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST on Twitter (@austin_hurwitz) all season long. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austinhurwitz.substack.com