Artists and creators, it’s time to take your career in your hands. You don’t need to rely on gatekeepers like agents, labels, publishers, etc.

* 1:23 - Gatekeeper examples.

* 2:10 - What value to the gatekeepers bring to the table?

* 4:40 - Do you like giving the gatekeepers 70% of a sale of your art?

* 5:40 - Painting a new reality of your art in the metaverse.

* 7:15 - Now, your potential reach is limitless.

* 8:50 - Tying your art to NFTs. We’re just at the tip of the iceberg.

* 9:55 - It’s possible, actually acceptable by the NFT collectors, for artists to make a percentage of sales every time your art changes hands for all time!

* 13:35 - Many provenance problems for your art have been solved.

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Artists of all stripes must learn how to build a raving fan base for success in the modern era. We are on the road to Web3. Either you follow this path to greener pastures or simply accept that your art will remain a hobby.

For those artists who already have traction, the road will be easier because you already have a core fan base. However, at the risk of sounding like a politician… make no mistake, if you keep doing what you’ve always done, your career and revenue from your art will dry up.

Think of this like global climate change. Some areas will flood with rising seas. Other areas will be crippled by drought. Either way, people living there will migrate to better living conditions. Where once central Canadian winters were inhospitable, soon it will be a promised land for growing crops.

If you don’t migrate to where your fans are going — I’m speaking virtually now — you will lose them.

That means YOU must learn how to cultivate your fan base through digital marketing (not simply posting on social media), learn to SELL ethically (there’s that four letter word!), and embrace the new ways of engaging with fans such as NFTs.

Give your fans experiences they’ll never forget and they’ll be part of your tribe for life.

-       YouTube livestreams vs uploads engagements (1:20)

-       He-Man could have used better intro copy (2:20)

-       Naming and visuals for social media posts… The Hook and Open Loops (3:05)

-       Video Shorts strategy on YouTube and TikTok (4:50)

-       Overwhelm posting across multiple social media platforms (6:10)

-       Moby Dick of NFTs and public domain intellectual property and story world extension (7:39)

-       James Patterson and artist collaboration for faster audience growth (11:20)

-       NFT contract address reference for permissionless blockchain collaboration (13:00)

-       Polygon test network and faucets (17:25)

-       The Merge update (22:00)

-       Staked ETH unlocking soon (25:30)

-       ETH value stabilization and staking ROI predictability (23:35)

-       Hurdles of setting up corporate cryptocurrency trading accounts (33:43)

We cover the basics of NFTs in everyday language:

- JPEGS selling for ridiculous money? @ 1:45

- Baseball trading card analogy @ 2:53

- Non Fungible Token explanation @ 5:57

- Terms of use are programmed into NFTs using BAYC example @ 6:49

- Splitting licensing rights @ 8:55

- Synergistic grouping of multiple NFTs @ 10:11

- History of ownership and rights transfer upon NFT sale @ 11:44

- Immutability - "the blockchain does not lie" @ 12:31

- Can't use an NFT to buy a refrigerator, but you can get a loan based on NFT value @ 13:13

- Where we are going with the Phenomenal Future Podcast PFP @ 14:40