AJ Washington is the founder of Phlote, the web3-oriented experimental record label, music platform, and media company of which I have become a core member over the past 6 months. I met AJ on the podcast in October, and we used this episode to give a bunch of updates on what’s changed at Phlote since then and what we have coming up. We also dive into AJs thoughts on artist business models and how technology can help improve them. I hope you learn something new from this episode.

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake-https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Domino is an artist of many forms. He’s a writer, rapper, poet, producer, photographer, visual artist, director, and more, and he’s been a web3 trailblazer for over 2 years. He became a fast friend when I met him at ETH Denver this year, and we had an awesome conversation about his background, music career, upcoming projects, web3 philosophy, and more! I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.

Find Domino here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/5yryUV0bcR0As0OHkEz8vd?si=tL0rtVpHQzm4eZH187T5Vg

Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/artist/domino/1216327901

NFTs and all other links- https://linktr.ee/dominosmusic

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Super excited to announce the collaborative pay-to-collect release of Episode 26 with Weinbagz on Lens Protocol! All collectors Lenstube or Riff App, will be entered in a raffle for a FREE mint of his upcoming project Playerz Cardz (priced at 0.03 ETH), AND they will be able to access a podcast-collectors-only page on Weinbagz's Bonfire site for access to listen to and download an exclusive song that can't be found anywhere else!

Collect on Lenstube here- https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0x01b9a5-0x51

Collect of Riff here-

The Bonfire page can be found here- https://weinbagz.com/gated

All proceeds split 50/50 between Weinbagz and the podcast.

Weinbagz is a musician, keyboardist, producer, guitar player, visual artist, overall creator, and more! He’s been active in web3 music practically since its inception in early 2021 and was part of possibly the first generative audiovisual NFT collaboration called Homework. We talked about his musical background, his history in web3, his upcoming audiovisual project Playerz Cardz, and much more!I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.

Find Weinbagz Labs here:

Website- https://weinbagz.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/WeinbagZ

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/weinbagz/

Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51V07UGs6xcf0r2R4CejFA

Playerz Cardz- https://weinbagz.com/playerz

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Ahmed Nihmale is the co-founder of Kyd Labs, a blockchain-integrated ticketing platform. Before starting Kyd, Ahmed spent most of his career in the ticketing and live events industries working for companies like Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and Vivid Seats. With the founding of KYD Labs, which stands for "Keep Your Distribution," Ahmed aims to address the existing challenges and inefficiencies within the ticketing industry. The company has two primary goals: first, to empower artists, promoters, and venues by increasing their revenue and solving industry problems, and second, to provide fans with a transparent ticket-buying experience that fosters stronger relationships between artists and their supporters. We recorded this live in Brooklyn during NFT.NYC and unfortunately, I didn’t have my full mic set up, so the audio isn’t perfect, but we still had a great conversation about all of the issues with the ticketing industry and all of the ways that blockchain can solve those issues. I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.

Find Kyd Labs here:

Website- https://kydlabs.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/KYDLabs

Ahmed's Email- [email protected]

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Dadabots is the AI Music project of CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski. Quoting their own words from their website, Dadabots is a cross between a band, a hackathon team, and an ephemeral research lab. We're musicians seduced by math. We do the science, we engineer the software, we make the music. All in one project. Don't need nobody else. Except we do, because we're standing on the shoulders of giants, and because the whole point is to collaborate with more artists.And in the future, if musicians lose their jobs, we're a scapegoat. J.K. Please don't burn us to death. We'll fight for the right side of history.. We swear..."I had an amazing conversation with CJ about how Dadabots came to be and how they use technology to create music. Zack also jumped in for part of it and gave some great perspective on the project and the future of music creation. CJ came ultra prepared with tons of videos and diagrams and music to share which he showed while sharing his screen, so I highly request watching this episode if you can. Links to do so are in the description. These guys are really at the forefront of technology when it comes to music creation and this episode was insanely fun to record. I'm sure you'll learn something new, and hopefully you'll be excited by the potential that AI and machine learning has for music's future.

Find Dadabots here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/dadabots

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dadabots_/

Website- https://dadabots.com/

Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@dadabots_

Music and Other Links- https://linktr.ee/dadabots

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Episode 24 w/ Dadabots on Youtube- https://youtu.be/Bp9zvMRNdZE

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Yung Spielburg is a Grammy award-winning music producer, a songwriter, the head of collaborative research at Water and Music, and among other things, a friend. He was a huge reason I got so interested in water and music in the first place and really helped me understand what their membership is all about and where their best resources are. We’ve been trying to find some time for this podcast for literally 9 months so I was super pumped we finally got it done, and we had an amazing conversation about Water and Music, AI, the future of music creation and its effects on the industry, his background in music and web3, and much more.I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.

Find Yung Spielburg here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/Yung_Spielburg

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/yung_spielburg/

Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/273so0X2Yuo93vfeX2nLDI

Water and Music- https://www.waterandmusic.com/

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Stephanie Guerrero is a music industry professional with over 10 years of experience in shaping industry standards and best practices at major record labels and entertainment companies. She is an expert in content development, digital promotion, and campaign strategy for community building and engagement with emerging technologies. With previous experience at Sony and UMG, Steph is now bridging the gap between web2 and web3 and Building tools for artists. We talked about her major label experience, the state of web3 music, community building, content marketing, her current job at Legato, and so much more.

I hope you learn something new from this episode.

Find Steph here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/steph_guerrero

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/guerrerosteph/

Lens- https://www.lensfrens.xyz/stephguerrero.lens/follow

Other links- https://tell.ie/steph-guerrero/MeetSteph

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Karma and Violetta are artists, partners, world builders, and more. They are both independent musicians who make music together and individually. And they’ve been a core part of the broader web3 music scene for a while. Together, they started the wavWRLD community, a music community focused on creating intimate experiences for artists to connect with the most engaged fans. I met Karma and Violetta at Art Basel in Miami last year and they have since become good friends. This podcast was recorded in person at ETH Denver in March, my first podcast recorded in person and it was incredibly fun. We talked about their backgrounds in music and web three, their experiences with song camp and with music collaboration in general, what wavWRLD is all about, their thoughts on how AI and other emerging technologies will affect music in the future, and so much more.I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.

Find KarmaVioletta here:

All socials and links- https://linktr.ee/KarmaVioletta

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

Cherie Hu is the founder of Water and Music, a music and tech research organization. Over the last couple years, along with their numerous other weekly and monthly articles and newsletters, they’ve been putting out massive collaborative research projects on the most exciting developments in music and technology, including web3, the metaverse, and AI. I bought a lifetime membership pass to Water and Music about 10 months ago and have learned so much and gained so much insight from the articles and research projects they’ve put out since then. Cherie was an amazing guest and this conversation was incredibly insightful. We took a deep dive into web3, AI, the metaverse, and the future of music creation, consumption, and the industry at large. I'm sure you'll learn something new from this episode.

Find Water and Music here:

Website- https://www.waterandmusic.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/water_and_music

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/water_and_music/?hl=en

Wavelengths Summit- https://events.waterandmusic.com/summit/

And Cherie here:

Website- https://www.cheriehu.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/cheriehu42

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheriehu/

Find the podcast here:

Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpod

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=en

Lens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpod

Jake- https://twitter.com/cryptabel

Find Phlote here:

Website: https://www.phlote.co/

Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetv

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teamphlote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/

Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote

This episode is a conversation with Chad Hillard, the founder of Dreams Never Die, and former team member Cole Ryan. Chad started the popular music blog Hilly Dilly that thrived in the blog era, discovering artists like Billie Eilish, Lorde, Tom Misch, and many others very early on in their careers, and the Dreams Never Die record label was formed in 2019 so they could start taking real bets on the artists the team was discovering. They recently got involved in web3 and just launched their Dreams Never Die founder pass to bring their fans and community members into the label and give them an intimate way to contribute. We talked about all of these things and more and had an incredibly insightful conversation around why the web3 path is worthwhile for upcoming artists.I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.This podcast is released in collaboration with Phlote, an experimental label, media company, and music platform I’ve been working with that helps artists create music and release it as digital assets. Check out the link in the show notes to find us on social media, see what we’re up to, and discover some incredibly talented independent artists.Find Dreams Never Die here:Website- https://dreamsneverdie.xyz/Twitter- https://twitter.com/dreamsnevrdieInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/dreamsnevrdie/Chad- https://twitter.com/chadhillydillyCole- https://twitter.com/colebeforedataFind the podcast here:Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpodInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=enLens- https://lenster.xyz/u/web3musicpodJake- https://twitter.com/cryptabelFind Phlote here:Website: https://www.phlote.co/Phlote TV Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/@phlotetvTwitter: https://twitter.com/teamphloteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/Lens: https://lenster.xyz/u/phlote