This Week in Music NFTs - Jan 23

Open Editions on Sound. LNRZ Writing Camps. A new chapter for Music NFTs.

Open editions are coming to Sound.

In a recent push for open editions in the wider NFT market - we’re about to experience a new playbook for Music NFTs.

The pitch is simple - mint as many NFTs as you want during a fixed time interval.

Want to prove that you were there first but not need to worry about missing the drop in the first second? Well this is your chance.

While I don’t think open editions are the end all by all for collecting content - it’s a step in the right direction.

And with some of the sectors biggest artists piloting the release, it should make for an exciting week to be a collector.

Meanwhile - the LNRZ team took a trip to Joshua Tree this weekend for their first writing camps.

Reo Cragun @ReoCragun

I’ve been hard at work building the next phase of @lnrzdao with the team. Next week we’re heading out to the desert where we’re creating v1 of artist curated projects w/ talent we admire. SZN 2 is among us and should make for an exciting Jan. Let’s turn things up a notch.

With appearances from Reo Cragun, DLG, Clear Eyes, Daniel Allan, Bloody White, Iman Europe, Heno, Lackhoney, Vaarwell, Mark Johns, Madalen Duke, Kaelin Ellis and Tate Tucker - more than 20 songs were made over the course of a week.

All that goes to say - we’re in for quite the ride this year.

I gave my perspective on artist development in web3 to get back into the habit of publishing once a week.

Coopahtroopa 🔥_🔥 @Cooopahtroopa

What does artist development look like in web3? Here are some best practices and thoughts from collectors ⬇️

And finally, I updated my Music NFT Starter Pack playlist to give you a taste into the brewing world.

See you inside.

Upcoming Drops

1. Daniel Allan - 5 STAR (with Kevin George)

2. RAC - Sonhar

3. VERITE - Temporary 001

4. Mija x Mark Evans - Gravity

5. Daz Merchant - B.M.S.

6. Rosalie x Green Ring - Half Life

7. BARDZ - Don’t Really Mind

8. ByHaze - Caught Up

9. Sara Phillips - Hell Like Me

10. Benny Mayne - Chase

Freshly Minted

1. LNRZ x George Hooks - Be Friendly

2. Beachcrimes - Let’s Play House

3. VERITE - Temporary

4. Dot - Seeing is Believing

5. Mija x Mark Evans - Ruin Everything

6. Probably Yuki & Bobu

7. Bloody White - Dialogue 0.05

8. Mark Evans - PRKBN01

9. High Tropics - Expectations

10. Dabow - NONONO (w/ msft + Camoufly)

11. Alec King - HELL IN

12. HeyBela - Isla Gorgona

13. Arden Jones - Parallel Parking

14. Mai - Addicted

15. HS8 in Eden

Listen to Freshly Minted on Spinamp.

Top Stories

Sound Releases Open Editions

Sound shares a new mint format with featured pilot artists.

Catalog Shares New Curators

Catalog welcomes a new wave of curators in their third program.

Hume Hires New VP of Music Business

Hume welcomes Adrian Karvinen to the mix.

Bello Opens the Waitlist to New Users

Bello opens its door to new users alongside new features.

KOTA Season One Recap

KOTA prepares to mint their Season One drop.

Probably a Label Releases with Azuki

Probably a Label releases a Music NFT with an Azuki virtual artist.

Bonus Reads

1. Artist Development in Web3

2. Dot on being an artist in web3

3. Broke Investor why web3 music?

4. AOKIVERSE holders collab

5. Music Ben 7 Stories in web3

6. Rick Rubin x Jay-Z

7. Green Ring full circle curation

8. Helping Music Pod on who to follow

9. Iman on Dequency Web3 Sync Cohort

10. Symmetrical Broken Investor Q&A

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Disclosure: I am an investor in Sound, Catalog and Hume and an advisor to KOTA. I have also collected most of the songs mentioned in Freshly Minted.