music
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Flame’s new track — which he called “war music” for Web3 — debuted on the NFT collectible platform Drip this week
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This time around, the festival says it’s partnering with a “trusted, secure and safe partner” in OpenSea
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Plus, Cointelegraph’s former CEO starts a Web3 marketing firm and Amazon is developing a Razzlekhan movie
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Bandcamp’s drama and community response has reminded us that the investments we make into centralized internet products are neither owned by us nor permanent
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The Web3 music industry is attempting to overcome the shortcomings of regular streaming platforms
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A cute LimeWire marketing campaign ahead of its crypto token sale plays on nostalgia for pirated music from the early 2000s
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Amid layoffs, Warner Music said it will reallocate resources to “new tech initiatives,” which may be good news for its Web3 ambitions
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20-plus-year-old music service has acquired Mint Songs, and Napster’s CEO says the company is eyeing more deals with “best-of-breed tech partners”
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The Korean pop music group allows fans to select which song titles make the cut in their latest album using Polygon NFTs known as “objekts” to collect voting tokens
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A crypto startup sold 300 NFTs for $210 each, offering holders a chance to hold a fraction of the song’s streaming royalties
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News analysis: Everyone from a former Beats by Dre engineer to omgkirby is getting in on the NFT music game
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A pair of entrepreneurs has bought the rights to the defunct file-sharing service and plans to launch a new site in May
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Gala Games is seeking to ramp up its presence in the NFT sector and will allocate billions of dollars to further its efforts in the coming year
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“Artists are excited about a new way to connect with their fans, [one that] doesn’t involve a buffer or a middleman,” Josh James, co-founder of OneOf, told Blockworks
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Royal is a marketplace for music NFTs, advertising its platform as a place where users can purchase shares of songs, then earn royalties on the music they’ve invested in.
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