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For musician and visual artist Jimmy Edgar, NFTs are intangible—but that’s not a bad thing. In the music world, Edgar has worked with the likes of Vince Staples, Charli XCX, Miguel, Machinedrum, and remixed Lady Gaga’s “Babylon.” But he’s also branched out on his own with NFTs. Edgar is releasing an Ethereum NFT collection on […]
Kobalt is expanding into the NFT business, revealing plans to release a ‘music lyric NFT’ collection called An Electro Revival. In doing so, Kobalt says it will become the “first global music publisher to release a set of fully licensed direct-to-fan NFTs”. In a media statement, Derek Cournoyer, Kobalt’s VP, Global Digital Partnerships, said that […]
Emily Lazar is a multi-disciplinary artist fronting the rock/metal transmedia project, September Mourning. She made history as the first female metal/ hard rock musician to mint and sell an NFT on the blockchain. She has spoken about her accomplishments in Web 3/ NFT’s at Harvard (2x), NFT.NYC and ETH Denver Conferences. September Mourning is a […]
More and more musicians are using NFT technology to take back control, leading to a web3 music industry that is healthier and more artist-friendly. Through music NFTs and NFT record labels, emerging and mid-tier artists are making a living, building communities, and breaking free from a traditional music industry that serves only the few. Not […]
After shutting down its website in early February, music NFT marketplace HitPiece has officially relaunched. After being widely disgraced earlier this year, music NFT marketplace HitPiece has returned. Back in February, the platform was called out by independent artists for copyright infringement when music on the website was allegedly being auctioned off as unauthorized NFTs. Recording Industry Association […]
Let’s face it: If the crypto winter has a temperature, it could plunge past sub-zero. While countless NFT communities continue to build and work to add value to their projects, they do so against a backdrop of harsh realities that are just too big to ignore. In July, OpenSea announced it was laying off 20 percent of […]
Dillon Francis is an electronic musician with a long list of accolades. In 2018, the platinum-selling DJ and producer received Latin American Music Award and Latin Grammy nominations for “Sexo,” a single he created alongside Residente and iLe — both world-renowned artists in their own right. Francis has also collaborated with T-Pain, performed at Coachella, […]
Forefront Journal publishes essays from the frontier of web3 social and tokenized communities. This is a guest essay from Azeem Khan, contributor at Gitcoin DAO. Anyone who’s been involved in the web3 space for the past 18 months has heard that music NFTs are going to take over. It’s been so persistent that it’s […]
Artists want to be heard. Whether it’s Spotify or TikTok – strategic partners share one goal: more fans. When it comes to music, record labels are the strategic partner that every aspiring artist strives to work with. There are three major labels in the music industry today: Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Group (SMG) […]
Coachella has announced its entrance into the NFT ecosystem. Today, the storied festival released plans for a multi-part NFT drop in partnership with crypto-exchange giant FTX. As one of the largest and most popular festivals in the world, Coachella has unveiled an array of digital collectibles in a move to embrace NFTs as new technology […]
