Category: Creator Economy
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Structuring the law around Web3 music: A new modular music NFT contract structure
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ tl;dr — This project began as an effort to create a “simple” music NFT contract template, as a follow-up to our high-level research from Season 1 on issues facing the music/Web3 ecosystem. After exploring the legal complexities behind many different music NFT use cases — including multi-creator, royalty-based and access-based NFTs — we ultimately…
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Sponsor This Newsletter and Support My Composing
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Dear subscribers, Since starting my creator journey, I’ve published a PM book, written 30+ posts, started a creator economy course, and raised $100K+ for Odyssey (a web3 learning DAO). Sometimes I wonder: What could I achieve if I didn’t do this part-time? I’m not sure, but I’d like to test sponsorships to support myself…
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Talking Shop: The Transformation of Commerce (Part II).
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Hey everyone, I decided to not send a newsletter last week—it didn’t feel appropriate given what’s happening in Ukraine. It’s difficult to think about consumer tech at a time when…
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From protocols to individuals: A study of music NFT platforms’ onboarding methods
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ tl;dr — In this article, we aim to encapsulate the various strategies that music NFT platforms use to attract, onboard and retain their fans, collectors and artists in an increasingly competitive marketplace. To do so, we conducted interviews with 12 different music NFT platforms to examine what has and hasn’t worked with their onboarding…
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The state of music DAOs
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ tl;dr — More than 30 online music and creator communities now self-identify as decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Over the last two months, we interviewed more than 15 leaders from a wide range of music DAOs to gain perspective on possibilities for their respective organizations in this emerging framework, using Web3 tools and strategies unavailable…
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If You’re Constantly Busy You’re Residing In Desperate Poverty and Unaware.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Busy people look desperate. Like they’ve seen a ghost. Like they’re on the edge. I’m scared of desperately busy people. I became too busy too. My boss would always give me more work than I could handle. There was never enough time to do it all, so a lot of balls just got dropped.…
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What I Dream I Understood 11 Years Ago About Life.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ What I Wish I Knew 11 Years Ago About Life My grey hairs have been breeding like a horny rabbit. Perhaps there’s some truth to “grey hair is the visualization of stress.” (Moments before my life changed forever 11 years ago) Pictured: Me No more d*ckheads on drugs with tops off. That’s the decision I made…
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Getting into Web3 as a PM
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Dear subscribers, I recently interviewed Jason Shah, product lead at Alchemy, about how PMs can break into web3. In our interview, Jason covers: His journey to web3 How being a web3 PM is different How to transition to web3 Jason also has his own newsletter and was recently featured in Lenny’s newsletter. I think…
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Your Options Are Screwing up Your Life- Here’s How to Make More Smart Decisions
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Decisions quietly shape your life. Many people don’t see their power. They assume small decisions don’t matter. But even what you decide to have for lunch today will shape your future health. Whether you exercise today will shape your fitness. Whether you write online today will shape your creative future. A gentle giant I…
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Black Mirror, Euphoria, and Technology’s Double-Edged Sword
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Hey everyone 👋 , Last week’s piece was more practical, diving into the specific companies powering new segments of commerce. Part II of that piece will be in the same…
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