Six artists who have smashed the NFT game

Below I discuss six artists growing their success in the NFT game: 3LAU Illmind Eminem Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) Post Malone The Weeknd   3LAU 3LAU, also known as Justin Blau, is a DJ who’s accumulated over one billion streams across Spotify, SoundCloud,...

Three music platforms worth watching

Below I discuss three platforms designed for musicians to launch their NFTs: Opulous RCRDSHP DistroKid Opulous Opulous is the first platform to launch music copyright NFTs with royalties built in. When a fan buys music as an NFT, Opulous gives that fan the opportunity...

Minting NFTs explained

Once you have created your NFT, the next step is to mint it. Minting means publishing an NFT on the blockchain so that it can be purchased. In a nutshell, the process of minting involves: Creating a wallet, e.g MetaMask Purchasing crypto (Ethereum) to cover the costs...

Resources to get started

Given, then, that I believe NFTs are worth exploring further: How might a musician make money and/or build a community with them? There are a number of resources to help musicians to get started with NFTs. I talk about OpenSea, which describes itself as “the...

NFTs: are they worth bothering with?

Are NFTs worth bothering with? First, it’s worth asking what success looks like. It could be financial gain, or it might mean stronger relationships with fans, or a combination of the two. I’ve read, watched and listened to multiple sources of information...

NFTs in the music industry

Now I’ve explained the basics of what NFTs are and how they work, the next question is how might NFTs change and improve the music industry? NFTs are becoming more and more prevalent in music. More artists are using them. Their fans buy them, which then...