Artist Spotlight: The Music NFT Success Playbook with Daniel Allan

Daniel Allan, a pioneer of music NFTs, outlines his struggles navigating the L.A. music scene and how NFTs allowed him to flip the industry on its head. He is joined by Kevin and famed Florida ska sensation Adam D'Augelli.

LINKS

• Connect with Daniel Allan: Website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Catalog | SoundCloud | Discord
• Connect with Adam: Twitter
• Connect with Kevin: Twitter
• Nauseous (with Deegan) PIN001 by Daniel Allan | YouTube
• Overstimulated by Daniel Allan
• The Chainsmokers
• Artist Spotlight: Beeple — His Story, the Future of NFTs, His Favorite Digital Artist, and More | PROOF
• A New Medium for Music | Catalog
• Keynote | Apple
• Sunshine and Rainbows | Daniel Allan
• Can NFTs Challenge the Traditional Music Industry? | Time
• 2022 Wrapped | Spotify
• 1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly | The Technium
• True Ventures
• Royalty-Free Sounds, FX, Presets & More | Splice
• Bandcamp
• Art Blocks - Generative NFT Art with Erick Snowfro | PROOF
• Supporting and Creating DAO Communities | Tribute Labs
• Flamingo DAO: What You Should Know About Decentralized Autonomous Organizations with Priyanka Desai and Aaron Wright | PROOF
• Skuff'd Shoes | YouTube
• Hide and Seek | Broward Palm Beach New Times
• KRANE's Propane Bamboo Snare: Most Downloaded Splice Sample of 2016 | Facebook
• KRANE Makes a Beat in 20 Minutes Using 20 Splice Samples | Audiomack's 20/20 Challenge
• A DAO for Sound | Noise DAO
• Musical Genius and the Power of Patronage | Mantle Magazine
• Digg | Wikipedia
• Creative Tools for Music Makers | Ableton
• Five Reasons Why We Don’t Need Record Labels Anymore | Kiss Your Ears
• $5 Gigs, Not $10M Deals: The Story of US Punk Label Dischord Records | The Guardian
• Peeve Emergence: The Case of "Vinyls" | Language Log
• 50 Most Expensive Records Ever Sold | Discogs Digs
• Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish | Discogs
• Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish (Official Music Video) | YouTube
• Harry Potter Complete Boxed Set by J.K. Rowling | Amazon
• Gorgeous (with Reo Cragun) by Daniel Allan | Catalog
• Generative Art: Origins, Artists, and Exemplary Works | Invaluable
• Sound.xyz
• CryptoPunks — The NFTs That Started It All — Their Origin Story and Future Plans | PROOF
• The NFT Marketplace Protocol | ZORA
• Own Your Favorite Music | Royal
• Heds
• The Music Industry is Broken | Songcamp DAO
• Dreams Never Die
• Before the Data

NOTES

• [00:25] Who is Daniel Allan?
• [01:09] How Daniel got involved in the world of music.
• [05:59] DIY.
• [07:07] Independence.
• [15:05] Fast-tracking Web3 literacy.
• [19:36] A fine art vs. mass market approach.
• [23:46] Adam's secret shame.
• [26:08] Making music and money now vs. in the past.
• [29:26] Noise DAO and music patronage.
• [31:28] The future?
• [39:50] Value accrual.
• [46:22] Is partial utility implied by ownership?
• [49:24] Where should aspiring music NFT collectors congregate?
• [54:05] NFT music-makers we should know about.
• [57:21] Parting thoughts.

PEOPLE

• Enes Kolenovic
• Cooper Turley
• Beeple
• Jeremy Stern
• Brett Shear
• Aaron Wright
• KRANE
• Erick "Snowfro" Calderon
• Justin Blau
• Vérité
• Jonathan Mann
• Dadabots
• DEAFBEEF
• RAC
• Billie Eilish
• Reo Cragun
• Taylor Swift
• David Greenstein
• Sober Rob
• Deffie
• Sloe Jack
• Oshi
• Latasha
• Bloody White
• DLG
• Miha
• Pauline Herr
• Twerl
• Haleek Maul
• Hano
• Holly Herndon