Kaze (@kazebeat) • Hey

Crypto research by day, content and music producer by night. Building GwasDAO

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ooh, yes! That is retail tuning in -- a message from a friend outside of investing. oddly enough, it seems like retail bypassing bitcoin and going straight into Solana memes. What do you think? Is the local top here, or are we gonna keep ripping?
Dropping this beat on Sound.xyz in three days. What do you think? One day I'll speed through downtown Tokyo blasting this at night #music
New music dropping on @sound_.lens this Friday! Shibuya will consist of 100 editions with the 1/1 Golden Egg NFT representing an exclusive license to make a song with. If you're an artist that wants to collaborate, hit me up! https://www.sound.xyz/kaze/shibuya?referral_source=link
My first @sound_.lens music drop is in 1 hour! Each edition is a creative commons license, but the 1/1 golden egg NFT is an exclusive license for an artist(s) to make a song with. Hoping this new model can connect me to some creators that really want to make a song with the instrumental https://www.sound.xyz/kaze/trophies?referral_source=link
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Apparently the winner of the null.08bn Powerball lottery will be walking away with $516 million. Though the problem is another winner, by the name of Jerome, was previously announced
ok, after reading about @owocki.lens 's quadratic funding, I knew I had to conjure a music-crypto-schizo-post Can [@lensprotocol](https://www.quadraticlenster.xyz/u/lensprotocol) change the gatekept music industry? I believe so. Social graphs + NFTs act as modern-day distribution, marketing, & monetization rails that are otherwise controlled by web2 media and labels. these outdated rails were born from a time that relied on labels to distribute a creator's work. the assumed value exchange was the following trade: **creative content for marketing services.** Today, this assumed trade exists, but it has moved to web2 social media platforms. Creators, now armed with the tooling to form their own image, are expected to culminate an audience in addition to create music. Artists need a digital following to land a label deal. Centralized platforms (*cough Threads)*, are the modern-day gatekeeping mechanism for music. Shadowbans, account removals, and attention competition are simply the unintended consequence of such a system. With the Lens social graph, we have a base to operate new distribution rails that creators own. Therefore, the assumed trade from 100 years ago is no longer relevant. We can tokenize and distribute our creativity without the need for intermediaries. Imagine all that value going strictly to creators and fans.. The beauty of web3 is it provides the opportunity to simply exist as an artist. We're not talking about the top 1% Drake or JB story arc -- this is about the everyday artist living through their creations with a community -- the chance to express freely. I think the Tolstoy quote summarizes my hope well: *“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness"* anyways, I'm pretty new to all these web3 tools and am just experimenting 🙂 p.s. I'm releasing my first beat "Trophies" (+ exclusive license) for sale through Sound.xyz as a proof-of-concept. Minting starts this Friday at 7:30 PM ET! The 1/1 Golden Egg collector will own the exclusive license, which they can sell to another artist or use for their own creation. Link: [https://www.sound.xyz/kaze/trophies?referral_source=link](https://www.sound.xyz/kaze/trophies?referral_source=link) If you'd like to help, please mirror & spread the word. If this post goes anywhere, then I'd like to use the QF to help the expand on the project. thanks for reading & shout out to [#ethcc](https://www.quadraticlenster.xyz/search?q=music&type=pubs&src=link_click) wish I could be there! <span className="hidden"> This post is included in the ethcc round (0xa2ae8421776035c398c22e143290697da09d19d7) at quadraticlenster.xyz </span>
〰️ Flowt away with me 〰️ [#ethcc](https://lenster.xyz/search?q=ethcc&type=pubs&src=link_click) <span className="hidden"> This post is included in the ethcc round (0xa2ae8421776035c398c22e143290697da09d19d7) at quadraticlenster.xyz </span>
Can @sound_.lens and @lensprotocol change the gate-kept music industry? I believe so. Social graphs + NFTs act as modern-day distribution, marketing, & monetization rails that are otherwise controlled through web2 media and labels. Imagine all that value going strictly to creators and fans.. I'm releasing my first beat "Trophies" (+ exclusive license) for sale through Sound as a proof-of-concept. Minting starts this Friday at 7:30 PM ET! The 1/1 Golden Egg collector will own the exclusive license, which they can sell to another artist or use for their own creation. Let's see if this distribution model can connect with artists that really want to record on Trophies. #music Link: https://www.sound.xyz/kaze/trophies?referral_source=link
**Introducing Lens Protocol V2** Lens Protocol V2 – the next chapter in the evolution of Lens. V2 brings even greater control to builders and integrators as well as people exploring web3-powered experiences. Lens V2 retains its characteristic open design space that gives developers and integrators the choice. Join us in shaping the future. Dive into the Lens Protocol V2 Open Source Codebase on Github: https://github.com/lens-protocol/core/tree/v2 Explore all the latest V2 features in our latest Mirror post: https://mirror.xyz/lensprotocol.eth/-hJH-2IYSe56rK7IEdwSI17hUWt-paTyAs1r4Zes0uQ
make sure to touch grass for #SummerOfLens ...and enjoy this beat!
https://www.sound.xyz/kaze/trophies? Dropping my first beat on @sound_.lens next Friday! Of 100 editions, one collector will receive the 1/1 Golden Egg, which will grant exclusive rights to make a song with the track out stems (or sell the beat to another artist that really wants it) I think this can be an incredible avenue to help producers use their network as the distribution model while allowing fans to participate and earn rewards too. What are some other collaboration models you've seen on sound.xyz?
sampled one of my favorite Japanese songs - Kojo No Tsuki What do you think? #music
social media is the town hall for our societies. Though in its current form, third parties and centralized servers encroach on our freedom of speech. when public debate dies, so do values of critical thinking and truth. web2 is not necessarily nefarious by design; just an unintended consequence of old systems with growing cracks. That's why I'm on a mission to bring other creators to Lens.
my debut onchain release. produced by krono, the third.
Hawaii is an alien-world 🤯 A two hour drive from Kona to Hilo involved 6 different biomes and a 40 degree temperature drop. Let me know if you've ever visited! #music #beats #nature
I proposed to my best friend and high-school sweetheart in Hawaii! She's been by my side since the start and always believed in my music and dreams. For that, I want to give the world and more to her, and take on every challenge in life together 😄
if there’s one thing web3 gaming has in abundance right now - it’s audacity. • games charging $100s to try • creator demands w/o real traction • claims to be the “first XYZ” • illogical overly defensive maxis we still have such a long way to go.
I've been obsessed with the idea of visually representing an instrumental license on chains. I'm pretty new to Blender / AAE & am learning how to connect all these assets together to create "beat cards" lmk your thoughts! If you're a 3D Designer or a musical artist that wants to place some lyrics on the beat, then let's connect 🙂 feel free to mirror and collect so we can connect w/ more homies! will post the full beat in the comments
I know I go on about this stuff and I apologize to anyone bored by it but I’ve been analyzing social networks since 2004, before we even understood them to be “social networks.” I understand incentives, moats, feedback loops, flywheels, etc…This is not guesswork, it’s 19 years of watching networks compete and determining why winners won and losers failed. I firmly believe Lens has the best structural model for our future. It’s obvious to me. So I’m sorry if you’ve heard this before but I’m going to keep going on and on about this until stuff actually gets built (and I know it will): NFTs enable social networks. They are data in a shared database. Anyone can take that data and build an app which uses it. If you reverse this stack it becomes infinitely easier to build everything: Anyone can build any app. Put the data for that app in the shared database. Social networks can form around the data. *********************** Data Creation *********************** Social networks require data creation to survive. To get and retain more users you need more data being created. This is difficult. Most people on a social network never (or rarely) create content. This is known as the 90-9-1 Rule: 90% of users lurk 9% contribute a little 1% account for almost all of the content TikTok has incredible solutions for this: Stitches, Duets, etc. Remixing existing data makes it easier for users to create. The apps on Lens so far have been mostly focused on getting web2-type creators to create data. “Here’s my photo, here’s my music. Please pay me and you get a digital receipt.” The creators here trying to break that mold (myself included!) are doing so haphazardly. In a database where anyone can create any type of data, the creators here are creating data in their own formats. I’m using my collected posts differently than @arterlioz.lens is which is different than how @chaoticmonk.lens is which is different than how @jessyjeanne.lens is. Standards enable faster creation: When Instagram created tools for square photos + filters people were able to quickly create data in that format. When Instagram enabled carousels, the entire user base was able to create that data quickly. When Instagram created Stories, the entire user base was able to create that data quickly. When Instagram created Reels, the entire user base was able to create that data quickly. Instagram doesn’t allow users to upload any random data, they create the tools first. The tools determine what the data looks like. A Reel is a very specific type of data in a database, for example. In my opinion, almost all of web3 suffers this problem. Web3 is focused on creating the data first and figuring out the tools later. I’m trying to point out that doing the opposite will achieve faster, greater results. Create the tool first. Use NFTs as the data. Reddit Avatars are a great example of building the tool first. *********************** Collects *********************** Right now collecting posts here is like Facebook + Patreon. It’s mildly interesting. Remember the 90-9-1 rule? Data Sovereignty is niche. The 1% care. The 90% don’t care about the database they’re using, they want to consume engaging content. Lens’ Super Power: Collects are a data creation flywheel! Collecting is a new form of data/content creation. Lens’ biggest advantage by far has been almost completely ignored to date. Collecting turns the 90% into creators. Incentivizing collecting means more data is created, more users become creators, and more creators are incentivized to create on Lens. ************************** I beg any and all devs to please think of this stack when building here: -Build an app with very specific data. -Use NFTs (collects) as the database. Incentivize collecting by utilizing the collects as data in your app. Usage, creation, and adoption will skyrocket for those who focus on the “collecting” side of the creator/collector equation. The following tweet inspired this post: https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/1645817059224489987?s=46&t=NqnqeEyWB5cKHDeTzLzYxA
one of my favorite beats I've made -- was a top 100 sound on TikTok for a while back in the day. lmk what you think 🙂 free to collect! also, who here likes sushi?
lift ze weights, touch le grass, buy ze crypto, and produce le beats this is the way
gm lens music producer & crypto researcher here with a mission to onboard the next wave of musicians into web3! currently buidling gwasDAO -- a group of artists & investors dedicated to financial freedom through crypto and web3. let's work :)