Thanks for the nod, Rob. Lots of fantastic, artist-founded music tech startups hitting the market right now 🤘🏻 The rising tide lifts all ships.
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Music's future should be built by artists. - They've lived the problems. - They deeply understand them. And they can build us something better. Here's 10 artist-founders building a better way 𝟭/ 𝗠. 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗦 is putting artists in control & rewarding fans for their loyalty with Avenged Sevenfold's passes. 𝟮/ 𝗥𝗬𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 is building music's connective layer with Stationhead, making listening social & fandom-driven. 𝟯/ 𝗥𝗔𝗖 is building portable artist & fan identity with Oscillator, Inc. to bring the relationship with you. 𝟰/ 𝗧𝗢𝗞𝗶𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔 is building lean-in streaming with sonu.stream, where it's connection over consumption. 𝟱/ 𝗗𝗝 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 is building ethical Ai vocal transformation tools with Voice-Swap. 𝟲/ 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗢𝗛 is building a community label with HRDRV, helping artists find their footing in the industry. 𝟳/ 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 is building tools to bring fans into your tribe with Tribly, from physical & digital touchpoints. 𝟴/ 𝗧𝗜𝗠 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗟𝗘 is building community music creation with Endlesss clubs to connect, share & co-create. 𝟵/ 𝟯𝗟𝗔𝗨 is building fractional ownership & creativity with Royal.io leveraging both web3 & AI. 𝟭𝟬/ 𝗝𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡 is building the new digital record store with Catalog, where the whole team are artists. And there's many more I'm missing. Common themes are artist-fan connection, creativity, community, financial transparency & ethical frameworks. We can use more of this. --- I go deeper on this & more in Where Music's Going today: https://lnkd.in/eUKf2pKN
