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Musician sells rights to deepfake her voice using NFTs
13.8.2021
“Creating work with the voices of others is something to embrace,” said Holly Herndon
Sony Now Owns Anime Site Crunchyroll
10.8.2021
Having first been reported in October 2020, then begun in December 2020, Sony’s billion-dollar purchase of anime streaming site Crunchyroll has now been completed.Read more
Wu-Tang Clan’s Ticalion Stallion Method Man to Drop ‘Tical World’ NFT Comic Art
9.8.2021
Clifford Smith Jr., better known by his stage name Method Man from the rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan, announced plans to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) collection called “Tical World.” The tokenized comics and Killa Beez-centric art was designed by the New York artist Alex Smetsky....
No One Can Fully Explain This Baffling Roblox Ad Scam
5.8.2021
Over the past few days, a bewildering TikTok ad featuring clips from Roblox has torn through the internet. Some believe it’s an instance of performatively offbeat marketing. Some think it’s a fairly run-of-the-mill scam. Others say it was an accident, a technical mishap on the app’s backend....
Nifty news: NFTs in space, defunct CryptoPunks, Ernst & Young gets in on the act
5.8.2021
NFTs have been streamed from and to the International Space Station, Unifty decentralizes its governance, and 342 CryptoPunks may be lost forever
Slew of Venture Funds, Eminem, Paul Rosenberg Inject $30 Million Into NFT Platform Makersplace
5.8.2021
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace secured $30 million in a Series A financing round. The team behind the NFT marketplace says it plans to leverage the funds to “acquire additional talent and scale the business.” While the Series A was co-led...
How to Code a Playable Synth Keyboard
2.8.2021
With a little knowledge of music theory, we can use regular HTML, CSS and JavaScript — without any libraries or audio samples — to create a simple digital instrument. Let’s put that into practice and explore one method for creating …
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NFTs are a game changer for independent artists and musicians
1.8.2021
The high value and unique rewards system that nonfungible tokens offer is a revolutionary and highly appealing opportunity for musicians
Cryptocurrency Girls Return with an NFT-themed Music Video
30.7.2021
Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/ 仮想通貨少女 Cryptocurrency Girls
If you were thinking that the crypto sector is getting too serious and needs a touch of levity to lighten the mood, you’re in luck. The anarchic all-female Japanese J-pop group the Cryptocurrency Girls have returned – with a typically...
Crypto Payment Option Makes Services More Affordable: Zimbabwe Music Studio Director
29.7.2021
A Zimbabwean music production company, Mutscon Music, recently announced that its clients can now pay for services using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. According to the company, this decision has partly been necessitated by ongoing pandemic-related movement restrictions. Music Studio...
The future of art? World-famous artists delve into NFTs
24.7.2021
With NFTs, the future of art is in the palm of your hand. Here is a look at the topmost famous artists getting into NFTs right now
New Dead Space Remake Will Be Next-Gen Only
22.7.2021
This is not a drill: Dead Space is no longer dead in space. EA’s famous sci-fi horror series is getting resurrected, kind of. The new game will indeed be a total remake of the first game, as recent rumors have suggested. EA announced the news at its EA Play showcase today. It’s coming...
Cryptocurrency’s latest use case: Music production?
22.7.2021
Influencers Estefannie and LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER collaborate to produce music based on crypto's market fluctuation
Nier: Automata's Broken Steam Version Will Finally Be Updated This Week
14.7.2021
Nier: Automata’s PC port was a disaster, one so bad we’ve written headlines about it like “It’s Ridiculous That Nier: Automata Still Hasn’t Been Patched On PC”, and then when Square Enix seemed unwilling (or unable) to fix it “Fan Creates Patch To Fix Nier: Automata’s Graphics.”Read more
That Ghibli-Ass Chobani Commercial Was Fantastic
12.7.2021
I know this commercial is a few months old now, but I only stumbled upon Chobani’s Dear Alice the other day, and was absolutely floored by it.Read more
Rust Is Big Again On Twitch, Now With Beautiful Music About A Blood God
8.7.2021
Trends come and go on Twitch, but the Blood God is forever. Or at least, that’s the impression I get from a cult dedicated to this imaginary deity is one of the central throughlines between Rust role-playing’s first popularity explosion late last year and its latest, which is happening right now....
Legendary Hip-Hop Artist Jay-Z Enters the NFT Sphere — Rapper Lauds Blockchain and Smart Contracts
29.6.2021
Widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history, Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z, has been dipping his toes into the ocean of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles recently. The American rapper has also partnered with Sotheby’s to auction an NFT called...
Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey-owned music streaming service could feature NFTs and smart contracts
29.6.2021
Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey emphasized the benefits smart contracts and NFTs can offer to artists
Hikaru Utada Is Non-Binary And Wishes All A Happy Pride Month
28.6.2021
Hikaru Utada, one of the biggest selling artists in Japan, has announced that they are non-binary.Read more
Omni Is Bringing the Future of Music via NFTs
26.6.2021
At its core, social media is a web-based communication tool that facilitates constant and instant interaction and sharing of information between people. On one hand, social media enables socialization and promotes togetherness. On the other hand, it can leave your data open to the world and put...