Troy Carter’s Venice Music is launching an NFT-gated members’ club

" “The biggest thing I noticed over the last year and a half, since we started Venice, was that artists needed a lot more alongside just distribution. We decided to build a more holistic solution to it. That’s what created the idea around the [Venice] Collective.” "

How it works:  " Having bought an NFT – and after being approved to join – community members get access to the entire Venice ecosystem, including distribution, sync opportunities, analytics, financial services.In addition, they get access to a private Discord channel, recording and creative workspaces, equipment rental, community events, and m... See more

"When we look at what happened with streaming, the artists who adopted early and understood how to leverage the streaming platforms in terms of cadence of release, number of releases a year, and how to market those releases through social, sped past artists who were coming from the iTunes download world.We saw a totally streaming native star come o... See more

Important notes and quotes from founder: 

Beginning:  Launched at the start of 2021 by Q&A co-founders, Carter and Suzy Ryoo, Venice Music offers services to indie artists including distribution, marketing, and A&R support, plus creative, digital, and sync services.Venice says that, since its launch a year-and-a-half ago, it has “curated a group of creative geniuses” that incl... See more

" Right now, my bet is on the future. Blockchain is here to stay and it’s going to be transformational to the world: Music NFTs specifically.All of the use cases, in terms of utility, that [NFTs] unlock for artists, there’s a lot of value for artists with music NFTs.I’m not thinking about what’s happening over the next year, as far as pricing is co... See more