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Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok.

Ted Gioia tedgioia.substack.com

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The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century

Adam Davidson amazon.com

The Creator Economy

Some of the most prolific figures in literature, math, and science spent only four-to-five ours doing their most creative and profound work. The rest of the time, they focused their attention on spending time with family and friends and taking advantage of rest as much as possible. In short, creative productivity is not based on the number of hours... See more

William Ballard • Only 4 Hours of Creative Power

The Record Label Crisis

medium.com

What Is Indie TV? How Mark Duplass Is Using His ‘Morning Show’ Paychecks to Launch a New Model for the Small Screen

Selome Hailu variety.com

Richard Linklater on His Comedy Thriller ‘Hit Man’ and Why Indie Movies Might Be “Gone With the Algorithm”

hollywoodreporter.com

3. Fund one-time projects and moonshot ideas: One of the benefits of crypto is giving fragmented groups of people the tools to rapidly coordinate around shared ideas. Artists, fans and music companies can use NFTs to crowdfund one-time projects and moonshot ideas.

Justin De Marco • The Musician’s Guide to Web3

In the 2010s, supply chain innovation opened up lifestyle brands. In the 2020s, financial mechanism innovation is opening up the space for incentivized ideologies, networked publics, and co-owned faiths. Liquid cryptocurrency tokens empower speculative cultural projects with monetary policies that create FOMO (e.g. Ethereum, FWB); NFTs enable membe... See more