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If tiktok makes the music world look and act more banal, it also, in some cases, makes it sound that way too. One fad is songs that take kindergarten-friendly gimmicks—a countdown, a sound effect—and add adult profanity, making for a cocktail of relatability.

10. Bridge physical and digital worlds through NFTs: While NFTs are sometimes viewed as being exclusively digital, what they actually offer is the digitization of both physical and digital objects. By enabling digital scarcity, NFTs can now reflect the physical scarcity of our analog world.

12. Curate your own marketplace: The more new content gets created, the more curation matters. As the music industry transitions to web3, curators who add context and meaning to music, and guide us through what’s good and what’s not, will become increasingly important.

Building Habit—Not Page Views—Matters Most For Keeping Subscribers, Data Analysis Finds

You need to force the team to be the adjacent user by experiencing the product in the conditions and settings that the adjacent user is experiencing. This is commonly referred to as dog-fooding. This starts by making sure the team is constantly experiencing new user flows, empty states, and product states that require a certain amount of usage befo... See more

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