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The-Re-Up Podcast - Music - Art - CultureDreamcastmoe talks DC, Boiler Room, SXSW, NFT's, and making it as an artist with PhloteWe sat down with Washington DC's own Dreamcastmoe for some in depth stories following his place in the music scene, touring, a look into the inner workings of the music industry, and how to make it as an up and coming artist with his label Phlote, spearheaded by Dreamcastmoe and AJ. - Join our Patreon for un-cut episodes, free access to our live studio finale parties, exclusive merch drops, and more // https://patreon.com/TheReUpPodcast - Follow @TheReUpodcast // https://www.instagram.com/thereupodcast/ - Follow @dreamcast.moe // https://www.instagram.com/dreamcast.moe/ - Follow @teamphlote // https://www.instagram.com...
2024-04-161h 01
The Future of Music#28: AJ- PhloteAJ Washington is the founder of Phlote, the web3-oriented experimental record label, music platform, and media company of which I have become a core member over the past 6 months. I met AJ on the podcast in October, and we used this episode to give a bunch of updates on what’s changed at Phlote since then and what we have coming up. We also dive into AJs thoughts on artist business models and how technology can help improve them.I hope you learn something new from this episode.Find Phlote here:Website: https://www.phlote.co/Phlote TV Youtube- ht...
2023-07-121h 16
The Future of Music#27- DominoDomino is an artist of many forms. He’s a writer, rapper, poet, producer, photographer, visual artist, director, and more, and he’s been a web3 trailblazer for over 2 years. He became a fast friend when I met him at ETH Denver this year, and we had an awesome conversation about his background, music career, upcoming projects, web3 philosophy, and more! I hope you learn something new from today’s episode.Find the Domino here:Twitter- https://twitter.com/futuremusicpodInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/thefutureofmusicpod/?hl=enSpotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/5yryUV0bcR0As0OHkEz8vd?si=tL0rtVpHQzm4eZH187...
2023-06-281h 28
The Future of Music#26- WeinbagzSuper excited to announce the collaborative pay-to-collect release of Episode 26 with Weinbagz on Lens Protocol! All collectors Lenstube or Riff App, will be entered in a raffle for a FREE mint of his upcoming project Playerz Cardz (priced at 0.03 ETH), AND they will be able to access a podcast-collectors-only page on Weinbagz's Bonfire site for access to listen to and download an exclusive song that can't be found anywhere else! Collect on Lenstube here- The Bonfire page can be found here- https://weinbagz.com/gatedAll proceeds split 50/50 between Weinbagz and the podcast.Weinbagz is a musician, keyboardist, producer, guitar player...
2023-06-151h 20
The Future of Music#25- Ahmed Nimale: Kyd LabsAhmed Nihmale is the co-founder of Kyd Labs, a blockchain-integrated ticketing platform. Before starting Kyd, Ahmed spent most of his career in the ticketing and live events industries working for companies like Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and Vivid Seats. With the founding of KYD Labs, which stands for "Keep Your Distribution," Ahmed aims to address the existing challenges and inefficiencies within the ticketing industry. The company has two primary goals: first, to empower artists, promoters, and venues by increasing their revenue and solving industry problems, and second, to provide fans with a transparent ticket-buying experience that fosters stronger relationships between...
2023-06-091h 02
The Future of Music#24- DadabotsDadabots is the AI Music project of CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski. Quoting their own words from their website, Dadabots is a cross between a band, a hackathon team, and an ephemeral research lab. We're musicians seduced by math. We do the science, we engineer the software, we make the music. All in one project. Don't need nobody else. Except we do, because we're standing on the shoulders of giants, and because the whole point is to collaborate with more artists.And in the future, if musicians lose their jobs, we're a scapegoat. J.K. Please don't burn us...
2023-05-261h 33
The Future of Music#23- Yung SpielburgYung Spielburg is a grammy award winning music producer, a songwriter, the head of collaborative research at Water and Music, and among other things, a friend. He was a huge reason I got so interested in water and music in the first place and really helped me understand what their membership is all about and where their best resources are. We’ve been trying to find some time for this podcast for literally 9 months so I was super pumped we finally got it done, and we had an amazing conversation about Water and Music, AI, the future of music creation an...
2023-05-171h 34
The Future of Music#22- Steph GuerreroStephanie Guerrero is a music industry professional with over 10 years of experience in shaping industry standards and best practices at major record labels and entertainment companies. She is an expert in content development, digital promotion, and campaign strategy for community building and engagement with emerging technologies. With previous experience at Sony and UMG, Steph is now bridging the gap between web2 and web3 and Building tools for artists. We talked about her major label experience, the state of web3 music, community building, content marketing, her current job at Legato, and so much more.I hope you learn...
2023-05-121h 29
The Future of Music#21- KarmaViolettaKarma and Violetta are artists, partners, world builders, and more. They are both independent musicians who make music together and individually. And they’ve been a core part of the broader web3 music scene for a while. Together, they started the wavWRLD community, a music community focused on creating intimate experiences for artists to connect with the most engaged fans. I met Karma and Violetta at Art Basel in Miami last year and they have since become good friends. This podcast was recorded in person at ETH Denver in March, my first podcast recorded in person and it was in...
2023-05-0256 min
The Future of Music#20- Cherie Hu: Water & MusicCherie Hu is the founder of Water and Music, a music and tech research organization. Over the last couple years, along with their numerous other weekly and monthly articles and newsletters, they’ve been putting out massive collaborative research projects on the most exciting developments in music and technology, including web3, the metaverse, and AI. I bought a lifetime membership pass to Water and Music about 10 months ago and have learned so much and gained so much insight from the articles and research projects they’ve put out since then. Cherie was an amazing guest and this conversation was incr...
2023-04-251h 23
The Future of Music#19- Dreams Never DieThis episode is a conversation with Chad Hillard, the founder of Dreams Never Die, and former team member Cole Ryan. Chad started the popular music blog Hilly Dilly that thrived in the blog era, discovering artists like Billie Eilish, Lorde, Tom Misch, and many others very early on in their careers, and the Dreams Never Die record label was formed in 2019 so they could start taking real bets on the artists the team was discovering. They recently got involved in web3 and just launched their Dreams Never Die founder pass to bring their fans and community members into the...
2023-04-171h 15
The Future of Music#18: Mavi TaylorMavi Taylor is an independent artist based in Richmond who describes her music as soul-pop. She's active in web three and has been minting music NFTs since last year. We met at Art Basel in Miami and became fast friends, and it was a pleasure to host her for her first podcast conversation.We talked about her musical background, how she got into web three, what tools she uses for writing and production, and much more. I hope you learn something new from today's episode.This podcast is released in collaboration with Phlote, an experimental label and media company...
2023-04-111h 01
The Future of Music#17: Malcolm Levy- Founder of RefractionMalcolm Levy is the founder of Refraction DAO, a global community of music, art, and culture enthusiasts who produce festivals and ongoing events, organize NFTs projects, and create written, visual, and audio content around art, culture, and music today. Previously, Malcolm started his own music and tech festival, called New Forms, in the early 2000s after years of growing up in the east coast and midwest United States and Canadian rave scenes of the 90s. He then became the head curator for the digital arts festival of the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver. After that, he studied and then worked...
2023-04-0355 min
The Future of Music#16: Daniel AllanDaniel Allan is an independent artist and one of the biggest names in the game. He’s had some historic NFT sales including sell outs of 1000 editions for his Glass House project and 2500 editions for his Criteria EP with Reo Cragun. He is also fresh off his first-of-its-kind $1 million dollar artist seed round capital raise led by Coop Records and Palm Tree Crew Crypto. In this episode we dive into that raise and we talk about his music and web3 background, how the web3 landscape has changed, how it compares to releasing on DSPs, and so much more.This po...
2023-03-231h 14
PHLOTEA Minute & A Half of HappinessHallway, AJ, Dreamcast Moe, Jack Jobst, BASSBEAR!.
Happiness archived from 1.14.23 Sessions.
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The Future of Music#7: AJ Washington- Curate-to-Earn with Phlote DAOAJ Washington is the co-founder of Phlote DAO. Phlote is a music curation platform that’s pioneering the curate-to-earn model as well as onboarding independent artists to web3. We talk about the problems with today’s promotion landscape for independent musicians, how their curate-to-earn model works and how this ties into onboarding artists, how Phlote thinks about their DAO structure, where this model could go in the future, and more!Find Phlote here:Website- https://www.phlote.xyzTwitter- https://twitter.com/teamphloteInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/teamphlote/?hl=en
2022-11-0352 minPHLOTEJay Dot Rain Fall in Line DropJay Dot Rain's album is on the way and his song Fall In Line made it
2022-09-2700 min
PHLOTEWhat's Working: Patrik HuebnerAJ had a chance to link with with Patrik Hübner, a creative director and artist who stands at the intersection of generative design and brand. In this discussion, we go deep on the future of generative art, autonomous brands, and the consumer to co-creator transition we're witnessing. This was a fun conversation.
https://www.instagram.com/patrikhuebner/
https://twitter.com/PatrikHuebner/
2022-09-2645 min2022-09-2120 minPHLOTEWhat's Working: Zima BlueZima Blue's unique style is what keeps his DJ sets interesting. If you've ever heard one of his productions or sets than you understand that his music range is vast. We recently sat down with Zima to find out what he's finding and where in our latest segment of What's Working.
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PHLOTEBlack Dave Phlote Mix #1Buy Dave's Calm on Zora Now.
Dave plays to his strengths. Rapping about anime and sneakers with a ferocity unlike anything you've seen. Black Dave is a 1 of 1 and a web3 vet. We're here for his art and look forward hearing more music. With Dave's Calm now available on Zora we had to grab a mix from him.
2022-09-1328 min
PHLOTEZima Blue: Secret Radio Set #1Zima Blue is a problem. For his first Secret Radio Set he went off so crazy. Good Secrets are hard to keep.
00:01 Fissure - GRRL
03:22 Leonce - Wildside (remix)
05:42 Riton + Kah lo - Rinse & Repeat (Ase Manual Remix)
07:26 Off The Meds - Wena
10:24 IVARR - Booty Motion (Group Chat)
13:47 Roaming Data - DC9V
16:37 Over and Out - Roaming Data - Tryna Make
18:13 Scratcha DVA & Karen Nyame (KG) - B2l
20:04 Wischweg - Skofi, Skyfarmer
21:57 Kev Koko & Bauernfeind - P...
2022-09-1033 min
PHLOTEWhat's Working: Sowmya KrishnamurthyThis all started from a Twitter conversation about curation vs gatekeeping. We've followed Athena Yasaman for some time as she's put us on to so many new artists. Sowmya Krishnamurthy is true to this, not new this. Spanning 15 years of experience you've seen her work in such establishments as Rolling Stone, Billboard, XXL, Playboy, High Snobiety, Complex, New York Magazine, Village Voice and Time. She's interviewed your favorite superstars from J.Cole and Kendrick Lamar to Travis $cott and Ariana Grande. With her forthcoming book, Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion dropping with Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, we...
2022-09-1043 min
PHLOTERVOL - Phlote Set @ The Pocket DC (8.17.22)Buy this Set
Reggie is a DJ to keep your name on, he recently played our show in DC and closed things out with a remix of Busta Rhymes that left nothing to be desired. Music is only going to become more creative and DJs are going to hold the keys to the castle. The most creative DJs will flourish and we see Reggie not holding back.
5 Artists to Invest In (Mirror)
2022-09-0938 min
PHLOTEWhat's Working: Claude J EasyWe learn more each week talking to our top curators and this week was no different. Claude J. Easy has worked on several projects in and out of New York City. With his work on the production side of things with such shows as the YO! MTV Raps reboot he has his hand on the pulse of whats happening. Recently, we sat down with Claude to see whats working for him. With an above average Generosity score and a hit rate of over 50% almost half of everything Claude drops in the site gets a co-sign. If you are in...
2022-09-0722 min
PHLOTEVan Buren Records (Jiles Drop) Drop - Foul IntroDSM Drops Friday and the network pushed their single "Foul" into the playlist just in time.
2022-09-0600 min
PHLOTEWhat's Working: SingNastySingNasty is hands on in the Washington, DC music scene. Sitting down with Matt we spoke to him about not just what he's finding but how he's finding it. SingNasty's profile is a who's who of talent in the DMV including acts like Butch Dawson, Chris Allen, and Anexis. With an 81% hit rate almost everything Matt touches gets validated by the network. If you are a rapper with a song already on Bandcamp or Zora and you want to get it amplified, then SingNasty is your guy.
You can send your music to SingNasty at any of...
2022-08-2910 min
PHLOTEHeres Whats Working: Es FamojureWe are pretty deep into Phlote.xyz now and some of the best curators are showing themselves, one of these is Es Famojure. We talked to Es about her process and 5 songs that she's currently loving.
2022-08-1513 min
An Untold NarrativeAn Untold Narrative : 0068 - HallwayIn Episode 0068, we host an extraordinary conversation with the one and only 'Hallway' Hallway's fairly new to being on my radar, but am I so thrilled we sat down to chat. From having a child early on in his career, to taking a steady job as a sacrifice to be closer to his family, to now venturing off into Web3 music and building out an incredible platform for artists. We dont have a lot of music themed podcasts on here, but im glad we sat down and chatted with Hallway! Check out his brand's page : https://www.phlote.xyz/ Insta...
2022-08-0950 min
PHLOTEDrop Pod #2: Jay Dot Rain - Just Like You / FrontlineAnchoring southern rap's newest generation is Jay Dot Rain. Coming on Tuesday is a 2 pack of songs that feel like an accurate representation of what his upcoming album has coming. We sat down with Jay Dot to tap in and preview these two tracks but also to understand why he chose this route. Your newest favorite rapper is from the south and we're bringing him to you.
2022-07-1432 min
PHLOTEDrop Pod #1: Lil' Pill - JumpstartBig Pod Energy. Hallway, Pill, and AJ speak on the eve of his launch and talk shop about literally as many hypotheticals as humanly possible.
2022-07-1230 min
PHLOTECurator Call: #12 Austin HurwitzVenice Music Collective is working hard for musicians. Austin Hurwitz is a large part of Venice's success as his work as their Senior Vice President continues to show. We sat down with Austin to talk the past, present and future of Venice.
2022-07-0952 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL #11: Will TomsWill Toms is all of the above but first and foremost he's a creator. We admire this Philadelphia native's track record of creating spaces to help creatives harness their powers. As the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of REC Philly, Will and his partner Dave Silver have grown REC to almost 20 employees and raised over $3M dollars to scale their socially-driven business model from a warehouse in North Philadelphia to a state-of-the-art facility in Center City. Will’s vision is to scale REC’s model of “a gym membership for creatives” to span across international communities, establishing a network of 100,000 independ...
2022-06-1533 min
PHLOTECurator Call #10: GodminGodmin is a creative monster, and Heaven Computer is one of the most in-depth projects. Following projects and seeing them evolve, it is easy to see the creator's mind and sometimes their intention. Godmin's new project God Observer is on another level, but it's not a surprise to those who know. Details Godmin sprinkles into these projects impact the experience in such a profound way.
2022-05-251h 01
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #9 Yana SosnovskayaYana is currently leading brand and marketing at one of our favorite companies in the web3 space, ZORA. We rounded out Season 1 of our Podcast series with the right person. If you are familiar with Zora Zine than you understand that Yana is a storyteller above everything else.
2022-05-0337 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #008 Florian AdolphFlorian is a conceptual digital artist based in Frankfurt, Germany. "TRUNK" is an Augmented Reality Token™️ (ART) from his latest ENTANGLED NFT Collection. This collection of NFTs will be important pieces in a broader story that will unfold in [2] future collections. ENTANGLED is now showing at [X] Gallery in Crypto Voxels. This NFT includes all augmented reality files, and animations, that may be periodically upgraded by the artist.
Florian’s work is concerned with the exploration of metaverses and the development of fictional archeology. Florian creates beautiful digital antiques.
2022-05-0359 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #007 Le MavLe Mav is a producer, engineer, and songwriter from Nigeria working with some of the best emerging artists from Africa. When we met Mav he was just entering the space and we spoke to him about some of his day-to-day obstacles as he navigates onboarding talent from the other side of the world.
2022-05-0236 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #006 Gabrielle MichelettiGabrielle is a creator/collector and just an amazing thought leader in this new curated internet. Speaking with them we found out that their energy is just as empowering as the pieces we've collected from them. As a curator it takes but a second to speak with someone and truly find out if they are walking in a path that you can walk beside confidentally. After speaking with Gabrielle we are proud to own a piece from her.
2022-05-0227 min
Money Trees with KhufuMoney Trees #36 - HallwayCuration Vs. Gatekeeping. Phlote is paving the way for discovery in Web3.
Seed Phrase: "Only good energy allowed.”
Money Trees Note Available Here: https://zora.co/collections/0xEE04e1732033D66955300CBbC4a640DD734dca25/36
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
3:33 - What is Phlote
7:50 - The Live Phlote Show
19:24 - Web3 is in desperate need for curation
29:32 - Curation Vs. Gatekeeping
37:06 - What’s next for Phlote
48:42 - Hallway shares his Seed Phrase
Hallway:
https://www.phlote.xyz
2022-03-2750 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #005 Mark ReditoOur conversation with Mark Redito was one of the more enlightening convo's we've had in quite some time. Effortlessly we spoke about how music has evolved from a spiritual tool all the way into the commercial realms that we see now.
2022-03-2058 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #004 AbieyuwaAbieyuwa's art explores the intersection of heritage and reflection and we love her for it. I was drawn to her nail art instantly but a deeper dive into her photography and you'll find some real gems. We spoke with Abie here to find out exactly what excites her in the world today.
2022-03-1033 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #003 John GottyWe sat down with a man of many hats and shoes. John Gotty is a sneaker connoisseur, music expert, and overall great person to know. Gotty's work as the founder of The Smoking Section has led to many great journalists moving on to have fruitful careers. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Gotty to really see what he is curating.
2022-03-0730 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #002 Carlyle SmithCarlyle Smith is an executive producer & Artist Manager. He's work with musicians like Joey Bada$$, SZA, Mac Miller, Ari Lennox, Marco McKinnis, several Netflix Originals and directed loads of music videos. We sat down with Carlyle in our office to speak about what he are the most fascinating things he's finding out here.
2022-02-2442 min
PHLOTECURATOR CALL: #001 Maxwell StepOur Curator Call is designed to showcase phenomenal thought leaders and find out what they are finding exciting in the world. Our first one is picasso of the pixelation, the one and only Maxwell Step. We love what Maxwell is doing in the web3 space and we got into some of his biggest hurdles and what he's finding that excites him.
2022-02-1533 min
Money Trees with KhufuMoney Trees #25 - JayprobLadies love him like he’s LL. Jayprob is as smooth with women as he is on the mic or behind the camera. A Future Legend, we discover how BRONXLYN kicks off his experience in Web3.
Seed Phrase: "Just do it.”
Money Trees Note Available Here: https://zora.co/collections/0xEE04e1732033D66955300CBbC4a640DD734dca25/25
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:18 - "Bronxlyn 2" NFT drop @ OS NYC
5:00 - Jayprob’s early beginnings
11:03 - Performing with exotic dancers
13:57 - NFT Photography
22:22 - Jay’s inspir...
2022-02-0840 min
Money Trees with KhufuMoney Trees #19 - Rocky SnydaOne of NYC’s hottest new artists is in the building. Future Legend Rocky Snyda, talks Glass Protocol, Phlote DAO & how she plans on being an unstoppable force in the space.
Seed Phrase: "Be as true and authentic to yourself as possible.”
Money Trees Note Available Here: https://zora.co/collections/0xEE04e1732033D66955300CBbC4a640DD734dca25/19
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
3:20 - Rocky & The Pandemic
7:10 - FUTRxLGND
8:58 - BRONXLYN, Phlote, & Glass Protocol
13:35 - What made Web3 click?
20:15 - JayProb joins!
27...
2022-01-2955 min
Building At The EdgesEp 4 - Builders Journey - AJ Washington (PHLOTE)Today we sit down with AJ Washington, Founder of Phlote, a music venture DAO working with musicians and other artists to succeed in web3, and with fans to curate and share in the value they create. AJ and I explored his path to Phlote, and how he's brought his past experiences and learnings in very traditional worlds into the very non-traditional DAO space, including his thoughts on leadership and accountability. We also discussed the importance of curation in this increasingly abundant creative world, and how he is working to disrupt legacy power structures in the music industry.
2022-01-2549 min