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JUS RIFFIN'JUS RIFFIN' S2 E2 - AUDIUS CO-FOUNDER RONEIL RUMBURG
Join us as Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder of Audius, discusses how Audius is transforming the music industry through blockchain technology. Discover how Audius empowers artists by removing intermediaries, giving musicians control over their content and revenue, and connecting them directly with fans. This insightful conversation dives into the future of music and the impact of decentralization on the industry.
2024-10-091h 29
DeFi DecodedDeFi Decoded - Culture Needs a New Business Model. Audius is Providing the BlueprintJoin Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of Audius. Listen in as they discuss the current state of play for creators, issues with today’s streaming business models, the future of music content monetization, the underlying economics of Audius and creators’ take rate versus Web2 alternatives, the Audius’ ownership and AUDIO’s functions, token distribution and how they’ve deterred bad actors from the ecosystem, onboarding non-crypto-native artists and fans to the platform, Audius’ blockchain infrastructure, and more!2024-08-1642 minDeFi DecodedDeFi Decoded - Culture Needs a New Business Model. Audius is Providing the BlueprintJoin Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of Audius. Listen in as they discuss the current state of play for creators, issues with today’s streaming business models, the future of music content monetization, the underlying economics of Audius and creators’ take rate versus Web2 alternatives, the Audius’ ownership and AUDIO’s functions, token distribution and how they’ve deterred bad actors from the ecosystem, onboarding non-crypto-native artists and fans to the platform, Audius’ blockchain infrastructure, and more!2024-08-1642 min
Staking Insider by Staking RewardsStaking the Future of Music Distribution with Audius: Interview w/ CEO Roneil RumburgIn this episode of the Staking Insider Podcast, Roneil Rumburg, co-founder and CEO of Audius, discusses the future of music distribution in a decentralized world. Discover how Audius is empowering artists and fans, overcoming industry challenges, and paving the way for new revenue opportunities in the music ecosystem.2023-03-2329 min
Crypto on the BeatRoneil RumburgEarly crypto adopter + serial entrepreneur Roneil Rumburg talks about his latest venture Audius and how it is using Web3 to disrupt the music industry. Roneil also shares his thoughts on metaverse concerts and the sudden emergence of AI. Danny looks at crypto headlines including a strong start to 2023 for bitcoin.
2023-02-0725 min
Genesis Block#13: Analysing Audius, a Decentralised Music Streaming ProtocolFounded in early 2018 (and mainnet going live in Oct 2020) by Roneil Rumburg and Forrest Browning, Audius is a decentralised music streaming service that connects fans directly with artists.
Think Soundcloud but built on a blockchain.
Artists on Audius can upload any and all audio they want, and users can stream, comment, like, and perform other actions you would expect on a music streaming platform.
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GRTiQ PodcastRoneil Rumburg - Co-Founder & CEO at AudiusLeave feedback!Today I’m speaking with Roneil Rumburg, Co-founder and CEO at Audius, a Web3 dapp that connects fans directly with artists with the mission to empower a new generation of artists on the decentralized web. As is made clear throughout this interview, Roneil’s entrepreneurial journey and the success of Audius are both perfect examples of what’s possible in Web3.Roneil, a self-described “builder,” is a brilliant founder and entrepreneur. It would be easy to overlook Roneil’s early success because of his soft-spoken and humble approach; but as you will hear, his backgrou...2022-09-161h 09
Priv8 PodcastDigital Music Revolution and the Decentralized Future with Roneil RumburgThis week host Derek E. Silva joins Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of Audius, a fully decentralized music and NFT platform. Today, we take a deep dive into the decentralized future to talk about the new creator economy, the digital music revolution, and how Audius is putting ownership in the hands of artists and fans.2022-08-3142 min
Priv8 PodcastDigital Music Revolution and the Decentralized Future with Roneil RumburgThis week host Derek E. Silva joins Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of Audius, a fully decentralized music and NFT platform. Today, we take a deep dive into the decentralized future to talk about the new creator economy, the digital music revolution, and how Audius is putting ownership in the hands of artists and fans.2022-08-3142 min
The ScoopHow data ownership redefines the relationship between artists and fansOver the course of the past two decades, Grammy Award-winning DJ, André Allen Anjos (also known as RAC) has noticed a growing trend."There's been a trend since 2005 in the MySpace era, and all of that has been a trend towards sovereignty of an artist, of putting the artists on top," he says.RAC is an advisor to Audius — a decentralized music streaming platform that raised $5 million last September from big names including Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital, along with popular artists such as Jason Derulo and Katy Perry.In this episode of The...2022-08-1252 min
Hello MetaverseRoneil Rumberg: Decentralized and Open Source Music CommunityThe number of successful consumer applications in the web 3 space is still few and far between. Against all odds, Audius, an open source and decentralized music discovery and community platform was somehow able to strike a chord and gain mainstream adoption. They have racked up 7M monthly listeners and 50,000 artists, including heavy hitters like deadmau5, Nas, Chainsmokers, Steve Aoki and many more. So what exactly is Audius and how were they able to gain so much traction? Initially, it looks just like any other web 2 music discovery and streaming product, but that’s just the tip...2022-07-2743 min
Voices Behind The MusicDecentralizing Music Streaming and Web3 with Roneil RumburgWhere crypto and music intersect, you can find Roneil Rumburg. This week’s guest sat down with Jeff to help explain the benefits of a decentralized Web3 streaming platform. You’ll learn why this is beneficial to artists, and understand a bit more about how digital currency can open up a world of possibilities. Roneil Rumburg is co-founder and CEO of Audius, a digital streaming service that connects fans directly with artists and exclusive new music. Audius is fully decentralized, owned and run by a vibrant, open-source community of artists, fans, and developers all around the world. Found...2022-06-0728 min
CoinGecko Podcast - Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency InsightsDisrupting Traditional Music Industry with Roneil Rumburg, CEO of Audius - Ep.59Roneil Rumburg, co-founder and CEO of Audius is here to discuss on the project itself and how it aims to disrupt the traditional music industry, and to share deep insights on the direction of the music industry and how Audius fits in these plans as we transition to the world of Web3! Timestamps [01:30] Intro [04:53] What is Audius and how does it solve issues within the music industry? [09:42] What separates Audius from web2 counterparts? [12:53] Thoughts on a subscription model like Patreon?[16:23] The role of $AUDIO token [20:06] How many artists...2022-05-2544 min
BeatseekerI, Audius! Will Web3 Conquer the Music Industry? The Audius Story.When most people hear about crypto or blockchains, they probably think it’s all about Bitcoin. Turns out there’s much more to it. Audius is a new kind of music streaming company built on the foundations of the blockchain or Web3 technology. Despite being only 3 years old, Audius was named one of the hottest companies of 2021 attracting investment from top Venture Capital firms and artists like Katy Perry, Nas, Pusha T, Steve Aoki and others. In this episode we get the down-low on the hype around Audius and how a crypto-based streaming platform can provide radical new benefits to a...2022-03-1540 min
London RealRONEIL RUMBURG - Music And The Metaverse: How Decentralised Streaming Gives Power Back To The ArtistsWatch the Full Episode for FREE: https://londonreal.tv/roneil-rumburg-music-and-the-metaverse-how-decentralised-streaming-gives-power-back-to-the-artists/ 🚀 The DeFi Academy: https://londonreal.tv/defi2022-03-131h 43
Around the CoinRoneil Rumburg, CEO and Founder of AudiusIn this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Roneil Rumburg, Co-founder and CEO of Audius, a digital streaming service that connects fans directly with artists and exclusive new music. Audius is fully decentralized, owned and run by a vibrant, open-source community of artists, fans, and developers all around the world. Founded in early 2018, Audius serves millions of users every month, making it one of the largest crypto applications ever built.Prior to Audius, Roneil most recently co-founded Kleiner Perkins' early-stage seed fund, KPCB Edge. At KP, he was responsible for seed investments into Blockchain and AI companies, including Lightning Labs. Roneil...2022-02-281h 15Around The CoinRoneil Rumburg, CEO and Founder of AudiusIn this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Roneil Rumburg, Co-founder and CEO of Audius, a digital streaming service that connects fans directly with artists and exclusive new music. Audius is fully decentralized, owned and run by a vibrant, open-source community of artists, fans, and developers all around the world. Founded in early 2018, Audius serves millions of users every month, making it one of the largest crypto applications ever built.Prior to Audius, Roneil most recently co-founded Kleiner Perkins' early-stage seed fund, KPCB Edge. At KP, he was responsible for seed investments into Blockchain and AI companies, including Lightning Labs. Roneil...2022-02-281h 15
The Charlie Shrem ShowThe Future of Streaming with Roneil RumburgMy guest today is Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of Audius. Audius is the first decentralized, community-owned, and artist controlled music-sharing platform designed to help up-and-coming artists publish their work and connect directly with fans. Created by a platinum-selling pop artist and tech entrepreneur, Audius provides a blockchain-based alternative to SoundCloud to help artists connect directly with fans and monetize their work. The Audius protocol will live forever, owned and operated by a fully decentralized community of artists, developers and listeners collaborating to defend the world’s music. Prior to founding Audius, Roneil most recently co-founded Kleiner Perkins’ early-stage seed...2022-01-2751 min
LaBossiere Podcast#31 - Roneil RumburgOn dorm room crypto mining, Layer 2 Bitcoin, Web3 disruption, and much more.2021-12-2228 min
Crack The Code presents The Money MovementEp 41 | Building an Open Source Music Community with Roneil Rumburg of AudiusRichard Stallman, a Harvard educated software engineer, joined the MIT AI Lab in 1971 to help develop computing platforms… however the AI Lab shut down later in the 80’s as their talent was lost to the private sector.Seeing how closed, proprietary software was on the rise, Richard used the knowledge he had accumulated over the years to create public, open source software… Software that users could operate, debug, modify or tweak without altering the initial distribution terms.This movement: open source code… is now colliding with the world of digital commerce.Audius...2021-12-0244 min
The Money Movement with Jeremy Allaire | Leaders in Blockchain, Crypto, DeFi & Financial InclusionEp 41 | Building an Open Source Music Community with Roneil Rumburg of AudiusRichard Stallman, a Harvard educated software engineer, joined the MIT AI Lab in 1971 to help develop computing platforms… however the AI Lab shut down later in the 80’s as their talent was lost to the private sector.Seeing how closed, proprietary software was on the rise, Richard used the knowledge he had accumulated over the years to create public, open source software… Software that users could operate, debug, modify or tweak without altering the initial distribution terms.This movement: open source code… is now colliding with the world of digital commerce.Audius, a new, open source music st...2021-12-0244 min
UnchainedHow Crypto Streaming Service Audius Hit Six Million Monthly Active UsersAudius, a blockchain native music streaming platform, hit six million monthly active users in August and announced a partnership with TikTok. Roneil Rumburg, co-founder and CEO of Audius, talks about how Audius works, AUDIO tokenomics, the give and take of decentralization, and more. Show highlights: what problems Audius is solving for creators how artists are utilizing crypto to connect with fans how the crypto components of Audius fit together what three utilities AUDIO, the native token of Audius, offers holders why Audius requires over $500K in AUDIO tokens to run a node why AUDIO’s inflation rate is hi...2021-09-071h 13UnchainedHow Crypto Streaming Service Audius Hit Six Million Monthly Active UsersAudius, a blockchain native music streaming platform, hit six million monthly active users in August and announced a partnership with TikTok. Roneil Rumburg, co-founder and CEO of Audius, talks about how Audius works, AUDIO tokenomics, the give and take of decentralization, and more. Show highlights: what problems Audius is solving for creators how artists are utilizing crypto to connect with fans how the crypto components of Audius fit together what three utilities AUDIO, the native token of Audius, offers holders why Audius requires over $500K in AUDIO tokens to run a node why AUDIO’s inflation rate is hi...2021-09-071h 13
This Week in Startups - VideoCCP closes foreign IPO loophole + Audius’ Roneil Rumburg: decentralized project crash course | E1273First Jason covers the CCP banning US IPOs for big tech companies, closing the VIE loophole (1:50), then Audius Co-Founder Roneil Rumburg joins (18:44) to talk about his "decentralized SoundCloud," how decentralized crypto projects actually work for investors and executives, and more!2021-08-271h 09
This Week in StartupsCCP closes foreign IPO loophole + Audius’ Roneil Rumburg: decentralized project crash course | E1273First Jason covers the CCP banning US IPOs for big tech companies, closing the VIE loophole (1:50), then Audius Co-Founder Roneil Rumburg joins (18:44) to talk about his "decentralized SoundCloud," how decentralized crypto projects actually work for investors and executives, and more!2021-08-271h 09
Token Metrics LiveInterviewing Roneil Rumburg, Founder and CEO of Audius | Crypto Hot Seat Short ClipInterviewing Roniel Rumburg, Founder and CEO of Audius. Crypto Hot Seat short clip. For the full video, visit tv.tokenmetrics.com Sign up for Token Metrics at https://tokenmetrics.com Token Metrics Media LLC is a regular publication of information, analysis and commentary focused especially on blockchain technology and business, cryptocurrency, blockchain-based tokens, market trends, and trading strategies. Like the podcast to let us know you like the content! 📌 Podcast: https://tokenmetrics.com/podcast📌 Blog: https://blog.tokenmetrics.com/📌 Forum: https://forum.tokenmetrics.com/ Follow us on social media below: 📌 Telegram Alerts Channel: https://t.me/TokenMetrics📌 Telegram Discussion Group: https://t.me/To...2021-08-2601 min
The Outlier Ventures PodcastBringing NFTs & Blockchain to TikTok, with Roneil Rumburg of AudiusThis week, we talk to Roneil Rumburg, CEO and co-founder of Audius, a decentralized music streaming platform that allows for direct transactions between listeners and creators, giving anyone the ability to distribute, monetize, and stream audio.
Jamie Burke and Roneil discuss Audius' recent TikTok integration, how he met his co-founder Forrest Browning, forming the groundwork for Audius, complying to media regulators while using blockchain, ensuring the creator economy for the next generation, and building an economy through NFTs, and contributor interaction.
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Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an int...2021-08-2544 min
Music TectonicsAudius: Streaming By the People, For the PeopleIn this week’s episode, Roneil Rumburg, Forrest Browning, and Clayton Blaha join Tristra Newyear Yeager to explore how Audius is directly connecting fans with artists and exclusive new music. Discover how the digital streaming service is decentralized, allowing independent artists to own and vertically integrate their tools chains while collaborating and connecting with fans like never before. Find out how Audius lets users choose their own adventure as they engage with cryptocurrency and the blockchain, with a familiar, user-friendly interface. Roneil, Forrest, and Clayton share the importance of giving the power to the people through their decentralized platform. Wh...2021-08-0545 min
The Index PodcastNFTs and the Future of Decentralized Music with Audius CEO, Roneil RumburgHost Alex Kehaya joins Roneil Rumburg, Co-founder and CEO of Audius, the decentralized music streaming and sharing platform. Roneil discusses how Audius is putting power back into the hands of content creators and the future of NFTs. Show LinksThe Index X ChannelYouTube2021-06-3039 min
Drop The MIC: Music Industry ConversationsRevolutionizing the Relationship Between Artist and AudienceIn this episode, game-changers Roneil Rumburg (Co-Founder and CEO of Audius), Elomida Visviki (Co-Founder and CEO of Weav Music), and Matt Block (Head of Production at Splice and Co-Founder of La Reserve) discuss the new paths they’ve created for artists to interact with fans. From creating equitable platforms for bedroom producers to inventing new technology, they’re redefining the nature of artist and audience.2021-04-1338 min
ValidatedRoneil Rumburg - CEO and Co-Founder of Audius Ep #36Audius is a music streaming and sharing platform that puts the power back into the hands of content creators. In this episode, Roneil talks about the creation of Audius, the need for empowering artists, how blockchain technology and cryptocurrency can completely disrupt the music industry, and more. DISCLAIMERThe information on this podcast is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose. The information contained in or provided from or...2021-02-121h 02
POD OF JAKE#22 - RONEIL RUMBURGRoneil is the Co-founder & CEO of Audius, a music streaming and sharing platform that uses blockchain technology to put the power back into the hands of content creators. Audius has over 40,000 artists on its platform and more than 1 million monthly listeners. World-renowned artists on Audius include 3LAU, deadmau5, RAC, Zeds Dead, Skrillex, and many more. Prior to Audius, Roneil co-founded Kleiner Perkins’ early-stage seed fund, KPCB Edge. At Kleiner Perkins, Roneil was responsible for seed investments into Blockchain and AI companies, including Lightning Labs. Before that, he co-founded a Bitcoin peer-to-peer payment company called Backslash. Roneil attended Stanford University wher...2020-11-1353 min
Priv8 PodcastHow Blockchain is Disrupting the Music Industry with Roneil RumburgWe go down the rabbit hole with Roneil Rumburg, CEO of Audius, a blockchain music platform that has been called the decentralized Spotify. He shares his thoughts on the struggle between surveillance and privacy, and how Audius has built a censorship-resistant platform for artists to share music with fans.2020-11-1145 min
Priv8 PodcastHow Blockchain is Disrupting the Music Industry with Roneil RumburgWe go down the rabbit hole with Roneil Rumburg, CEO of Audius, a blockchain music platform that has been called the decentralized Spotify. He shares his thoughts on the struggle between surveillance and privacy, and how Audius has built a censorship-resistant platform for artists to share music with fans.2020-11-1145 min
The Bitcoin PodcastBlockChannel #69-Roneil Rumburg The Evolution of the Mixtape, with AudiusOn this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dr. Petty and Dee finally may have found someone who can bring crypto + music & audio to the masses. We’re joined by Roneil Rumburg, CEO of Audius, and an all around incredibly nice guy. He’s sharp: he understands Ethereum; he built on Bitcoin back in the day; and is familiar with the music industry. His team realizes the barriers that stand between Audius, and mass adoption — and we think he just might. We discuss the platform, his vision for the future, and have some laughs along the way.
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice...2020-03-1243 min
BlockChannelEpisode 69: The Evolution of Mix Tapes, with AudiusOn this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dr. Petty and Dee finally may have found someone who can bring crypto + music & audio to the masses. We're joined by Roneil Rumburg, CEO of Audius, and an all around incredibly nice guy. He's sharp: he understands Ethereum; he built on Bitcoin back in the day; and is familiar with the music industry. His team realizes the barriers that stand between Audius, and mass adoption - and we think he just might succeed. We discuss the platform, his vision for the future, and have some laughs along the way.
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Audius Website: https...2020-03-0543 min
Cigars and Crypto PodcastEpisode 74 - @roneilrI had a great discussion with the co-founder of the Audius project, Roneil Rumburg. We discussed:
A ₿TC p2p company he started in college
The community-centric nature of Audius
The projects 2 chains and compensation structure
The future of the Audius protocol and blockchain tech2019-12-2522 min
Base LayerBase Layer Episode 089 - Roneil Rumburg Part II (Audius)Roneil joins us again to bring us up to speed on the beta launch of Audius over the last two months and the numbers they are seeing are very exciting! Thousands of artists joining the platform like Deadmau5 and others; tens of thousands of users on the platform - real usage and adoption!! We talk about that all and also sprinkle in some chats about Taylor Swift and some of the recent narratives of artists and their labels. 2019-12-0229 min
Sharing Secrets - Presented by Secret NetworkEp 32 - Roneil Rumburg - Building a Decentralized Music IndustryHosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our thirty-second episode features Roneil Rumburg.
Roneil is the co-founder and CEO of Audius, a decentralized music streaming and hosting platform that’s hoping to disrupt the music industry for the benefit of artists. Audius allows artists to freely share their work or work-in-progress with a dedicated community. The platform already features a bunch of high profile DJs and artists, including deadmau5 and Zed’s Dead. Audius also recently raised a new funding round to support and scale their vision.
On this episode, Roneil talks about what problems Audius solves for musicians and t...2019-10-2500 min
Wizard of DappsEpisode 19: Audius with Roneil Rumburg & Forrest BrowningEpisode notes: 🎧 Solving the misalignment of existing web 2.0 creator communities ⛵ Abstracting crypto and on-ramping existing communities to web 3.0Audius (now live and launched) Audius: audius.co Roneil: twitter.com/roneilr Forest: twitter.com/ForrestBrowningWizard of Dapps Twitter: @wizardofdapps Website: https://wizardofdapps.fm/ Telegram group: https://t.me/WizardOfDapps Donate (ETH): 0x865c2F85C9fEa1C6Ac7F53de07554D68cB92eD882019-09-2431 min
How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.Ep. 119 How I Raised It with Roneil Rumburg of AudiusProduced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Roneil Rumburg, CEO of Audius.co, a decentralized audio streaming platform that directly connects artists and fans to share and discover content.
In this episode, Roneil shares lessons he learned from his previous career as a VC. We discuss creating time pressure during a raise, controlling the process, finding an investor champion in the early days of a raise, biggest mistakes to avoid, and much more.
The Company raised $5.5 million of Series A venture funding in a...2019-09-2447 min
Base LayerBase Layer Episode 060 - Roneil Rumburg (Audius)Roneil from Audius joins us on Base Layer for episode 60 and it's really a fun one! Aside from an exceptional career that has had stops at places like Kleiner and being early to the blockchain party, Roneil and team are focusing on a use case of blockchains - getting people who create content paid and removing a lot of excesses paid to the "middleman". We discuss how Audius is doing that for content creators and the technology stack involved in decentralizing what has been a legacy centralized system. 2019-08-1845 min
CoinTalk™️🎻 Decentralized Playlists w/ Roneil Rumburg from Audius🥁 The advantages of decentralizing communities like Soundcloud's
🎤 Building on VC money vs. token money
🐖 Why Oink was the greatest music service ever
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