Coopahtroopa
Coopahtroopa
Music NFTs. Investor at Coop Records. Author of This Week in Music NFTs.
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Open Editions
4/69
January 23rd, 2023
Today, we’re excited to pilot Open Editions.
Collectors can mint as many editions as they want within a given timeframe
The Future of Investing in Web3 Music with Brett Shear
5/10
January 17th, 2023
Brett Shear, aka BlockchainBrett, knew early on that he wasn’t meant for a traditional 9-5 path. While studying accounting in undergrad, he quickly identified discontent with the average business track and began searching for big ideas to spark his imagination. Inspired by his older brother Myles Shear, who manages EDM artist Kygo, Brett searched for a passion of his own eventually leading him to web3.
Dear Diary (1-10-23)
1/500
January 10th, 2023
Mood: Apathetic
🏕🔥 CAMPFIRE: New Year Announcement + OFFICIAL Art Basel Recap
22/500
December 29th, 2022
We are excited to announce that we will release a music NFT collection featuring a compilation of the songs produced during the Campfire Art Basel sessions in 2023!
This Week in Music NFTs - Dec 26
1/25
December 27th, 2022
2022 is coming to an end.
Rising Tide 🌊
1/25
December 14th, 2022
Learn about Rising Tide - an event series to discover emerging artists.
Exclusive: Daniel Allan & Reo Cragun on "Criteria"
6/25
December 13th, 2022
Daniel Allan and Reo Cragun are, once again, leveling up. The web3 trailblazers have both had groundbreaking years with Daniel’s Glasshouse, Reo’s Frameworks, and the LNRZ project all making waves. But they have their sights set higher. They want to put web3 music on the map. And they want to do it with Criteria. Their first full-length project as a collaborative unit–the 8-track EP, as its name implies, seeks to set a new standard. Sporting partnerships with Sound, Bonfire, OnCyber, Spinamp, and Argpeggi–the 2500 edition drop, available to the public on December 16, is ready to raise the bar, and so is the music.
Criteria
22/500
December 12th, 2022
Since the beginning of documenting my artist journey I’ve been really open about my process.
Beginner's Guide to Music NFT
3/50
November 15th, 2022
First, you need to own an Ethereum wallet. Typically, we use MetaMask to create wallet. You can install the MetaMask plug-in in Chrome and follow the prompts to create a decentralized wallet. This is your key to web3.
The Collaborative Free Mint: The Journey of the Drop
21/500
November 8th, 2022
We are in a moment where more artists than ever before experimenting with distribution technologies at the same time, and I really believe we need to be documenting the details for the future. We all have our own reasons and our own paths, and I’m happy to share mine with you. At the start of every release for me lies a story, a story in the music. It is in the music that I find the seed for all my ideas that I build, whether that is the artwork, the visuals, social media content or, as I have got deeper in to using web3 tools, the way I distribute. I start by saying this because music is the centre of everything for me, and staying true to this has always kept me on the right path… there are no short cuts working this way, but I know I can look back on my decisions without regret.
The Spirit of Web3: Sound Lounge Live + Iman Europe
5/500
December 6th, 2022
Walking into the Peppermint Club in LA on a Wednesday night for Sound Lounge Live, I don’t know what to expect. I’ve spent the past decade following the music and chasing the buzz, and have been to more shows, showcases, and industry events than I can count. But tonight is different. This is my first web3 music event. Months of online interactions and interviews, I’ve yet to be face-to-face with anyone in this room. Countless conversations around the culture of web3 and its community, I’m finally IRL to see for myself. What am I hoping to find? The next wave.
The Crypto Creator Economy
13/25
November 22nd, 2022
Crypto is laying down the foundation for the future of the Creator Economy. The Crypto Creator Economy shifts the principles and industry value back to the creator.
"FEVER" Album Crowdfund
8/500
November 17th, 2022
My name is Daz Merchant.
WISHFUL THINKING!
3/500
November 20th, 2022
During the summer of 2021, the tide would rise in and out of my yard. Ducks would congregate and talk amongst themselves as Cristian jay and I looked for inspiration in their words. We were living in rural Washington state, and our house sat directly on the water. The entire summer was filled with spontaneous creation, the kind where instead of deciding what we would make, we plucked it out of the air as it floated past us.
Get LOUD with So Tuff So Cute
3/500
November 15th, 2022
It’s a rare, rainy November day in Los Angeles, and Mija and GG Magree of the duo So Tuff So Cute are in their element. “I love this shit,” says GG, referring both to the rain and to the eclipse that occurred that morning. “Our house is so witchy and cozy so we’re literally like …” “Thriving,” Mija interjects. Mija and GG–both in sweats–sit side-by-side in matching upholstered chairs with a floor to ceiling Monstera plant peeking out behind them. “We moved in together a year ago,” says Mija. “Basically the same time as we started So Tuff So Cute.”
A Collectors View of Music NFTs
6/50
November 12th, 2022
Hi, I'm Hamburglar.
Decentralizing Brand Partnerships
14/500
November 2nd, 2022
Today we’re launching Café 11, FWB’s most ambitious partnership to date. We’ve teamed up with Hennessy, the renowned 250-year-old spirits brand, to reimagine the free-thinking cafe society of 1920’s Paris with a series of blockchain-enabled events at the most relevant cultural fairs around the world.
1/500
November 3rd, 2022
Hey everyone 👋 My name is Patrick Rivera and for the past few weeks I’ve been working on a new project.
Using Music NFTs For Social Impact: Paying It Forward
25/50
October 18th, 2022
My name is Heno. & I’m a first generation Ethiopian-Eritrean American from Takoma Park, Maryland. I’m an artist, producer, storyteller, community organizer, Web3 trailblazer & so much more, but today I’m speaking to you candidly as a 6’4’ Black man who lives in America. Growing up how I did, it was normal to not speak much on the things we dealt with every single day; whether it’s due to not wanting to burden anyone, not wanting to be labeled with any stigma, not wanting to appear weak or just because society has taught us how to internalize & suppress our trauma REALLY WELL.
Collecting Music NFTs
1/25
October 26th, 2022
How we think about collecting Music NFTs at Coop Records.
Why We’re Here: FWB Census
16/500
August 8th, 2022
FWB originated as an internet-native group of friends with a shared interest in crypto and culture. Just a few years later, it has blossomed into a global community of over 4,000 members. With such a diverse group of participants and so many initiatives across our DAO, it’s no wonder that FWB means many different things to many different people.
"I'm With the Dj"
1/100
July 22nd, 2022
So I’m a dj. (hiiiiiiiiiii)
Sound Season Four: Turn Up The Volume
3/25
October 10th, 2022
We’re excited to announce our fourth season as Sound continues to open our tools to all artists.
Powered by the Decent Protocol
5/500
October 6th, 2022
We’re proud to present a new Decent — powered by the Decent Protocol. The Protocol is a toolkit developed for artists to build contracts that capture value, encourage community growth, and incentivize collector engagement.
Introducing Sound Protocol
18/500
September 20th, 2022
When we built Sound, the vision and mission was to create a world where any artist has complete creative control of their art and career without compromising the ability to own the relationship with their audience. In order to do right by artists and their communities, we had to make careful product decisions that allowed us to test our hypotheses about the future of music in a way that would allow us to generate real insights without sacrificing the trust of musicians, listeners, and collectors. We’ve learned a massive amount in a relatively short period of time.
Independent artistry in the era of web3
12/100
September 13th, 2022
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Introducing Coop Records
1/25
August 24th, 2022
Introducing Coop Records - a $10M early-stage fund investing in the next generation of music.
Danger Zone EP by Ibn Inglor
9/777
July 2nd, 2022
An expressive, exhilarating ride of raw emotion.
Introducing the Tycho Open Source Community
1/500
August 26th, 2022
Since the earliest days of Tycho, online communities have played an integral role in the project. From the origins of the ISO50 blog, to traditional social media, and most recently the Tycho Friendship Server on Discord, I’ve always seen these digital spaces as opportunities to connect with my community. Web3 now presents us with a chance to connect on an even deeper level, which is why I’m launching the Tycho Open Source Community.
Meet NOISE DAO
7/500
August 16th, 2022
Introducing NOISE – a DAO valuing experimentation and expression – here to back the future of music in web3.
27/500
August 8th, 2022
Over the past year we’ve seen scammers become more creative with new methods to phish people in Web 3. In this investigation we’ll breakdown how two phishing scammers from France defrauded people out of NFTs worth millions of dollars and the trail of breadcrumbs left behind leaving them exposed.
8/100
August 10th, 2022
Less than a year ago Guild.xyz started as a simple tool to connect Ethereum with Discord for "token gating". Working with hundreds of online communities we've witnessed how painful transition costs from and between web2 walled gardens kept them from their true potential. To change this, we are excited to introduce Guild as an infrastructure for platformless memberships.
Dreaming of Flying: an introduction to Clear eyes
1/500
August 6th, 2022
In April of 2020 my hands started hurting. It was terrifying. I had built a career making music - my band Marian Hill had grown from an up and comer on the Hype Machine charts to a platinum-selling major label act, all the while making my wildest dreams come true: I was making a living making music I loved. But to keep doing this, to keep living my dream…I needed my hands.
Curation at Catalog
12/500
August 1st, 2022
Curation is subjective, as it should be. An art world dictated by an 'objective' good-bad binary isn't a world we believe in. What's needed is space for more voices to shine.
7/1000
July 26th, 2022
Today, Mirror is excited to announce the launch of web3 subscriptions. This new feature allows readers to subscribe to any Mirror publication with their wallets and receive email notifications when new content is posted. For creators, web3 subscriptions open the door to building a wallet-based community that can be used across web3.
How To Build A Headless Band: Architecting Chaos
26/500
April 27th, 2022
We are a headless band called Chaos - a network of 80 artists assembled by Songcamp - collectively creating a music NFT project like you’ve never seen before. Here's how...
57/100
July 1st, 2022
The blockchain technology space proceeds in cycles. Today, in July of 2022, we are in a downturn but with more reasons than ever to be excited about the future. July 1st marks seven years since CoinFund was founded at my kitchen table in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the 2015 Bitcoin bear market. Indeed, as a firm we spent four and a half of the last seven years navigating bear market conditions. Now, as we begin our eighth year as a firm, it’s worth reflecting on just how far the industry — and CoinFund — have come in that time.
A Theory of Justice for Web3
4/200
May 23rd, 2022
One of the most powerful narratives surrounding web3 is that it is a movement toward a better, fairer internet.