The Art and Economics of Songwriting in Crypto

Jonathan Mann has published a song a day for 13 years. On Unchained, he talks about his writing process, how he came up with the idea of publishing his songs as NFTs, his plans for a DAO he created called SongADAO, and more. Show topics:

• the significance and process of making a song a day for 13 years straight
• how Jonathan monetized his content in the early days (2009) of the internet
• what crypto event sent Jonathan down the rabbit hole and how Vitalik Buterin was involved
• why CryptoPunks piqued Jonathan’s interest in monetizing his content on-chain
• how being in the crypto world has changed Jonathan’s creative process
• where his song data is being uploaded in the context of web2 and web3 
• how SongADAO will work and how it could change the paradigm of the music industry
• the characteristics of his 12/31/2021 NFT drop, which will see over 3,000 songs minted 
• Jonathan plays “Mongoose Coin” for the Unchained audience, a song he made about Senator Brad Sherman’s comments about cryptocurrency in a recent hearing. 

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Episode Links:

Jonathan Mann

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/songadaymann 
• Website: https://www.jonathanmann.net/ 
• Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmann/

Song A Day:

• YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmann/
• Minting website: https://songaday.world/ 
• OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/song-a-day 

Tweet Thread on Song A Day + SongADAO (must read if you are interested in Jonathan’s work)

•  ​https://twitter.com/songadaymann/status/1475210923124178951 

Jonathan at Devcon

• https://www.jonathanmann.net/devcon 

Mongoose Coin

• https://decrypt.co/87904/congressional-hearing-spawns-mob-mongoose-based-meme-coins 

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