S1 E12 | Writing a Song a Day for 13+ Years w/Jonathan Mann

On this episode of Rehash we’re talking with Jonathan Mann, a songwriter and musician who is currently in his 14th consecutive year of creating a song every day. Yes, we also think it’s crazy. 

Jonathan began his journey of releasing daily original songs back in 2009, long before Ethereum and NFTs were even thought of. He would post his work to Tumblr and YouTube, but was always on the lookout for new technology to leverage. Then, in 2017, Jonathan came across CryptoPunks and began looking into web3 and NFTs.

We talk with Jonathan about his pre-web3 days of making money from music by entering video contests, the early NFT scene, and how he’s managed to keep his momentum after all these years. We also discuss the rights and royalties of music NFTs, community building in DAOs, and how Jonathan’s project, SongADAO, handles voting. Finally, we attempt to wrap our heads around token-gated registries and get Jonathan’s picks for what NFTs will still be around 5 years from now.

To continue this conversation and stay up to date with Rehash, you can follow Diana on Twitter @ddwchen and Rehash @rehashweb3. You can also follow our guest, Jonathan, @songadaymann.

⌛ TIMESTAMPS: 

0:00 Intro

1:31 Jonathan’s background

3:19 The transition from web2 to web3 for creators

7:28 Jingles, video contests, and conference jams

11:18 NFT pilled in 2017

16:26 Staying motivated…for 13+ years

19:59 Create something bad to create something good

22:18 SongADAO, music NFTs, rights, and royalties

28:57 NOOUNSS DAAAOO!

29:30 Voting in SongADAO

32:30 Token-gated registry?

38:13 Community building in DAOs

42:58 Jonathan ships

44:38 What NFTs would survive a real bear market?

49:54 Suckin at something is the first step to being kinda good at something

50:21 Follow Jonathan!

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DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.