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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Jonathan Mann

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

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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