For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Jack Spallone started his music career talent-buying for live performances and artist management while still an undergrad. In 2016, he became an early contributor of Ujo Music, the ConsenSys project that introduced the first music cases on Ethereum. While at ConsenSys, Jack also worked with Harry Fox Agency and SESAC to secure the winning bid to be the technology partner of the MLC, among other enterprise client work.

Jack has built a reputation as a web3 music pioneer. He has helped artists enter into the web3 ecosystem to explore new format releases, artist DAOs, and crypto-based community building tools. Apart from continuing to help artists, Jack is an investor and advisor to several music web3 startups and an active participant in the dialogue shaping web3 music.

Today, along with long time collaborator and grammy-winning Andre Anjos (aka RAC), Jack leads a team of people building a data sharing protocol for music applications; Oscillator, and a music review and sharing app, Factory.

MUSIC MENTIONS

• The Beatles
• “Hey Jude” by The Beatles
• Kazaa
• LimeWire
• Napster
• iTunes
• iPod
• CMT
• MTV
• Fuse
• Death Cab for Cutie
• The Postal Service
• Kanye West
• Daft Punk
• Pretty Lights
• Ultra Music Festival
• Jack Johnson
• Big Makk
• Knife Party
• Flume
• The Knocks
• Krewella
• RAC
• SoundCloud
• Mr Little Jeans

Ujo Music and RAC (22:08):

• DJ Nexus
• Full Sail University
• EDMSauce
• Thomas Jack
• Kygo
• Imogen Heap
• Resonate (app)
• Oscillator
• Noise DAO
• factory.fm

Q&A

• Led Zeppelin
• Dire Straits
• Fleetwood Mac
• The Eagles
• Bob Seger
• Paul Simon
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Two.C
• Blood Cultures
• Kenny Chesney
• Garth Brooks

Discovering music today (46:53):

• Spotify
• SoundCloud

First album ever purchased (51:57):

• “1” by The Beatles

Most recent album purchased (52:30):

• “When It’s Happening” by Scott McMicken and the Ever-Expanding

Artists discovered in the past year (53:43):

• Goth Babe
• two.C
• Scott McMicken

Desert island discs (54:23):

• “When It’s Happening” by Scott McMicken and the Ever-Expanding
• “Flume” by Flume
• “1” by The Beatles