Community Matters + For the Record

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 A core contributor to The LexDAO Legal Engineering Guild, Kyle heads the business development and founded LexClinic, the apprenticeship DAO within the Lex+ family training the next generation of legal engineers and crypto-lawyers with on-the-job experience. He is also one of the co-founders of LexBlock, which is a consultation and project management solution for legal engineering, spun out of LexDAO to meet critical but unaddressed demand. Kyle has a background in enterprise music rights management, and is an avid polymath, focusing on scaling the legal engineering profession via scientific & mathematical rigor, automation & disintermediation, and code-is-law. He enjoys rock climbing and running as well as singing, playing guitar and picking mandolin. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr021-kyle-smith

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Ben Frigeri is a highly regarded voice in the evolving relationship between music, technology and the internet. Based in New York, and with notable contributions across A&R, management and discovery, his work explores the inherent nuances of digital expression and the broader impact technology has had on our relationship to music today. Check out more of this conversation (and others): https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr020-ben-frigeri

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 In 2010, Eric started DJing and producing electronic music, shortly before co-founding a bass music collective in his hometown of Tampa, FL. Since then he's produced and done marketing for shows and festivals around central Florida, in Boulder, CO, and Dayton, OH (where he lives now). He’s also a core Grey Matter contributor. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr019-eric-almeida

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. Sarah is a multidisciplinary creative professional with a long history in independent music scenes. Her background includes creative direction, marketing strategy, digital consulting, music industry research and writing, live music photography, and dabbling in online music zines and DIY record labels. Originally from Portland, she currently resides in DFW, TX by way of Memphis, TN, with many stops in between. She's particularly drawn to projects focusing on underground counterculture and socioeconomic matters for the creative working class. Explore this conversation and others: www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr018-sarah-lareau

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. Black Dave is a recording artist, producer, engineer & artist focusing on both traditional and non-traditional means of promoting his work. Having established himself through the use of blockchain & NFT tech, Dave is known to be a multidisciplinary creative citing anime, rap, hardcore rock, streetwear & sneaker culture as influences. As a child, he spent many years unknowingly watching anime with his grandmother before formally discovering it through the cult anime, Berserk. A proud native of Charleston, SC, Black Dave played bass and produced in several bands ranging from punk to metalcore, moving to rap music in 2014 with his first mixtape, Owl Eyes Part 2. His music experiments with creating an intersection at rap, rock and lo-fi. In 2020, he recorded and released a 3-song EP each month. Since 2021, Black Dave has been placing a lot of focus in web3 and NFT technology, creating art, music and experiences using the technology, making the NFT 100 list in 2022 among many other successes. Explore this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr017-black-dave

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. C.Y. Lee grew up in Boston where he studied music, architecture, and computer science. He started with piano and cello, then migrated to DJing and college radio in the late 80s, amassing a huge collection of vinyl and CDs. His career is rooted in 80s college radio, 90s PC software, 00s Internet, and 10s social apps. He is currently collaborating with artists, scenes, and platforms to create new ways to narrate & finance the artist’s creative process via NFTs. His intention is to foster a culture where fans enthusiastically support independent artists via new forms of patronage. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr016-c-y-lee

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. Like many, Montrey started his musical education while engaged in playing classical music in school. What began as a simple adolescent activity, quickly transformed into a deep love and appreciation for all forms of music. This love would continue to grow into his adulthood and manifested itself into the form of becoming a Co-Founder of EARMILK. This online music publication has become his outlet to spread all genres of music to those impressionable people, much like himself. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr015-montrey-whittaker

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.Lani Trock is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Bridging the physical - through participatory, improvisational music & movement, inside sculptural, immersive installations - with the virtual - through archival research, digital gardens, & experimental audiovisuals, this work is made in service of our planetary evolution into biosphere consciousness. This way of seeing is grounded in the understanding that everything is alive, has spirit, and that together, we all coexist as an interconnected, symbiotic organism. In this interwoven worldview, all aspects are honored as sacred, and equally essential for their unique contribution to the collective whole. This perspective creates an impetus to reorient our societal systems towards collective wellbeing. Here lives her central intention, to make art that touches spirit, transforms consciousness, and manifests peace on earth. Explore more of this conversation, as well as many others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr014-lani-trock

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. Passionate about slow tempo, electronic music and provoking new experiences to his very own audience using his sniper curatorship skills, the so to call Guga Roselli is a music picker, mastermind of the labels Mareh Music and Barefoot Beats and event producer of MAREH's projects including Mareh NYE, Marisco Festival, Babel party and more. Natural habitat: shaking the dancefloors, if not running crazy in the backstage of his own events. Explore more of this conversation and others: www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr013-guga-roselli

Stephanie Guerrero, a veteran in the music industry, has shaped standards at major labels for over a decade. With executive roles at Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Tellie, and Spanish Broadcasting System, she's also a Web3 leader, excelling in content, digital promotion, and campaign strategy. Working with notable projects like Decent.xyz, she advises at Legato, empowering artists with monetization tools. Stephanie founded Goat for Mars, aiding artists in Web3 transition and NFT exploration. Her event and speaking skills, seen at Miami NFT Week, SXSW, web3 Creator Summit and GRAMMY U. She is currently the cohost of Appetite for Distraction with Maarten Walraven. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr012-steph-guerrero