RE: First piece of classical music sold on the blockchain for $375k - One-Time "Steemizen" involved in the sale - BBC Music Magazine: Classical Music

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primevaldad (59)modSteem Linkerin Steem Links • 4 years ago (edited)

Wow, that's pretty cool!
Time to go down the rabbit hole, and learn about how it was all set up.
I noticed from the article that the owners of the Stem NFTs control what the future audience hears, but you can buy a limited edition version of what it sounds like at the time of purchase before any stem owners change settings.
That's ones of the best executions of NFTs I've learned about so far.
I saw a headline in the last couple of days that NFTs are already "out", but something like this signals to me that there are so many more novel and creative ways they will be used.

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remlaps-lite (76)modSteem Linker 4 years ago

Yeah, pretty amazing. I hadn't dug into the details yet. Now, I'm even more impressed. This is finally a use case for NFTs that makes sense to me. (FTR, that's "Stem NFT", not "Steem NFT".;-)

I followed links from Brukhnman's web site and found this, with more about the programmable nature of the NFT:

Betty’s Notebook is a 21-minute work that has been split into five unique pieces: 1 Master NFT and 4 Stem NFTs.

Each Stem contains three unique audio-visual variants that the owner can toggle between, altering musical texture, timbre, and narrative for all listeners. As Stem owners toggle variants, the album art for the work visually shifts to reflect that change.

The Stem NFTs apparently control:

the choir
Betty's voice
"Betty's choir" (click through for explanation)
Betty's radio

And here's a description of the "Master NFT"

The owner of the Master experiences audio-visual layer changes. If they meet the minimum reserve price, they will receive a 1 of 1 limited edition physical radio piece to watch these real-time changes. This radio is a one-of-a-kind crafted physical installation, fit for museums, private collections, and galleries.

And, I probably should have linked directly, here in the original post. That's where we can listen to it, for free.

It also has a link to bid on it, but I'm not clear if it's really for sale, because the original BBC article says,

Metapurse has announced that the physical representation of the master track – a vintage 1930s wooden radio console repurposed to include an LCD screen of digital art and the four musical ‘stems’ – will be lent to museums.

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primevaldad (59)modSteem Linker 4 years ago

Oops! Thanks for catching the typo. I typed that comment on my mobile. I guess my autocorrect has picked up on something...

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primevaldad (59)modSteem Linker 4 years ago

This is finally a use case for NFTs that makes sense to me.

Exactly.

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