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Warner Records’ Web3 Label Sold 5,555 NFTs in 7 Minutes. Now It Wants to Share IP Rights With Fans
What happens when you let 5,555 music fans make decisions at a major label? Warner Records is about to find out through its new Web3 imprint Probably a Label. After selling out a collection of NFT access-passes, the holders will now gather in a Discord server to help develop artists together, share the credits of any future awards such as a Grammy, and ultimately offer intellectual property rights in some of the projects to NFT holders. The experiment is a collaboration between Warner Records UK and Web3 brand Probably Nothing, whose debut NFT collection fetched $500k in seven minutes in October. Each NFT comes with different rarity and label roles (4,000 scouts, 1,500 managers and 55 label heads), allowing holders to vote on certain decisions. The rarest — and most expensive, currently at...
Watch Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” Performed by a Band of Electric Toothbrushes
A small band of googly-eyed electric toothbrushes is here with a cover of Daft Punk‘s legendary track, “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” The cover, which uses an ab belt as a kick drum, comes courtesy of Device Orchestra, a YouTube channel that creates covers of popular music utilizing devices like credit card machines and typewriters. The toothbrush band’s Daft Punk cover has an audience of two dumbbells and a kettlebell, and one of the “members” performs with a mini 3D-printed dumbbell. Since the toothbrushes’ vibration frequency can be modified, this allows them to play the various notes and rhythms of the timeless electronic hit. The faster the vibration, the higher the frequency and vice versa. This is, of course, ...
Dr. Oz Trying, Failing to Revive Old TV Show After Trying, Failing to Become Senator: Report
After a failed run for US Senate in his adopted state of Pennsylvania, Dr. Oz has been met with resistance in his effort to revive his old TV show. The celebrity doctor has even been turned back for “a daily gig” by right-wing networks like Fox News and Newsmax, reports Radar Online. According to Radar Online, Oz has been “beating the bushes to revive his health-oriented talk show and groveling to everyone he knows to give him a break, but he’s not making much progress.” Not only that, but he “can’t even get a word” with his former producers. Though Oz has apparently “impressed” executives at Fox News and Newsmax, he wasn’t able to land any “firm offers.” Instead, he’s expected to make his return to TV with “small roles” on the networks. Advertisement Related Video After Oz appeared a...
Mining Metal: Critical Extravasation, Cryptae, Dream Unending, Elder, Fell Ruin, Feminizer, Spider God, and Tchornobog, and Abyssal
Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts. Peter Griffin once asked, “Where are those good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely?” While he was talking about entertainment at large when he posed that question, stroking his inappropriately-shaped chin, it’s debatable if he’d ask heavy metal, the genre that holds onto its good old-fashioned values with a Mankind-Mandible-Claw-like grip, that same query. This is to say that metal is laden with refinement more than drastic innovation. Now, this is actually good in that metal has arguably ...
5 Things to Know About Muni Long, Best New Artist Nominee at 2023 Grammys
Come February 5th, all eyes will be on the controversial Best New Artist category at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Among the 10 artists who received nods is Muni Long, whose song “HRS & HRS” is also nominated for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song. The singer-songwriter formerly known as Priscilla Renea will be competing against Anitta, Domi & JD Beck, Latto, Omar Apollo, Samara Joy, Måneskin, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle and Wet Leg for the Best New Artist award. With over a decade’s worth of experience under her belt, Long’s presence can be heard through some of music’s most recognizable names as a writer and featured artist. As Priscilla Renea, she went on to release two albums before pivoting to her new moniker (pronounced “money long”) in 2019. Advertisement Related Video S...
Wednesday Breaks Netflix Viewership Record Set by Stranger Things
Pigtail braids might become the season’s hottest hairstyle, because Wednesday just broke a Netflix viewership record set by Stranger Things Season 4. Per TV Line, the Tim Burton-helmed series — which stars a brilliantly-cast Jenna Ortega as the titular Addams daughter — racked up 341.23 million hours viewed since its November 23rd debut, besting the previous record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language TV series on Netflix. Stranger Things 4 amassed 335.01 million hours viewed for the week of May 30th to June 5th earlier this year. Coming in second place for most hours viewed on Netflix last week was 1899 (with nearly 88 million hours viewed), followed by The Crown Season 5 (42.4 million hours viewed), Dead to Me Season 5 (33.3 million hours viewed) and Mani...
Nas and 21 Savage Join Forces on New Track “One Mic, One Gun”
Nas and 21 Savage have joined forces for a new song “One Mic, One Gun.” The collaboration between the renowned rapper and the Atlanta artist illustrates a harmony between rap’s past, present and future. Filled with horns, the track harbors a grand cadence as it nods to the rappers’ successes and the power of the genre. “No back and forth, I did it back then, I do it right now/I opened a lane for my era, I’m goated, they gavе me the crown/G.O.A.T. with all the succеss, the negative press, I’m watchin’ it pile,” raps Nas in the chorus. Also the release of the new track made amends about the comments 21 Savage previously made about Nas – calling the rapper “irrelevant” on a Clubhouse call. In 21’s verse that opens the track, he says, “When you turn to legend, no such thing as relevance.” Asid...
Nike & adidas To Cut Back On Sneaker Production In 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty If y’all thought it was hard to get a pair of some coveted Nike or adidas kicks in 2022, it’s about to get that much harder in 2023, and it’s not going to be because of sneaker bots or resellers anymore. Hypebeast is reporting that both Nike and adidas are planning on cutting back on sneaker productions come next year by as much as 30%-40%. Word is that the Swoosh and Three Stripes have already notified their manufacturing companies of the surprising move. While many sneakerheads complain that Nike isn’t putting out enough pairs of their most highly anticipated releases such as the Air Jordan 1 “Lost and Found”‘s and collaborations such as the A Ma Maniere Air Jordan 4’s, we’re also complaining that they’re restocking bricks such a...
Megan Thee Stallion Becomes The First Black Woman To Grace The Cover of Forbes’ ’30 Under 30′ Annual List
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty/ Megan Thee Stallion Megan Thee Stallion can cross another accomplishment off her list. The Houston rapper made history by becoming the first Black woman to grace the cover of Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list. Despite her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment being a constant thorn in her side, Megan Thee Stallion managed to pull in an estimated $13 million in 2022. The rapper’s still-growing fortune can be attributed to her endorsement deals. The financial bible cites her working relationships with billion-dollar brands like Nike, Revlon, Cash App, Popeyes, and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos as big contributors to that $13 million. That makes perfect sense, as well as dollars and cents, because you couldn’t turn on the television or hop on y...
Spotify Wrapped 2022 Is Here
It’s that time of year: Spotify has dropped its 2022 Wrapped series, providing users with new (and very shareable) data, charts and graphics detailing their musical taste across the last year. This year’s Wrapped includes a new “music personality” feature that assigns users one of 16 titles, including “Adventurer,” “Fanclubber” and “Specialist,” based on their listening habits and music selections. Additionally, the new-and-improved Wrapped gives users a breakdown of their listening habits throughout the day, offering music moods for the morning, afternoon and night. As usual, the personalized recap sums up each user’s top artists, genres, songs and podcasts, along with their total minutes listened on the streaming platform. Expanding on last year’s feature, Spotify has included several ar...
Gauze, Japanese Hardcore Punk Band, Break Up
Gauze, the influential Japanese hardcore punk band, are breaking up after 41 years. They announced the news today (November 26) on the band’s official Twitter. “Report of disbandment of GAUZE,” reads a translated version of their statement. “Ever since I became a current member, I have decided that if even one person leaves the group, it will be disbanded. Postscript: The last T-shirt sale will be held at Koenji Record Shop Base.” That statement alludes to one of the rare interviews Gauze did during their career. In 1997, bassist Shin told Maximum Rocknroll, “To be honest, if one of the members quit, it won’t be Gauze anymore. We never change the members. It’s not because how good they play, but how they think or feel about these things.” Gauze formed in 1981 in Tokyo, Japan. Singer Fugu, ...
Bob Dylan Addresses Book Signature Controversy
Bob Dylan has apologized to fans who purchased what they believed to be hand-signed copies of his new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, but were later revealed to contain reproductions of the songwriter’s signature. He took to social media on Friday (November 25) to address the issue, claiming that he used an autopen for the signatures after a “bad case of vertigo” made him unable to sign some of the $599 books. “I’ve been made aware that there’s some controversy about signatures on some of my recent artwork prints and on a limited-edition of Philosophy of Modern Song,” he wrote on Facebook. “I’ve hand-signed each and every art print over the years, and there’s never been a problem.” He continued: However, in 2019 I had a bad case of vertigo and it continued into the pandemic years. It ...
