Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies can be very hard and confusing to understand. A lot of people find it so difficult they just decide it is not for them and move on with their lives. The unfortunate part of this is that they are missing out on the benefits of the technology. While most people might not be ready for the power that the blockchain brings there is a certain group of society that is very hungry for this exciting change that is happening.
The Musicians
Musicians spend years of their life developing their craft. They pour everything they have into trying to make the best music and art that they can. Most not even motivated by the dreams of making money but just simply because they feel the urge to make music just as much as they need to eat, sleep or breath. It is just something people are compelled to do. Unfortunately for so long throughout history it has been very difficult for them to make a living doing it. So now we have the society perception of a failed musician working at a fast food restaurant because their band never hit it big. Or maybe their band did hit it big but all the men in the middle made all the profit while the artist saw very little if anything in return. More often than not being left in debt to a record company for even trying to chase their dreams. Thanks to a wonderful new technology called the blockchain were at the beginning of a new era.
The word Blockchain can be confusing and cause people to get all sorts of mental images in their mind about what it even is. It can be a hard concept to grasp but at the end of the day it is nothing more than trusted record keeping. The magical part though is that it allows all sorts of things to be done that were never possible before until now. It is causing some of the brightest minds to create life changing technology. You don't need to understand how the internet works to be able to enjoy looking at cat pictures on instagram and you don't need to know how blockchain works to benefit from it. It is going to keep rapidly changing and improving over time and more more people will be joining the revolution. If you are a Steemit users then you are already getting yourself familiar with that power. If you are reading this and have not signed up for Steemit then I encourage you to go ahead and take the leap. It does not cost you anything and just might have some fun and enjoy exploring this new social media.
The birth of the Middle Class Musician
Musicians that decide to take the leap of faith into this new world have so much to gain and will be able to start themselves on a path of actually living out their dreams. You will see more and more of them be able to empower themselves and finally live their dreams as a full time musician. Those there are willing to dive in will need help and I encourage anyone with the knowledge to help them to do whatever they can to make things more clear and approachable.
There are already people doing lots of great work on this site.
https://steemit.com/@heymattsokol
He was recently interviewed by
https://steemit.com/@sndbox
you should check them out there are also doing amazing things.
open mic is a great way to hear new artists
https://steemit.com/trending/openmic
So if you can contribute to the education of musicians then get started now. What are you waiting for? Music will help take blockchain to the mainstream just like Napster helped to bring attention to peer to peer online file sharing.
There are plenty music projects to explore outside of Steemit and I will start diving into those and posting about them here. It would be awesome if we had a way to tag blockchain music most that are meant to help musicians. If there is something like that already being used then please let me know. For know I will use music-chain to help make this stuff easier to categorize. Thanks for reading and please add any add all resources for people to check out.