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Share Your Bitcoin Journey Ep 15 is live.
: Nashville pop rock, first to 1M sats on Wavlake with Cherry On Top, and opening Bitcoin Arts Park at Midwest.
Watch the full conversation:
#Music #Art #Rock #Nashville #Artists #SongWriters #CherryonTop #Musician #BitcoinArt #AinsleyCostello #BitcoinForTheArts
opens day two of Bitcoin Arts Park at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit.
Sept 24 · 12PM · Expo Stage · Columbus Presented by Bitcoin for the Arts
One-man band. Live loops. Real rock in a Bitcoin room.
#BitcoinForTheArts #MidwestBitcoinSummit #V4V #RocknRoll #Music #Arts #Musicians
Bitcoin For The Arts presents
live at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit.
September 23 · 12 PM · Expo Stage
Pop-rock energy. Lightning-native. Zero gatekeepers.
This is culture on a fixed supply. See you in Columbus!
#Bitcoin #MBS2026 #BitcoinForTheArts #AinsleyCostello #Music #LiveMusic #Art
Give it up for
🧡🔥🧡🔥🧡. We are thrilled to be sponsors of
. Thank you to Ainsley and her team
for making it happen!
#CampNakamoto #AinsleyCostello #BitcoinForTheArts #PhamtonMusic #EpochMusic#Nashville #Arts #Artists #Music #Creators
🧡 Clip from the latest Share Your Bitcoin Journey with
“I try my best to be efficient with words… I’ve reached the best version of the song when there’s nothing left to take away — not when there’s nothing more to add.”
Joe on the craft of songwriting: stripping away the excess until only what’s essential remains, with the goal of telling a three-hour movie in three minutes.
It’s a beautiful reminder that great art often comes from subtraction, not addition.
Watch the clip:
What’s one song that feels like it has “nothing left to take away”?
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🧡 New Episode Just Dropped!
Share Your Bitcoin Journey EP6 –
The 21st century troubadour shares his journey — from piano at age 5 to building a sovereign music career on Bitcoin and Nostr.
Joe talks about:
Making his album Alone In Valentine with zero AI, traveling halfway around the world, and spending most of his savings Why AI slop + inflation are parallel debasements of art and money The chicken-and-egg problem of Value for Value adoption Living as a true independent artist in 2026
This is a deep, principled conversation about staying true to Bitcoin’s original vision while building a real career as a musician.
Watch the full episode here:
What stood out to you most?
Zaps welcome ⚡️
#Bitcoin #Nostr #JoeMartin #ValueForValue #SoundMoney #BitcoinArtists #SovereignArt #BitcoinForTheArts #LowTimePreference #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Arts #Artists #Music #SongWriters #Musicians
🧡 Artists getting zapped live while performing is next level.
In our latest Share Your Bitcoin Journey episode,
shares what it felt like to be paid in real-time Bitcoin zaps while performing live using Nostr +
.
She got zapped from both the people in the room and the audience watching online — all while creating on stage.
This is what value-for-value looks like in action.
The technology doesn’t replace the live experience — it enhances it. You keep the energy in the room while opening it up to anyone, anywhere.
What do you think — is live zapping during performances the future?
#Bitcoin #Nostr #Zaps #ValueForValue #TuneStr #BitcoinForTheArts #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #Artists #Artstr #Art #BitcoinArt #ZapArt #Music #Stream https://blossom.primal.net/8a6000e229eaac1e71bc48bf1e3b2f91c55a120d447c3cee579b0121718ea838.mp4
Episode 5 of Share Your Bitcoin Journey just dropped 🔥
Women are underrepresented in indie rock.
They’re severely underrepresented in the Bitcoin music scene.
Songwriter Sisters is doing the important slow work of changing the first.
And artists like
are doing some of the most visible work changing the second — one of the very few women operating at this level in Bitcoin music.
Visibility matters.
When women see other women thriving in this space, it becomes easier to step forward.
We don’t need more technical soapboxing. We need more people willing to take a real chance on talented women and give them room to shine.
Huge respect to Sara Jade for leading by example.
Full episode dropping on YouTube later this week 👀
Tag other women in Bitcoin music who inspire you.
#BitcoinMusic #ShareYourBitcoinJourney #SovereignArt #WomenInBitcoin #BitcoinForTheArts #SoundMoney #Nostr #Artists #Podcast #Art #Music #IndieMusic #Bitcoin #Rock #Tunestr #NosVegas
Just back from
. We went to NosVegas hosted by
What a showcase. So many talented artists performing live, and the energy was electric. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to capture footage of every artist.
Biggest highlight — watching the production team make sure every artist got paid directly in Lightning zaps in real time. That’s exactly the kind of value-for-value future we’re trying to build at BFTA.
Shoutout to
and the entire Tunestr crew for pulling this off.
#NosVegas #Tunestr #Bitcoin #SovereignArt #ValueForValue #BFTA
#Artist #Bitcoin #NosVegas #Bitcoinart #Music #Vegas #Creators #Artstr
We just published a new artist story on Bitcoin For The Arts:
— Dissident Beats from the World's Longest Lockdown
During Melbourne's brutal 2020-2021 lockdowns — the longest in the world — Matt picked up his instruments and refused to stay silent. He lost friends, employment, and was censored across every major platform. He doubled down, releasing raw dissident music for free on a value-for-value model.
When he discovered Nostr and the ValueVerse, everything changed. A censorship-resistant home where he could finally connect directly with listeners.
"I am happily returning the value I have received for my music back into the ValueVerse where I gain much value."
He's already onboarded two other musicians to V4V and Nostr. His advice to fellow creators: "Be brave. Risk being cancelled to express yourself. Embrace censorship-resistant protocols and turn your back on the platforms."
Read the full story: https://www.bitcoinforthearts.org/stories/matt-finlay
Listen: https://phafe.com/artists/mattfinlay/ Bandcamp: https://mattfinlay.bandcamp.com/ "Thin Blue Line" video: https://rumble.com/v2hr2hs-thin-blue-line-432hz-music-video-matt-finlay.html
#Bitcoin #Nostr #ValueForValue #V4V #ArtisticSovereignty #BitcoinForTheArts #BFTA #FreeSpeech #DeMu #Music #Artstr #Art