Joe Martin

#V4V panel going live now with

and

on @fountain and #nostr

https://fountain.fm/live/MCBLfncgHo8vQHAQ8rhs

On route to Prague with a headful of songs and a handful of CDs. Been shafted by Ryanair for extra luggage and an overpriced pint (standard), but spirits are high!

Who's gonna be there?

Hope you're all as stoked as I am! 🤘

#music #V4V #prague #grownostr

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Was awesome chatting with

about the new album and getting stuck into the process of the songwriting and the making of Alone In Valentine. Hopefully it will bring something new to those who go on to listen to the full album! Make sure you subscribe to Matt's new podcast to catch all his shows going forward https://fountain.fm/show/wka7Lksu1i8MxLGFTIuO

Sats > Streams 😉

Full album 👇 https://wavlake.com/album/5760a5e7-e280-4445-9005-c4287b72617a

#tunestr #music #grownostr #valueforvalue #V4V

Album is officially out everywhere today > https://linktr.ee/joe_martin_music

But would encourage anyone listening to listen and zap on a #V4V app instead of listen on Spotify.

Zaps > streams

Appreciate the support 🫶

Onwards!

Really enjoyed this conversion with

.

I wanted to be honest about how I see the #V4V scene vs where I imagined things would be by now when I first stepped into this over 3 years ago.

Why are people so resistant to giving this idea a try? And why do most people who do, leave after a short period of time?

Is it about improving the tech/ onboaring for artists and listeners, or is it about more education?

Does bitcoin and nostr have a branding problem that needs to be abstracted away for most nontechnical users to finally start adopting it?

Are the quirky terms like 'valueforvalue' and 'boosting' leaving people with more questions than answers?

I don't have the answers, but it's hard to look around and say 'we're winning' when users are down, zaps are down and people that come into the ecosystem disappear within a short space of time.

I'm still here because I believe in the underlying tech and principles of the idea but it's hard to see how this starts to get mass adoption without things being radically simplified. Maybe folks don't want mass adoption either and are happy for the valueverse to stay as a niche community which is fine, but we should be honest about that.

Trust me when I say, I'm never going back to just releasing music on all the old platforms. But we need some new blood around here, and artists ARE looking for this, they just don't know it yet. How do we get people fired up about this?

Hope this podcast gets the discussion moving

Leave some thoughts in the comments ✌️

Looking ahead to the release of Alone In Valentine. I obviously want to do an early #V4V release.

I feel like I've been sleeping on some of the #nostr music development. (Does music have it's own kind/NIP? and if there's a plethora of nostr specific music clients that emerge, I guess your music on nostr will be easily discoverable? )

I'm want to push my physical merch as that's the best way to make money back from the upfront costs of recording. But I also want to explore what other options I might be missing / have overlooked in the V4V space.

Should I look into

? (Not sure if they're doing music yet)

As well as

for RSS, I want to look at what direct #nostr music publishing can offer. My only reservation is that if I wanted or needed to take music down in the future, that would be difficult or near impossible. Not that I think that would ever happen. The main problem still remains that people without sats (most people) won't be able to partake in this ecosystem, until a platform streamlines the onboarding process and that requires regulation and a company of some kind to be the middle man between credit cards/ apple pay and sats that can be zapped.

Also looking for a nostr alternative to youtube to publish music videos for sats.

Any comments / suggestions from the community are welcome!

#asknostr

This was fun. There needs to be more #V4V shows 🤘

It's that time of year again 😅

No thanks Mr Ek, I choose #V4V

https://wavlake.com/joemartin

sats > streams

Holy smokes.

My

campaign just blasted through a million sats! 😮

Thank you so much

! 🙏

Let's keep beating the drum of #valueforvalue louder with every release! 🧡 💜

Onwards 🫡

https://geyser.fund/project/joemartin?hero=joemartin

#grownostr #music #V4V

Buzzing to be joining my orange-pilled music compadres for a legendary show at the Fickle Pickle Club in Westcliff-on-Sea. Showcasing the potential of value for value and what bitcoin lightning payments can do for live music as well as the broken streaming model. If you want to be part of history, grab a ticket right now for the show on the 23rd of May, it's gonna be rockin'!

See you in the value-verse!⚡️🎶⚡️🎶⚡️

🎟️🎟️🎟️ https://wegottickets.com/event/652977 🎟️🎟️🎟️

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#valueforvalue #V4V #livemusic #grownostr #tunestr #zap #lightning