A recap of how we designed the latest iteration of the W&M Academy, and the main themes that our speakers shared with our community.

Continuing Water & Music’s exploration of the legal maze around music and Web3, this article takes a closer look at nascent smart-contract developments around collaborative splits for Web3-native music releases.

Introducing our new, collaborative editorial vertical about the future of work in the music business. On a biweekly basis, our research team highlights the most interesting jobs emerging in music — “interesting” defined as involving new technologies, skill sets, strategic priorities, and cross-industry synergies like in gaming, fitness, and podcasts — as a vector for charting potential futures for the music industry as a whole.

The FN Meka debacle has more resonance from a branding/ethics perspective, than it does as a purely technological case study.

Introducing our new, collaborative editorial vertical exploring the intersection of music and video games.

The FN Meka debacle has more resonance from a branding/ethics perspective, than it does as a purely technological case study.

There is a new generation of alternative streaming and curation services being built on top of music NFTs, providing a crucial contextual and social layer on top of the wider music/Web3 ecosystem as it scales.

A starting metrics framework for evaluating and comparing different music NFT drops over time, with a focus on tracking collector activity and gauging the overall community health of music NFT projects.

A self-directed guide for artists and their teams to explore the diverse set of entry points into musical metaverse experiences.

Cutting through the hype to present tangible, focused opportunities for growth and improvement around one of the most in-demand and fundamental use cases for musical metaverse experiences today: Having fun with friends.