Category: Live music

Music’s potential in virtual worlds is much more than just a game.

Following the growing interest in music and gaming, we’re excited to announce a new format for The Score: A monthly newsletter distributed for free to all Water & Music newsletter subscribers. Each issue will round up and analyze the biggest music and gaming stories of the month, through Water & Music’s unique industry lens — forever curious about the latest tech innovations and eager to dive into the weeds, while also pulling out actionable insights grounded in music-industry needs and challenges.

Our dedicated editorial vertical covering the future of work in the music business.

Capturing the W&M community’s unique, early-adopter, critical pulse on the music/Web3 landscape, backed by ongoing reporting from our Web3 research team that you won’t find elsewhere.

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

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


A set of nine artist- and fan-centric design principles for building the next generation of musical metaverse experiences.



In response to growing demand and market activity, we’ve updated our music NFT contract builder to include off-chain, IRL benefits around merchandise and access, which comprise some of the fastest-growing forms of utility around music NFTs.
