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Katherine Bassett

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Fandom
Wavelengths 003: Crafting superfan experiences, from the physical to the digital
February 02 2023

As touring and streaming increasingly fail to present sustainable revenue streams to middle class artists, it’s never been more critical for artists to find their true fans — fans that will follow their artists throughout their careers, across projects and platforms.

Community Q&As
Community Member Q&A: Andres Botero, Manga Creative Studios
November 02 2022

To platform more voices from the Water & Music community, we’ve decided to reignite our Community Member Q&A section. Biweekly, we’ll be running a Q&A with W&M members doing particularly innovative or interesting work with music and technology.

Community Q&As
Community Member Q&A: Josh Dalton, Serenade
October 03 2022

To platform more voices from the Water & Music community, we’ve decided to reignite our Community Member Q&A section. Biweekly, we’ll be running a Q&A with W&M members doing particularly innovative or interesting work with music and technology.

Careers
Community Barometer, Q2 2022: The future of work
September 23 2022

Our latest community barometer survey identified several challenges currently affecting music-industry workers in a rapidly changing market, while providing context on whether workers feel equipped with the skills needed to enact change in their careers and in the wider music business. 

Discord digests
Key takeaways from our discussion on avatar rapper FN Meka
September 03 2022

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

Discord digests
Muse’s NFT album becomes first to hit the UK charts — but does it land?
August 25 2022

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

Discord digests
The music metaverse is not free from red tape
July 27 2022
Discord digests
The music industry reacts to the bear market
June 20 2022
Discord digests
The music NFT pricing debate
June 10 2022
Discord digests
The “TikTokification” of the music industry
June 02 2022
Discord digests
Should we stop using the term “music NFT”?
May 23 2022
DAO updates
The Water & Music Academy: An experiment in community-driven media education
May 20 2022

How we created a music Web3 learning experience with and for our members — going from ideation to execution in just three months.