Totally.

Which is why we won’t attract artists when we harp on those ideas. I’m seeing people come over to make money. Period.

They aren’t into decentralization, deflation, freedom, or sovereignty at all. Those ideas will have to come later.

Artists want to make more than a few cents sent out seasonally via Spotify or royalty check. #v4v makes this possible.

Once they adopt that mindset, then they will start figuring out the distribution aspect and how there’s a whole new ecosystem to help them reach a new audience of super engaged fans.

I am beginning to realize that v4V will go in stages for artists like this, with the first being onboarding them to having 1) a wallet and 2) an npub (and them choosing where to release songs).