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I had this thought yesterday and went to throw it up here, spent forever writing it out on mobile and FB opened out of nowhere, somehow force closed Primal and I lost everything. I am going to remove it from my phone completely along with all other meta garbage. #fuckzuck

That being said, the thought was. I wonder if any dance music producers and DJs that have a following on nostr have ever said "where do you want me to play? Zap me to your city!"

I know myself and other artists I have been booked with, opened for etc like Stanton Warriors, JFB and so many more would play anywhere people wanted us. Like anywhere, we arent scared. I live in a country at war and come from a cartel run nightmare of a town in the 80's/90's

Realistically, Wherever people genuinely want us to be is where we truly want to perform.

Yes, money is a thing in our reality. Venue owners and promoters book artists to sell tickets (for the most part, our venue The Craft by ColYve in Cambodia is a different business model, still involves tickets though). So they can only guess what people may or may not want to see based often on extremely bias opinions and inflated social accounts.

Followers could change all that system realistically. For instance, if people wanted to see me play in Ghana, I wouldn't hesitate in the slightest (just a random thought) if there were enough zaps to get me there. I would waive my fee for one of the shows while I am there, followers choice as to where. Then I could book a tour around that area and make up my fee from other promoters.

Then people could also zap me to cities in that area of the world for cheaper.

It's a super loose thought, but I wondered if any artists have put it out there and what it looked like if they did. Zap = ticket or VIP or something. Open to any discussion.

I have no following on here as I just started, so this isn't really a question about me specifically as an artist, more in general. Thoughts?

#zapcityriot #music #zaps #zapmetoyourcity #techno #heuristic

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inpc 2w ago

It’s an interesting thought… I can’t think of any dance music/DJs on here with significant following (but may not have seen if they do). I know both nostr:npub19r9qrxmckj2vyk5a5ttyt966s5qu06vmzyczuh97wj8wtyluktxqymeukr and nostr:npub13qrrw2h4z52m7jh0spefrwtysl4psfkfv6j4j672se5hkhvtyw7qu0almy get around quite a bit on the V4V circuit, maybe they could chip in?

Joe Martin 🎶🟠⚡ 2w ago

Definitely a cool idea. Will happen one day I'm sure. Don't know if nostr is big enough yet though

Heuristic 2w ago

Probably. Definitely good to throw that wood on the fire now though I think as far as #functionality and ease of use.

It's weirdly awesome being a non dev and having devs talk to me like I am one of the homies knowing I am the equivalent of a walking dancefloor lol.

Joe Martin 🎶🟠⚡ 2w ago

sure, give it a shot and see if it works!

Ainsley Costello 2w ago

The Bitcoin and Nostr communities aren't big enough to help cover costs for music yet. nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7cnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzq2x2qxdh3dy5cfdfmgkkgkt44pgpcl5ekyfs9ewtuaywukflevkvug4au3 and I have both traveled, great distances, to perform for the communities (Bitcoin and Nostr) but always at my own expense. I know nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcqypceq9nx7fljl9ff4cz4ju9q689memfnm9vtx8gcu5mt5v8rd52qzxw2jjt has traveled extensively as well and not been able to figure out how to monetize it in a way that makes sense. He even wrote a Bitcoin Manifesto about it! Like Joe, I think it's coming - - one day. But we really need global listeners - our fans - to want to be here and they are not here yet. I love this community but I find that it is mostly developers and developer adjacent (podcasters, entreprenuers, those that were deplatformed for one reason or another). The music community is growing but until the normie can support music with Bitcoin (maybe without even knowing it) we will continue to struggle to find enough people to support even the most basic cost coverage.

nevermind 2w ago

Strong agree. It’s still all too weird. nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 is improving things significant in terms of easy distribution but getting regular people into Nostr is still far, far harder than it needs to be.

Joe Martin 🎶🟠⚡ 2w ago

I think given enough time, every service will plug itself into lightning on the back end and value will flow freely between all the platforms. Until then, getting people to switch platforms to support a handful of their favourite artists is a big ask. Artists need to be educated so they can educate their audiences and demand change. Until a platform cracks the 'onboarding experience' for noobs to get sats in their wallets and zapping with one click, it's going to be hard recommending any of this to my live gig goers and legacy platform followers. Sure you feel the same

Ainsley Costello 2w ago

💯 🫶