After a month away from work, I kicked off this new year by replying to some snoozed emails, scheduling some yearly doctor checkups, paying my estimated taxes, and outlining a few things I’d like to do this month. It was a solid first cup of coffee. Upon completion, I looked down at Discord and noticed I had received a DM from CryptoBatz informing me that their Ozzy Osbourne NFT project was doing an early mint. 🦇 As a fan of Ozzy and a continuation of my web3 research, I bookmarked this campaign last month as one of interest so I quickly jumped at the opportunity to mint one of these batz. I headed over to the provided link and noticed that 550 of 666 batz were already pre minted. “Just in time,” I thought. I connected my wallet, provided the funds for a bat, and waited patiently to see which one I received.

My friend Taylor McKnight told me that until I actually participated in a Web 3 powered experience, I would never truly understand what was happening. Fair enough. Taylor is one of those few people I’ve discussed Web 3 with that didn’t leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Almost two decades ago, I decided the web and music were how I was going to express myself in this world. I care so much about both of these things. My freelance dev blogs are mostly a front so I can write about changes in web standards. This is the kind of stuff that excites me and I am 100% onboard with the web’s constant evolution. So, it may come as no surprise that I have some thoughts about Web 3, NFTs, Crypto, and more. I found myself barging into far too many Twitter threads and fielding far too many calls that I decided I should organize some of them here. I’m going to try and keep this short and unfiltered. Disclaimer: this is mostly for established artists, managers, and labels as that is where my perspective lies.