What Games Can Teach You About Music
What Games Can Teach You About Music Games and music have always been intricately intertwined.  Red Brick highlights how music completes the video game experience through sound symbolism as well as movement. It would be difficult to separate the ominous setting of Dark Souls from its soundtrack. Or to experience the speed of Super Mario Odyssey without the melody that follows in the background. The 8-bit era of games is a rabbit hole worthy of exploring. These original game sounds were some of the first to be synthesized using computer chips as opposed to samples of audio recordings imported into the game. These sounds have become iconic and have weaved their way through pop culture for decades. With nostalgia for 8-Bit era aesthetics and sounds at an all-time high, we are seeing musicians draw inspiration from these vintage games and sounds in new and innovative ways. The genres …
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Non-Fungible Tokens – Hype, Flaws, and Innovation
(Cover Image derived from Consensual Hallucinations by crypto artist Serwah Attafuah) A digital certificate for intellectual property is sweeping the music world. Known as a Non-Fungible Token, or an NFT, these cryptographically verified digital collectibles allow artists to store unchangeable versions of their music/art on the blockchain. This article explores the hype, the flaws, and the innovation of this new technology and what it means for you as a producer, artist, or musician. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ What is Blockchain technology? At this point, we have all heard about Bitcoin. But what many don’t know is that it is the technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that holds the power and potential to revolutionize all aspects of our digital exchanges.  su_quote cite=”Shermin Voshmgir (Author of Token Economy)”If we assume that the WWW has revolutionized information and the Web 2 revolutionizes interactions, then Web3 has the potential to revolutionize agreements and value …
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