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On this Episode... Kevin Currie from the new Streaming service "PeerTracks" and from Austin's own "Freebleeder"... Jon Millican and Chris Foster were in the house to promote "PeerTracks"... If you're a band or an artist, go to www.peertracks.com and sign up NOW!! It's free to sign up, free to Stream and free to get your original music on the site... Get your music on PeerTracks and start getting PAID!!! Much Love and Enjoy ;)
Eddie joins Scott to talk about being a runner, the early days of cryptocurrency, and PeerTracks.
Cedric Cobban joins Scott to talk about Blockchain, Canadian accents and PeerTracks.
This podcast episode is a part of a series of features from the Future of Music Policy Summit 2015, covered by Dotted Music’s Josh Urban and Cory Wolff. Keep an eye on the Dotted Music blog and this podcast for more coverage, and read an introduction to today’s WeSpin Recipes conversation from Josh below: The lunch line was bustling in the Hoya food court. The Future of Music Coalition’s 15th Annual Policy Summit was well underway at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and I was hungry. I had set out to procure a veggie burger. I found it, and the future of music sales. And to think I would have been excited about a side of fries... It happened like this: While waiting in the cue, two guys in Peertracks polo shirts walked up, also foraging for lunch. We got to chatting, and they explained how they were building a way to sell music with blockchain technology (think Bitcoin), and take it directly peer-to-peer. “Like an iTunes killer?” I queried, eagerly asking if they’d do an interview. The result of this conversation is what you’ll hear in a moment. Founder Cédric Cobban took the time to explain how Peertracks is building a system that incentivizes music discovery, gives unprecedented access to fans by existing artists, solves metadata puzzles moving forward, slashes fees on sales by an order of magnitude, and creates brave new worlds of brand-artist collaborations. Best of all, the system they champion isn’t tied to their company. The platform is independent, transparent, and from what I can tell, the Future. Without further ado, here’s my conversation with Cédric. Go to http://wespin.co/wsr51/ for the show notes and http://getacard.wespin.co/ to learn how to get a free WeSpin postcard by supporting the podcast.
TheToyBoxStudioShow.com Peertracks.com Our guests today are two ground breaking visionaries that join us from both the music world and the cryptographic digital currency world. Eddie Corral and Cédrik Cobban came across my radar when I was doing a Bitcoin podcast called Bitcoins and Gravy with John Barrett. Eddie and Cédrik are taking the technology that powers Bitcoin and applying it to marketing music using a new platform called Peertracks which is built on the Bitshares network. Eddie has over 25 years in the music business working with major label artists and establishing independent talent. From radio promotion to national touring, Eddie brings his vast knowledge of the industry and integrates it with the crypto world. Cédrik got into Bitcoin in 2011, then discovered BitShares and decided to spearhead BitShares Music in february 2014. Understanding the new technology behind block chains, Bitshares, Peertracks and creating new digital currencies can be a lot to grasp all at once. So hang on tight as Eddie and Cédrik help shed some light on this amazing new platform and the potential to reinvent the music market in a way that gives new meaning to being part of a fan club. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments about Peertracks and what you would like to see included in a new platform for music:lij@thetoyboxstudio.com ecorral@peertracks.com You can learn more about what we discussed here: Peertracks and follow them on Twitter or Facebook If you want to get started and to buy Notes go here To get Bitcoin you can use my affiliate link thorugh Coinbase the most trusted Bitcoin provider I know. And finally here are more helpful linksBitshares Music FoundationBit SharesBitcoins And Gravy a podcast about BitcoinWhat is Bitcoin?I want to get some Bitcoin!Discover Reddit and learn more about Peertracks. See how the voting mechanism could work for bands and music charts on Peertracks