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If Music Is Digital Gold , Why Do We Always Treat It Like Digital Plastic? [BENJI ROGERS]
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In the piece Benji Rogers bemoans the devaluation of music, and shares how the implementation of blockchain tech could make it so that ownership data was required for a song to even work, thereby restoring its value to the artist's benefit. Guest post by Benji Rogers of dotBlockchain and PledgeMusic (This is the unofficial part 7 of a series of blogs from the dotBlockchain Music Project. More detailed technical articles can be found on mymedium profile or on our website dotblockchainmusic.com— please also ...
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How Blockchain Could Transform The Music Industry - Part 2 [Benji Rogers]
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The business of royalty collection and artist rights is in desperate need of an overhaul, one which blockchain tech's digital “wrapper" could potentially provide. Here Benji Rogers details what the implementation of this technology would look like and who it would benefit. Guest Post by Benji Rogers on Rethink Music A new “fair trade” music format could clean up the murky world of rights and royalties This is an update to “How the Blockchain and VR Can Change the Music ...
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Blockchain Music, And Benji Rogers 75% Superb Idea [ANDREW DUBBER]
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Here Andrew Dubber responds to Benji Rogers' recent piece discussing how the Blockchain and VR could be implemented to better organize and protect music moving forward. In this article, Dubber suggests a few tweaks to Rogers' vision which would make the future of music technology more friendly to society as a whole. Guest Post by Andrew Dubber on AndrewDubber.com Pledge Music’s CEO Benji Rogers wrote a blog post that has been doing the rounds recently. It’s called How the Blockchain ...
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Benji Rogers On Music, Blockchain, Virtual Reality And How A New Codec Could Change Everything [w/GEORGE HOWARD]
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Here George Howard speaks with PledgeMusic founder and CEO Benji Rogers about Blockchain, Virtual Reality, and how a new codec could potentially replace the complex licensing systems currently in place when combined with these two technologies. Guest Post by George Howard on Forbes “I want 2016 to be the year that we do not discuss payouts ever again.” So says, Benji Rogers, Founder and CEO of PledgeMusic. I couldn’t agree more. In part one of our free-wheeling conversation, we discuss how ...
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Benji Rogers, Founder And President Of PledgeMusic, Looks Back On 2014
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Benji Rogers, Founder and President of PledgeMusic joins us today for Hypebot.com's 2014 Year End Virtual Panel. Rogers has a hopeful outlook for the collaboration between artists and music streaming services, but suggests that streaming companies handle the relationship with care. “The artists are the ones with that power. If the artists are given the tools, and therefore the incentive, they will bring the subscribers and all boats will begin to rise." Continue reading for more from Benji Rogers. 1) ...
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CEO Benji Rogers on Why Pledgemusic is Building an A&R Team
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Last week PledgeMusic posted a call for full and part-time A&R Scouts. While any business that offers services to musicians might conceivably need folks to seek out talent and build relationships in the industry, something about the post suggested that this was a more serious step for PledgeMusic. Though technically on vacation, CEO Benji Rogers was kind enough to fill me in on new developments. PledgeMusic's job posting includes the following key requirements: “Knowledge of, and intimate connection with, both ...
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Interview: Benji Rogers of PledgeMusic
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From interviews conducted by live music streaming startup LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. They were streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. Here's a video of the full interview. Excerpts are below: Benji Rogers from Pledge Music @ Austin Tech Talk SXSW 2013 “99% of PledgeMusic artists launch with a charitable component. As an artist, when you go into making an album, knowing that it's already been pre-sold, you go into it in a different ...
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"We Have Had Almost Zero File-Sharing of Pledge Artists," Says Benji Rogers of Pledgemusic. PT. 1
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Recently, I spoke with Benji Rogers, founder of PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform for music and creativity. In the first segment of this two part interview, Rogers talks about the difference between crowdfunding and what PledgeMusic does, how the process encourages more active participation from fans, and things artists should consider when putting together a campaign. How does crowdfunding disrupt the one-size-fits-all paradigm of financing the production of recorded music? Being that it's more democratic in nature, does it fund art ...
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"Our Spend Per Fan Regularly Eclipses the $100 Mark," Says Benji Rogers of Pledgemusic. PT. 2
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This is part two of my interview segment with Benji Rogers, founder of PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform for music and creativity. In the next segment, Rogers talks about the role of super fans in campaigns and their influence on sales, his optimism about the future of recorded music and artistry, and how his site plays into the social ecology of music culture online. KB: Not long ago, buying an album, a t-shirt, or concert ticket constituted as the only points of ...
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