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However, in Latin America, only 15% of them can pursue their careers, which, considering the time invested in studying and the limited possibilities for commercialization, doesn't equate to what an average musician earns, especially in Latin America.  Facing this reality, I devised a method to empower independent musicians to become web3 musicians, offering sustainability opportunities for their musical projects. In web3 terms, this translates to onboarding. Yet, the goal of this workshop isn't solely to provide knowledge for a more sustainable career. Rather, it aims for these musicians to onboard their fans onto blockchain technology, providing them with benefits, gamified educational processes, and much more, thus contributing liquidity to the market and putting the Latin and Spanish-speaking music market on the blockchain in the spotlight.  This is crucial as there is abundant talent in Latin America but limited resources. This workshop contributes to the web3 ecosystem by generating adoption and providing a fairer vision for musician payments in exchange for their art, aiming to reintroduce collecting as a part of everyday life, similar to 20 years ago with the sale and collection of physical CDs. We bring liquidity, adoption, and great music to the blockchain, enabling Latin talent exposure and the self-financing of their careers. With your funding I wanna provide this educational content and festivals around latinoam\u00e9rica making possible my tour in the following countries: Uruguay in January, Per\u00fa Lima in February and M\u00e9xico in March 2024. Let me show you the power of music in the web3 adoption!", "hidden": false, "question": "How is your project focused on improving the Web3 ecosystem? ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "n/a", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you haven\u2019t participated previously). ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "In just one month, I successfully educated 20 individuals who were able to market their songs and generate triple the profits compared to Spotify in the same timeframe. This achievement occurred within the context of a live workshop held in Buenos Aires in October, culminating in the CiberW3b festival, where graduates of The Method showcased QR codes for their songs, resulting in real-time sales.\n\nEach of them could live auction their NFTs while performing, captivating and surprising the audience. Following these accomplishments, the MusicaW3 community (of which I am a founder) is currently providing free ongoing support to all new members and participants, offering them more information and suggestions to facilitate the commercialization of their works. We actively collaborate from both the artistic and technical sides of web3.\n\nTwice a month, we host co-work meetings, specifically providing in-person guidance to the course graduates regarding their upcoming projects. Musicians have been collaborating for over a month now to collectively launch releases. Most importantly, at each of their shows, they set up a MusicaW3 community stand to offer free onboarding to their fans, enabling them to sell songs through experienced individuals from the community.\n\nThis workshop is being endorsed by the MusicaW3 community as an essential pillar for the ongoing support of the knowledge I am imparting. I presented this workshop at EthARGENTINA 2023 and at LABITCONF: https://www.labitconf.com/ this year, affording me the opportunity to speak to hundreds of people.\n\nThe impact of this project has been significant, and I have already garnered interest from other Latin American countries to host it in-person. Locations such as Litehouse in Punta del Este, Uruguay, Exposound in Lima, Peru, EthLima 2023, and Mxweb3 in CDMX are showing interest:\n\nURU: https://lighthouseco.work/en/\n\nPERU: https://exposoundperu.com\n\nMEXICO: (where their project is actually submitted here on Gitcoin)\n\nhttps://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/424/0x98720dd1925d34a2453ebc1f91c9d48e7e89ec29/0x98720dd1925d34a\n\nI believe that with the support of Gitcoin, I can make a significant difference in the lives of financially disadvantaged independent Latin musicians.\n\nFor more information: https://instagram.com/elmetodoweb3\n\nhttps://musicaw3.com\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "5992", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "N/A", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources have you received? Check all that apply", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "number", "answer": "3", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Team Size", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "number", "answer": "3", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project? (We will use twitter, domain registration, github, etc to verify)", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://twitter.com/sweetman_eth\nhttps://twitter.com/maxpretends\nhttps://twitter.com/0xgonzalo_\n\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project (N/A for solo founders): ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG19-Eligibility-50843c8b3ab44ad297731a00efa6e389?pvs=4  ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "I served as an international web3 music speaker for Live Nation in 2022 and mentored professionals in the Latin American music industry like Leo Garc\u00eda (https://www.instagram.com/leogarciaartista/). I was also among the pioneers in creating NFT music in my country (Argentina) in 2021 and organized the first Latin American music festivals in the Decentraland metaverse in 2022.\n\nI am the founder of the current MusicW3 community:\n\nTwitter Community: https://twitter.com/i/communities/1637950243613425666\n\nMusicW3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Musica_W3\n\nLinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/solfalcoweb3/\n\nI believe I possess the necessary background to assist Latin musicians like myself in establishing a career in web3, drawing from my own successes and those of our community members. Moreover, I am convinced that with a bit of funding, the work and talent of the Latin community could propel us into the current industry, develop their careers, and most importantly, shift the paradigms of this industry, which is often unsustainable for talented musicians, leveraging the communal strength of web3.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? 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It aims to seamlessly bridge web2 and web3, fostering blockchain technology adoption, enhancing liquidity in the general market (through fan engagement in purchasing and selling music across any chain), and expanding Spanish-language music within the web3 music niche. Presently, English songs dominate and flourish in this space.\nThe Method was presented in-person in Buenos Aires in October of this year, giving rise to an IRL festival named Ciberw3b, where half of the course graduates participated, successfully selling their first musical NFTs to their fans in real life.\nWe also have the collaboration of the app: https://onchainmagic.xyz to facilitate onboarding for creators and fans, streamlining processes. Due to the success of these two major events\u2014the workshop and the festival\u2014we've been invited to tour Latin America, including participation in this year's EthLima conference and ExpoSound fair https://exposoundperu.com. This tour would commence at LiteHouse (a Uruguay-based activity hub exclusively for hybrid events (web2.5), focusing on digital nomads and technology adoption). It would continue in Lima, Peru, and culminate in CDMX alongside the MxWeb3 community.\nWe believe we can revolutionize the music industry through blockchain technology, providing opportunities for talented, underprivileged Latin artists.\n\nKey Activities\n\nEducational reels on the intersection of web3 and independent music\nClosing festivals at each workshop\nPromotion of drops and playlists from the MusicaW3 community\nPost-workshop team advisory sessions with the MusicaW3 community and previous workshop graduates\nIntegration of the web3 community through musician interviews on Xpaces every Wednesday: https://x.com/solencontraluz/status/1714365892618809809?s=20\nActive promotion IRL for the sale of digital collectibles at concerts by participating musicians and graduates of The Method Workshop.\nRecent Achievements\n150 attendees at the CIBERW3B festival successfully selling live NFTs\nhttps://app.fanz.events/event/cyberw3b-festival---musicaw3-e0x120#tickets\nNumerous media interviews in Buenos Aires, Argentina\nMore than 20 musicians in 1 month were able to sell and create their musical NFTs, earning 10 times more than with Spotify and other web2 platforms.\nWe have been called upon to continue our activities across Latin America by several significant communities in the ecosystem: Mxweb3, Criptocuriosas, ethlima, and Litehouse (Realtek marketplace).\nShort-Term Goals\nTo generate wider adoption of blockchain technology to enable sustainability for underprivileged independent musicians' careers in Latin America.\nTo fund our tour across Latin America to share our expertise gained over more than 2.5 years in the web3 music ecosystem.\n\nCore Activities\n\nCreation of educational content on web2 platforms: X and Instagram\nWorkshops for independent musicians\nIssuance of soulbound certificates\nIRL experiences for early adopters (live purchase and creation of NFTs)\nCreation of free study materials for workshop participants\nActive follow-up on projects from workshop graduates in free coworking spaces\nOrganization of a culturally impactful closing festival where The Method workshop is conducted.\n\nVision and Impact\n\nWe aim to create opportunities for musicians and fans across Latin America and establish a self-sustaining network for talented, underprivileged artists' music careers.\nWe believe education should be accessible and should yield benefits for the entire ecosystem, not just creators.\nWe trust that blockchain can solve many current issues in the music industry. We can address them through thoughtful application of technology to careers and companies.\nAny music career is sustainable if supported by a fan base. We are convinced that change is possible through independent web3 musician communities.\nWe aim to expand and already have collaborations with UNA CANCI\u00d3N https://twitter.com/UnaCancion_xyz, which funded our latest festival. Now, we aim for more in other Latin American countries where other founders will offer their courses: Yoshiro Mare in Colombia and Yaxx Castillo in Havana, Cuba.\nWe hope to have the support of the entire community to make this dream of the tour and global adoption of blockchain technology possible.\n\nLong-Term Goals:\n\nTo provide job opportunities for other musicians to become educators.\nTo establish a secure network of free educational support for independent musicians throughout Latin America.\nTo encourage conscious music consumption through blockchain.\nTo achieve adoption in more than 8 countries within 1 year.\n\nTo participate in large-scale conferences and shows to offer experiences with web3 music.\nTo continue building a healthy ecosystem with web3 artistic collectives, collaborations, and independent musician communities.\nTo encourage the creation of collective drops for project self-financing.\n\n\nGet Involved:\n\nVisit our page https://musicaw3.com to follow updates on The Method project.\n\nContact:\n\nX: https://www.x.com/solencontraluz\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/solencontraluz\nEmail: sol@musicaw3.com", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "solencontraluz"}, "recipient": "0x57adDe4d31F44fa86FB553979FC52EDE13364129"}}