JOURNAL ENTRIES

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today i dont feel like much of anything. and same with yesterday. and probably tomorrow too

today i thought about explaining myself some more. more drafts outlining the misunderstanding, or perhaps my poor word choice. explaining my stupid maryisms  how rearranging things helps context click, surfacing the logic overlooked

but then i remembered i had already tried. so i guess thats that

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Something About

1) What

2) H

3) FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas after the US filed criminal charges

Pedestals

Displays

this jpeg showcases the value of nft visibility, artist stories, and conceptual context.

Prototypes

JIMMY is a conceptual artist exploring the essence, absence & ascension of materiality in the digital domain. JIMMY is a force of nature and continuous champion of new technologies and supporting others.

"gamification" is a select compilation of JIMMY's collections (as of Nov 2022) in the form of a web3 m3me.

materials:
https://www.objectz.xyz
https://www.jimmy.technology
https://marys.work/ft-jimmy
https://foundation.app/@JIMMY
https://superrare.com/jimmyedgar
https://twitter.com/JIMMYEDGAR
https://www.instagram.com/jimmyedgar

gamification

gm.
we're still early.



(ps. jk cooper!!)

web3

A bookshelf as a ledger, collection of interests, personal statement; books as a medium of exchange for discovery and learning. 

If knowledge is power; curiosity is the engine. Reading provides intangible, compounding value, and diverse connections; 

(02.26.22)

Books

Give 'Em What They Want

Back once again with a Mija classic. This time we got "Give 'Em What They Want" 

This song is based off one of my life philosophies, you gotta give the people what they WANT. Then you give them what they NEED. And then give them what they want again :')

20 will be available for free for collectors in my Telegram chat

join us:
https://guild.xyz/mija-collectors

Give 'Em What They Want #74

bloody white

BLOOM #49

comin down the mountain 

full episode drops friday 3/17
fridays at the park 



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mainnet_merge[08.11.22]

Where will you be when the mainnet merges?

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Created by Boys Noize on Sound. Leave a comment on the song at https://www.sound.xyz/boysnoize

Boys Noize

My name is Alex aka Boys Noize, DJ & producer from Berlin, Germany. I started to DJ in clubs when I was 16. As a teenager I was working in a house and techno record store, so when I started to make my own music I decided to create my own label to be 100% independent. The music was released through limited presses of vinyl - it was music for DJs only. You were only able to find the music in a select network of house & techno record stores around the world. 

After the first few releases, well known DJs started to play my tracks in their sets, and I suddenly was getting booked both as DJ and to remix the likes of Depeche Mode and Daft Punk (!!). Out of the 100 remixes Ive done there were indeed some hits, and these propelled me to big stages like Coachella and Glastonbury and studio sessions with A$AP Rocky, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean and Lady Gaga.It still feels surreal to think about where it all started.

This brings me to my release today. Cwejman is a classic Boys Noize banger - unreleased until now - and its a big one in my current DJ sets. The name "Cwejman" comes from one of my modules in my modular system that I've used to create the main sound of this track. 

Bringing limited editions to the digital age gives me the same vibes I had in my early days when I spent all my money on limited vinyl presses. Every DJ knows the feeling of dropping something rare in their sets, something that few others have. Offering DJs that feeling again while supporting artists is the magic of Sound.xyz

Cwejman #69

Maelstrom

Tracklist : 

1. Space Dimension Controller - 2076 AD
2. Jacqus - Eclipse
3. 0x-Jitzu - Artificio Naturale
4. Bergsonist - Breakthrough
5. Nautiluss - Exit Strategy
6. Bagvs - Untitled 13
7. GovernmentFun - Squelch
8. CRISPR - Locus Structure
9. Boys Noize - Detune
10. Thys - DoomTimelineTM
11. Random Brothers - BUDAKKICK
12. Surgeon - Jet Pack Mack
13. Maelstrom - Hand in Hand
14. Void Palace - Brainwave

I"m always happy when DJs play my music but it"s also a strange feeling to see someone getting paid a 5 figures fee when none of the producers who made the music they play get compensated for their work. Of course, curation is important. DJing is a creative practice and requires skills & talent, but 99% of the time the DJ gets most of the light while the producers don"t even get mentioned (and almost never get paid). This Sound.xyz drop is an experiment to see how web3 can help change this. 

I started by going through all of the catalog.works and nina.protocol records, to find tracks I thought would work from producers who had already been onboarded to web3 platforms. I also asked on twitter for new music. Then I recorded the mix on Ableton while traveling between Warsaw and Paris (played live in both cities and that felt like my life was given back to me!) - When that was done, I made a tracklist with the usual data + ETH wallet addresses and twitter handles. Once we"ve sold all editions of the DJ set, each producer will automatically receive 5.71% of the sales, while I"ll get 15% for the curation, and FWB 5% for helping out with making this happen

I hope this can be replicated, and that it can help rethink the relationship between DJs and producers as an interdependent one, instead of just a transactional one. Community is key to the survival of healthy and creative scenes, local and global. 

Many thanks to @tiraquon @bergsonist @Nautiluss @Bagvs @paraexistence @boysnoize @ThysMusic @DanisthaRandy @Tony_Surgeon @_voidpalace_ @0X__TX @0xJitzu for letting me use their music in the mix ! And s/o to @raihan_ @fwbtweets for making this happen <3

Mal