ROCKI NEWSLETTER
Issue #7: Recap, Free Music NFT, Song Competition, Binance Star, New Partnerships
Recap:
The explosion of NFTs we’ve seen during these last 12 months has shown this blockchain technology is here to stay. ROCKI pioneered the music NFT market in late 2020, and today we’re one of the biggest music NFT platforms on the market. As many of you know, ROCKI aims to bring fair compensation to musicians with NFT-powered music. At ROCKI, we strive to empower musicians to earn a living from their music by using the latest Blockchain and NFT technology to make new revenue streams.
Though the crypto market was off to a bad start this year, and we’re currently in a bear market, things point to a strong recovery! At ROCKI, we’ve been working hard to expand partnerships, and product updates, such as the recent “Staking for Artist” program #4 that just ended. For those unfamiliar with this awesome feature, please read more about it here and learn more about how you can share $ROCKI token Staking rewards with your favorite musician on ROCKI to support them.
Many of you have been earning 30-50% APR, which has been shared with many outstanding musicians on the platform, such as Eclipsing Binary, Marco Svarda, Wizards, Kris T Reeder, and many more.
Free Music NFT promotion:
Renowned UK DJ and Producer Ashley Wallbridge, has teamed up with ROCKI and Binance Blockchain (BNBChain) for a special promotion, featuring his first ever Music NFT of his unreleased anthem song “ROCKI”. There will only be 4,000 copies available to grab by simply signing up on this below link. Please note, that no Blockchain experience is needed to claim your copy; simply log in with your social media account if you don’t have a Trust Wallet set up.
Sign up: https://rocki.com/freemusicnft
Song Competition Promotion:
We’ve again teamed up with Binance Blockchain (BNBChain) and their Unleashing Music Mania initiative on BNBChain to host a fun and exciting song competition with $30,000 BUSD in prizes. The deadline to submit is August 10th, 2022.
1st place: $10,000 in BUSD** (and a record deal for the song with Hitlab and worldwide distribution)
2nd place: $5,000 in BUSD**
3rd place: $2,500 in BUSD**
Plus, 25 randomly selected participants will win $100 in BUSD** (Lucky draw)
Furthermore, the top 100 finalists will have their song submissions scanned and analyzed by HITLAB’s Music Digital Nuance Analysis tool (DNA). Using artificial intelligence and its patented technology, HITLAB analyzes the song’s hit potential and the quality of the vocal.
The song submissions will also be reviewed by a panel of judges with extensive music industry experience, including Peter Rafelson, Grammy award and Billboard #1 producer, Guylaine Cléry, MD Virgin Music Services/UMG, Jean-Michel Bonard, Head of Music Business at Trace, and Michel Zgarka, President and CEO of HITLAB.
Keep in mind that it’s not just for professional musicians. Anyone can participate and submit their songs; that’s why this competition is so inclusive and unpredictable. Who knows what incredible talent is out there waiting to be discovered!
For full details on to enter, please visit https://rocki.com/songcompetition
Binance BNBChain July Star
On the road to Binance:
ROCKI has been selected as a top project by Binance BNBChain. As many of you know, we moved our NFT protocols from Ethereum to Binance BNBChain early last year, in order to provide a cheaper Music NFT minting solution for our many musicians minting their songs as collectibles on ROCKI. We’re very excited to be featured by Binance BNBChain as a top project building on their blockchain!
If you would like to support our journey to Binance, please feel free to engage with their official tweet here.
New Partnerships:
ROCKI x ToriZero
ROCKI has partnered with ToriZero, which is the first virtual idol in the blockchain industry. ROCKI will provide their music NFT’s and music blockchain infrastructure to the ToriZero project, with a multi-year official partnership. Specially selected music on ROCKI will be featured in the metaverse of ToriZero as background music. Moreover, people can buy and listen to some unique Rocki music NFT’s that you can’t find outside in the metaverse.
ROCKI x ColdStack Storage Aggregator
Our platform’s integration of ColdStack helps in two main areas; Coldstack’s cloud aggregator is able to drive down storage costs for the project, and we are able to store all of ROCKI’s data in a more secure, sustainable manner. ROCKI’s mission to empower artists through their platform makes using ColdStack’s decentralized infrastructure a great way for them to take greater ownership of their data.
By aggregating the many decentralized storages which are currently on the market, ColdStack is able to more efficiently store the different files which are needed to run the ROCKI platform. For example, song and album files could be most effectively stored on one cloud, whereas data regarding customer purchase information may be best stored on an alternative service. With all data being different, it makes sense that every file has a different way to be stored in the most optimal fashion.
Perhaps more importantly, utilizing ColdStack for data storage makes the ROCKI platform more secure. Centralized servers such as Amazon and Microsoft, where most media projects end up hosting their data, simply do not have the concerns of artists in mind and are willing to take down one’s work if it runs afoul of local censorship laws or if an erroneous contention is made regarding the work’s legitimacy of ownership.
We have implemented the NFT infrastructure into our platform to help combat such issues which have plagued the music industry for ages, allowing songs and albums published through the platform to be coupled with immutable provenance of their origin. However, to better guarantee the sustainability of the platform and to decouple ourselves from the whims of centralized giants, ROCKI has further bolstered our system with their plans to integrate ColdStack’s storage aggregator.