Inspired by the creative potential in Web 3electronic jukebox and past Rotary List World Champion Niall Daily, aka DJ Plus One, built interactive visual experiences around his new album, “Metamorphic”. A unique twist: NFT Its holders can ultimately decide whether the rest of the world will freely test these media.
Dailly, a former member of Scratch Perverts and Jack Beats, began exploring the possibilities of NFT when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Live performances have been suspended, and the Scottish musician Suddenly he had a lot of free time.
after drEntering the Web3 space and getting inspired by early audiovisual NFT pioneers deafDAILLY began thinking about how to create something new and meaningful around his solo album project “Metamorphic”, which would be released under DAILLY’s moniker. A tip from a friend about the creative ability to “do anything you want” with Web3 tech got the wheels spinning in his head, he said. Decrypt.
Daily sought to create a visual narrative around his new album, but wanted it to appear as more than just a “really beautiful visualizer” as he puts it. On the other hand, building something inside an existing one Metaverse The game world does not look like the right atmosphere. It had to match the melodies, but also stand out enough to try and interest modern music fans.
“People see things on their phones when they’re playing music,” he says, “and you kind of have to preach very far these days.” “People don’t really pay attention.”
Working with 3D artist Logan Gomez and art director Jeff Metal, Daily used Lidar technology to scan real-world environments via an iPhone, using the data to represent areas of East London in a tribute to the rise of the electronic music scene. Through both practical and generative processing techniques, they developed visuals to pair with Dailly’s impressive electronic soundscapes.
Each interactive space can be viewed in a web browser on a reasonably capable computer or device, allowing users to explore a 3D environment and enjoy audiovisual images. It can also be experienced with a VR headset, such as the Meta Quest 2 or Quest Pro.
Metamorphic Interactive Environments will be sold exclusively Ethereum NFT drops this month by BeetsDAO (the group behind NFT science fiction book project The Lost Children of Andromeda and the Snoop Dogg x Nyan Cat NFT collaboration) and technical platform asynchronous artwith a total of 10 copies of the album featuring 10 songs each.
In total, 100 NFTs will be sold for 1 ETH each (currently around $1,260), and each refers to one of the web-based experiments. (that NFT It is a blockchain-based token that proves ownership of a unique item, including digital media such as artwork, music files, and collectibles; NFTs can also serve as an access pass to both digital experiences and real-world events, and provide the ability to vote on community and project decisions.)
The size of a relatively limited decline will not be the only determining factor for what may be an exclusive club for owners. This is due to interested buyers – whether they are individuals or NFT collectors DAOs—Daily must be interviewed via video chat before he will agree to anyone to mint “Metamorphic” NFT albums.
After all, they were entrusted with a big decision about the future of his creation.
Moral dilemma
When Metamorphic launches, interactive web-based languages will be available for anyone to test via Official Website, regardless of NFT ownership. The public version of the trial will remain online for at least six months, and users can freely explore the 3D settings as much as they want.
Whether those music-fueled experimental worlds will stay online after this point will be up to NFT album owners. Dailly frames it as a moral dilemma to go along with the art and sentiment.
Should art owned by a limited number of people be accessible to everyone? Or will they choose to hoard the art for themselves and keep it private after that initial window? The concept and potential benefits of scarcity can take on different meanings within this framework, and NFT owners will need to consider the options before voting.
“do you believe that [“Metamorphic”] Existing in the real world benefit you or not? Are you cocky enough to think, “Actually no, I want that just for me,” says Dailey Decrypt. “Or maybe you are smart enough to think that if I leave it forever, in fact, my NFT will gain more and more value as I get more popular?”
The dynamic, Daily says, is inspired by the traditional art world, where privately owned artwork might be shown to the public in a two-month exhibition, but then kept out of sight. He not only wanted a few owners to see “Metamorphic” experiences, but he also wanted to attract buyers and give them a concrete say in the matter.
Dailly himself will vet potential NFT album buyers, but that doesn’t mean he can completely control who ultimately makes the decision. If all ten albums are not sold on the initial release, the remaining songs will be released individually on a public sale. Furthermore, album buyers may choose to “break” an album and sell the individual NFT tracks on the secondary market.
Initial album purchasers will receive a governance rights token, which they can keep even if they sell the tracks. Meanwhile, collectors who purchase all 10 individual tracks can later claim their album token with the same rights, if any are still available – there will only be 10 of the album tokens left, thus a total of 10 votes towards the future of the project.
The functionality to disable public website access using “Metamorphic” experiments has been included in the NFT project smart contract. (The smart contract contains the code that runs independently decentralized applications and NFT.)
In this case, each album token holder can run the destroy() function to invite a vote after the initial six-month period, and when a quorum is reached and a majority vote, the “Metamorphic” site will be forever converted into a token-gated version accessible only to NFT holders.
In the end, Dilly says he’s at peace with the idea that the owners will determine the fate of the public experience, even if they aren’t the ones who choose to run the project.
“You can’t sell something to someone and then it’s like, ‘Yeah, it’s free forever,'” he says. “
A passion project
It’s an experiment, albeit one that both Dailly and his partners at BeetsDAO admit are likely to lose money with just all said and done. Creating the album and optimizing the visual accompaniment was time consuming and expensive, in addition NFT request Cryptocurrency prices fell, which is a modest decline.
The music for “Metamorphic” will eventually be released on a larger scale as well, including via a planned second NFT drop that will provide audio for the album linked to a unique still image created from lidar-driven footage. An ETA has not been specified, but pricing is expected to be more market-friendly, with a price point closer to the CD box set.
“Personally, I need something more like ‘table of goods’ prices or like ‘poster in gallery’ prices,” explains Daily. “I need something that makes this sit right with me morally, and that’s kind of where the ‘phase two’ conversation started.”
Even as the NFT goes a step further, Dailly describes the initial beta drop more as an innovative technical project than a commercial move. It is a proof of concept to show another angle of what is possible with Web3 media and community governance, and a commentary on the debate between public gallery and private ownership of art.
“At a certain point in life, when you’re older and you’re really going after something you’re passionate about — you do those things,” he says, adding that the technological possibilities open around Web3 only amplify his excitement for the future of music in the space. “When people use technology here to do different things, that’s when I get really excited.”