This artist connected with fans across the world using Sound

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dRy is a producer, DJ, audio engineer, and guitarist based in Turkey. His Sound journey started with genesis drop "LET ME FEEL YOUR LOVE." The song was released in January 2024, and helped him to reach his first 100 collectors.

Since then he's released four other tracks, each with a Free Edition tier as well as a Limited Edition. With each new song, he was able to connect with new fans across the world and communicate with them in the comments.

In March, he participated in the Ziggy Ziggy Music remix competition, where he was able to leverage onchain splits and expand his audience by remixing a song by BUZZ, an artist with nearly 25K monthly listeners on Spotify.

Overall, dRy has been one of the most active artists on our social feed - posting and reposting music daily, and connecting with new fans along the way. Sound has changed the way he thinks about his music career. Here’s what he had to say about his experience:

“We are in an amazing system where we can instantly and warmly connect with listeners from all over the world from various genres of music, easily collaborate with many great musicians, and own all the rights to our songs.

As a producer or musician, it's crucial to get the right vibe. By spending time on the platform and listening to the demands of the listeners, we can contribute significantly to our own development. The more our vibe resonates with music lovers and platform curators, the more our work will be shared. It's a long journey, and as an independent artist, it's important to be actively engaged rather than just creating music and sitting on the sidelines. I am certain that Sound xyz will evolve significantly in parallel with on-chain music. This motivates me to create whenever I have time for my music and to accumulate my ideas.

My goal is to eventually put aside all other music and sound-related activities that consume most of my energy and focus only on my own music, as well as being in a system where I can easily spend time as a curator using my passion for listening, feeling and analyzing new drops in conjunction with my long DJing past.”

So far, dRy has generated $1,862 in volume through nearly 500 collectors. You can mint an edition of his latest track "PAINT ME YOUR COLORS” today for free here.

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Eyes On Me

Rova

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Rova dropped "Eye's On Me." Secure a Free Edition here.

On The Phone

Daniel Obuté

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Daniel Obuté is a pop and R&B artists who first joined Sound in July 2023. His genesis drop, "Fiesta" was his first experiment with the platform - and was released on Sound Swap. Since then, Obuté has released 12 more tracks and has reached over 100 unique collectors as an independent artist. Here's what he told us about his experience on Sound:

"Sound really really changed my view in music and it also helped me as an independent artist, it’s really pushed me to seeing a new discovering in my music journey n I’m thankful to sound tbh, the best web3 app for music imo."

Check out her latest release, "On The Phone," which is available to collect now until all 2,500 Limited Editions sell out. Collect an edition here.

This week, we're listening to You up...? - a playlist by LNRZ. LNRZ is one of the most important collectives in our history. The playlist commemorates their "You up?" series which was a string of late night drops that were available in limited quantities. Collect from the playlist to support LNRZ and the artists included.

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Curators on Sound have collectively earned nearly $200k in rewards so far. Make one yourself and start earning by clicking here.

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