Tech Intersect #88: Melanie McClain-Music NFTs, New Revenue Streams & the Future of Fan Engagement

Kudos, Questions, Comments? Send it here.In this episode of Tech Intersect, I welcome Melanie McClain to the show. Melanie is a New York based publishing A&R at Secretly Group, founder of the Blurred Lines community, and blockchain strategist with a focus on Web3 world-building for international creatives and brands. Melanie is a music industry veteran with over 10 years of professional experience as an early supporter of emerging talent and international household names like Lizzo, G-Eazy, Lil Nas X, Burna Boy, J Balvin, and Megan Thee Stallion. She is a highly sought-after and globally recognized professional speaker and an all-around awesome human. Vibes!I invited her to come onto the show to talk about how and why NFTs are a viable option for artists to not only survive but thrive, especially indie artists, and about her work to educate and empower historically marginalized artists to explore and excel in monetizing their work in the new economy via NFT creation and sales. SPONSORED BY ADVANTAGE EVANS™ ACADEMY Are you ready for your advantage?  With Bitcoin and Ethereum leading the way, the cryptocurrency market is booming. And growing. With over 14,000 different types of crypto (and counting), crypto is a fast-paced, fast moving emerging asset class. Find out what banks, governments, and companies like Paypal don’t want you to know about owning crypto and holding it in your own wallet or self-guided crypto IRA. Bottom line? It’s a wave. And you deserve this opportunity to ride it all the way to financial freedom that leads to economic empowerment and generational wealth. Learn while you earn. Safely. Legally. Confidently.transform your relationship with moneygenerate wealth in the new digital cash economycreate digital ownership streams that lead to generational wealthvet, buy, store, trade, earn, and sell cryptocurrenciesengage in “defi” to lend and leverage your cryptocreate, buy and trade creative and collectible NFTs.Membership includes:Monthly live masterclassesLive Q&A with our expertsActive learning milestonesHeadlines and hot topicsReplay libraryResources Bank (a $500 value)Preferred access to invite-only eventsPreferred pricing for courses and eventsDiscounted 1:1 sessions (regularly $1,000)Join now at AdvantageEvans.com.Guest:Web:  Blurred Lines DiscordClubhouse and Twitter: @[email protected] Contact:Questions and requests: [email protected] Follow: Twitter @AtTechIntersect | Instagram @TechIntersect Web: Tech Intersect Podcast  Connect for exclusive content: http://eepurl.com/gKqDyP Rapternal Music (Regulate and Regulate & The Rabbit Hole by Notty Prod licensed via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Produced by Tonya M. Evans for Advantage Evans, LLC