I like when Yancey says this regarding drops on Metalabel And I’d like to hear more about it: Self-contained, self-certified, little data packet that lives on a protocol—the same protocol that Bluesky uses—that allows it to be embedded and/or taken anywhere else on the web. The mix of post-platform capabilities with the network effects of good people - is what people want.
Agreed that felt like a really potent thought and one that can lead us from platforms to protocols as a better way of thinking about where art "lives" and how we socialize around it. I think, in some ways, we are now witnessing a process of companies building for a long known but little discussed truth that direct social engagements (link sharing through text, email, DM, whatsapp etc.) far outpace social sharing on social platforms that encourage "one to many" or broadcast dynamics. that sort of broadcast is still sensationally powerful, but it seems less meaningful for the spread of cultural artifacts by the day (unless you are talking about the Super Bowl). Metalabel's core gives me hope that there will be ways to build networked creator superstructures that form some new creator economy built on far better bedrock than that underlying the aging music, film, art, and literary worlds.
I like when Yancey says this regarding drops on Metalabel And I’d like to hear more about it: Self-contained, self-certified, little data packet that lives on a protocol—the same protocol that Bluesky uses—that allows it to be embedded and/or taken anywhere else on the web. The mix of post-platform capabilities with the network effects of good people - is what people want.
Agreed that felt like a really potent thought and one that can lead us from platforms to protocols as a better way of thinking about where art "lives" and how we socialize around it. I think, in some ways, we are now witnessing a process of companies building for a long known but little discussed truth that direct social engagements (link sharing through text, email, DM, whatsapp etc.) far outpace social sharing on social platforms that encourage "one to many" or broadcast dynamics. that sort of broadcast is still sensationally powerful, but it seems less meaningful for the spread of cultural artifacts by the day (unless you are talking about the Super Bowl). Metalabel's core gives me hope that there will be ways to build networked creator superstructures that form some new creator economy built on far better bedrock than that underlying the aging music, film, art, and literary worlds.
Jon, have you gone through releasing works on Metalable yourself?
Curious if you’re aware of game plans or case studies one could reference.
We have this area that has some case studies. New one in our newsletter this week: https://www.metalabel.com/studio