“There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” -Victor Hugo Early 1950’s America. Harry S. Truman is in office. The economy is booming and the middle class are comfortable. Shiny new television sets invite the first scenes of Hollywood into people’s homes. The Weavers,

We are thrilled to announce the introduction of an exciting new feature in the latest update of Studio, called Artist Splits. This highly anticipated feature empowers artists by giving them the ability to include up to 4 Wavlake users in the payment split for their tracks.

How open protocols will flip the way we count ears and eyeballs Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer" has been on heavy rotation this summer on my local pop radio station. I really don't mind hearing it every hour – it's a great song. It wasn't a big surprise then, when listening to

Music has been missing on podcasts for a long time. Sure, it's common to hear a few seconds' worth at a time. But never entire songs. The reason for this boils down to the way rights to most recorded music are constructed today: that is, a podcaster must pay for

The concept of Value for Value music streaming using the Lightning Network represents a new kind of marketplace for digital music. This model allows for greater artist control and decentralization because the music isn't just published on a single, central platform, but can be distributed across the internet to an

We think Nostr presents a great opportunity to build a new way to interact with music on the internet, which is why we decided to build Wavman. Wavman is a proof-of-concept/prototype that serves two main purposes. First, to explore the potential for interactive media on Nostr. Second, to help