Avenged Sevenfold has sold 8M records globally, wrote theme songs for popular video games, and was even nominated for a Grammy.
But issuing their own NFT?
That’s probably the last thing their fans expected!
Today, I’m joined by celebrated guitarist Synyster Gates to discuss Avenged’s “Deathbat” NFT. We chat about:
0:00 Introduction
09:08 Deathbat NFTs
14:20 How COV1D ushered in virtual fandom
23:24 Metal music & crypto
25:50 Realities of the music business
29:05 Royalty sharing with Web 3
31:32 Pitfalls of Web 2 streaming
39:12 Tips to new artists jumping into NFTs
46:13 Bonus Q for OG fans
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries
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