RAC on the First Truly Free Markets for Music and Culture

Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power.

AccessTimeIconOct 16, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 1:48 p.m. UTC

Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power.

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.comNexo.io and Elliptic.

Today’s Breakdown is a conversation with Andre Anjos – aka RAC, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and music entrepreneur.

He and NLW discuss:

  • Starting the “Remix Artist Collective” as a business
  • Evolving from remixing to performing artist
  • The challenges and trade-offs of working with major labels 
  • How the music industry beat back technology innovation where other industries failed
  • How NFTs, tokens and other crypto innovations are opening up truly free markets for music and culture 

Find our guest online:
Twitter: @RAC
Web: rac.fm

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