Proposal: Nouns Rap Battle
TL;DR: Celebration of an interactive live remote rap battle, at the end of the battle an NFT will be auctioned. The NFT will contain both artists, nouns sunglasses and a nounish design ⌐◨-◨.
Description:
- To support new emerging artists and let people discover them I thought it would be fun to give these artists some nounish power ⌐◨-◨. We will host a live remote rap battle in which the artists will be freestyling with a nounish background. To get an idea: Best Freestyle? (J. Cole, DaBaby, Juice WRLD, Lil Baby, Tory Lanez, G-Eazy)
- The rap battle will be interactive, meaning that in OpenBeats.wtf watchers are going to vote on the structure of the rap battle and which themes they are going to rap about.
- At the end of the rap battle, watchers will vote for the winner and a NFT will be auctioned in OpenBeats.wtf which will contain both artists, nouns sunglasses and a nounish design ⌐◨-◨.
- In case you were wondering WTF is OpenBeats. It is a long term project I am building which looks to solve today’s music problems (streaming economy doesn’t pay) from a Web3 perspective. If you want to find more: https://twitter.com/ferrodri_dev/status/1590697393061699585
- While starting OpenBeats by coincidence I met nouns and I got fascinated. My objective is to build OpenBeats on top of Nouns, something similar to what Gnars has done. So, to use Nouns brand in my own brand.
How will this proliferate Nouns?
Emerging artists and fans will discover Nouns and its nounish vibe. Furthermore, this is the first step and a proof of concept towards improving the fan to artist experience while supporting emerging artists, a win-win model for artists and fans in which they both grow.
If this works out further actions will be done from OpenBeats which will support a nounish vibe everywhere (logo, marketing, website, etc). Our long term goal is to build the next Web3 music app with Nouns as an image and culture ambassador.
Funds and structure of the project:
The project deadline is January 11th 2023 in which we will celebrate the streaming rap battle.
This project funding can be done in three tranches. Upfront I really do not need funds, just to validate the idea with the nounish NSFW team. After a positive response, this will be the work that has to be done.
- Smart contracts, backend and frontend code that has to be done in order for the interactive rap battle and NFT auction to work. I will do this myself and calculate this as 5 weeks of work. Funds: 4ETH. I could ask for 2ETH upfront to start coding.
- Hire a designer for the background of the rap studio, the NFT and some cool marketing. Funds: 0.5 ETH.
- I am not a native english speaker, even though I am proficient, I believe a native presenter who has a hip hop background or vibe will do it much better. Funds: 0.25 ETH.
- Rent two music studios for a couple hours. Funds: 0.5 ETH.
- Regarding the artists, the idea is to have them come for free and let them earn from the NFT auction, however, I have not talked with them yet, so this will be a pending expense. Maximum budget per artist will be 1ETH. I have previous experiences hiring artists for private concerts.
- Regarding marketing, the idea is to have the artists promote it as well, however some funds could also be needed to promote the event. This will also be a pending expense after interacting with artists. Maximum 2ETH.
- Management of the project all done by me apart from the code: 1ETH.
The idea from the NFT auction is to divide the proceeds between the artists and future OpenBeats treasury, which in this auction will take a maximum of 30% to fund future activities. It depends on the artists, OpenBeats might not be able to get any funds from this NFT auction.
Furthermore, if this works out, there could be a weekly rap battle or even an annual competition with a final IRL event sponsored by Nouns and OpenBeats.
Funds breakdown:
Description | (USD) | ETH | Tranche |
1. Product code development | 4,800 | 4 | 1 and 3 |
2. Design | 600 | 0.5 | 2 |
3. Presenter | 300 | 0.25 | 2 |
4. Rental of two music studios | 600 | 0.5 | 2 |
5. Artists' fees (pending) | 2,400 | 2 | 2 |
6. Marketing (pending) | 2,400 | 2 | 2 |
7. Project management | 1,200 | 1 | 2 |
ETH Value as $1,200
Minimum total ask = 6.25ETH or $7,500 equivalent
Maximum total ask = 10.25ETH or $12,300 equivalent
About me:
- I studied business and law, launched masalashirts, flyandclaim and more while studying.
- I have been a developer since 2017, I have coded all my products.
- Founder of rentalplus.es, 2M€ revenue in 2021.
- CTO, CMO, manager of 200 people in ocasionplus.com. Spain’s largest car dealer with 6,000 cars.