Hello there! We’ve been busy as always here at Decential. Here’s a roundup of the stories and podcasts we published this week in case you missed them. Thank you for your support and interest in our work.

FRI. MAR 24

The Music Industry Is a Slowly Sinking Ship Beset By Complexity. Water & Music Guides Web3 to an Alternative

A primer from the latest Water & Music academy on global music rights

FRI. MAR 24

Aéropostale Follows Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Other Fashion Brands Chasing a Potential $55 Billion Metaverse Bet

Four phases will be introduced with an NFT drop to help build a metaverse community

WED, MAR 22

The Beat: Music NFTs Turn Lukewarm But Don’t Focus on the Money, Songcamp and Metalabel Sow Optimism and Spotify vs TikTok

Music enjoyment should be the goal in and of itself, not financialization

WED, MARCH 22

Virtual Brand Group’s Justin Hochberg On the Bridge Brands Need to Cross into the Metaverse

 Brands have questions about entering the metaverse, lots of questions.

MON, MAR 20

Wild Raises $7 Million From Philadelphia 76ers President and Hollywood A-Lister Amid A Chilly Crypto Winter

 At a tough time to raise money one digital art collective breaks through

NFTs as a type of property right to give them immediate, not future, value

Toby is leading some of the most successful web3 teams and artist campaigns and is the co-founder of nocturnal, an artist management company.

DeCent People With Phaver's Joonatan Lintala

Decentralized social media like Phaver can reward users instead of profiting from their data

Jonty Harrison | Night Fund

Of course there’s a Rave DAO! But check out how it recently pivoted.

How an aspiring actor pivoted to marketing and then found web3 and entertainment