Smart awareness and education tactics would be great for both artists and listeners. Most are completely unaware other options available, let alone willing to give it a try.

Aesthetics are also important, much of Nostr/Bitcoin shares the same chypherpunk type imagery, techno techno techno but when I look at musicians work, unless they're making certain styles, the aesthetic is very different. Truth is AI imagery doesn't translate particularly well for a music audience IMO. If there were more imagery that was evocative of the music, that would help. Its funny, I saw an AI image for a V4V show featuring Right Said Fred and the AI looked like it had used Bris instead 😂 I didn't say anything at the time but I thought it was a really had look, a bit of back and forth with the artist could go a long way.

We need a v4v one of these versus Spotify. What are the 3 equivalent points?

Great input, Joe. And good thinking by YakiHonne. It’s probably much easier to promote a specific app (e.g. Fountain, Stablecraft, etc.) than the broader concept (i.e. v4v), especially when onboarding new people. But I’m not sure which app that would be. There are several pretty good options, but people coming from the legacy world expect Spotify-level quality and functionality. And honestly, I don’t think we’re quite there yet. Or maybe we are, and I’ve just missed it. Right now, it seems like people find this space when they’re ready for it. Onboarding new people means trying to convince those who haven’t yet arrived at those conclusions on their own. The people who discover this space organically are usually motivated enough to find the imperfections charming. Others are harder to convince. If they get a bad first impression, it’s much harder to get a second chance later, even after things have improved.