To claim or purchase collectible digital music, you will need to create a Metamask wallet. This guide will show you how.

Metamask is a digital wallet that lets you hold various digital assets, purchase tokens such as Ethereum and Polygon, send and receive tokens, purchase and sell NFTs in marketplaces, and issue music collectibles.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up MetaMask and connect with web3 applicaitons (desktop)

Metamask is, first and foremost, a browser extension. It supports Firefox, Brave, and Microsoft Edge, as well as Android and iOS via Google Play Store and Apple App Store, respectively.

Metamask operates most commonly as a Google Chrome extension.

Click “Install Metamask for Chrome” on Metamask’s website, here.

Metamask should now direct you to the Chrome Web Store page.

• Click ‘Add to Chrome’
• A pop-up named “Add ‘Metamask’?” should appear.
• Select ‘Add Extension’, and a fresh page will open.
• Click on “Begin Now”
• Click “Create a Wallet”

You should use a secure password for Metamask. Furthermore, you should create an entirely new password for the account, not reuse an old password.

Finally, check the “I have read and agree to the Terms of Use” box.

You’ll be directed to watch a brief video on how to secure your Metamask wallet, which includes writing down and storing a secret recovery phrase (a group of 12 words that allows you, or anyone else who has it, to access your Metamask wallet and all of its contents).

• Click “Next.”

Once you’ve clicked on the greyed-out area to reveal your 12-word recovery phrase, store the phrase somewhere safe — this step is very important.

• Click “Next” after writing it down or finding an alternative way to keep it private and readily available.

Never, under any circumstances, should you give your recovery phrase to anyone.

You should keep a copy for yourself, but keep it safe.

If your computer crashes and you don’t have your recovery phrase, you won’t be able to access your Metamask wallet EVER!

• Put the 12 words in the correct order to confirm your secret recovery phrase.

Once you’ve completed step 11, you’ll arrive at a page saying, “Congratulations!”

You have officially created a Metamask wallet.

• Click on “All Done.”

Metamask enables you to purchase and claim collectibles, link your wallet to a web3 application , send tokens to friends, and more.

The world of web3 Music is yours to explore.

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Australian Producer Long Lost Announces Exclusive Remix Competition With emanate

Melbourne based producer and sound designer Long Lost is today announcing an exclusive remix competition with web3 streaming platform, emanate.

Producing music since 2016, Long Lost has blended her love of 90’s dance music with 80’s disco to create her own unique style of modern, soul-house beats. Never bound by a single genre, Long Lost always creates with the intention of getting her listeners in the mood to dance.

Creators are invited to remix Long Lost’s superb House track, ‘Open Up’, for their chance to win some awesome prizes.

Listen to ‘Open Up’ on emanate

Prizes:

One Grand Prize Winner will receive…

• An emanate Pro-Connect subscription (1 year)
• Official release of their remix on digital stores
• A $200 DJ Hookup Voucher
• An emanate T-Shirt

2 Runner Ups will receive…

• An emanate Pro-Connect subscription (1 year)
• An emanate T-Shirt

How to Enter:

First: Download the stems

Then: Submit your remix

Entries close October 31st ‘22

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Learn How To Release Music In Web3

Today emanate are announcing our collaboration with BitDegree, the number one crypto educator in the world. With the help of BitDegree’s online courses, users can build their crypto knowledge, get access to valuable data and insights, as well as earning certificates from leading blockchain companies on completion of their chosen course.

With more than 1000+ crypto courses on the platform, BitDegree users can fine tune their skills across a wide range of crypto fields, including trading skills, on chain development, gaming and now: Web3 music.

With emanate’s in depth course, creators will learn valuable skills to help them succeed in Web3. Through a tailored series of video tutorials and written lectures, users will learn how to:

1. How to create and optimise their emanate profile for success

2. How to upload their first track to emanate

3. How to connect music NFTs to their music

4. How to create playlists & share their music

5. How to connect with the emanate community

This course is designed to provide creators all the tools necessary to begin their music career in Web3. At the completion of our course, emanate will give users some added extras to help kick-start their journey.

All successful users will receive:

1 Month of Pro-Connect + 500 EMT Tokens

So who is this course for?

The emanate course is for anyone who wants to release their music in Web3!

We encourage any creators who are just starting out on their Web3 journey to take a look at our course and get stuck in. For everyone who is already familiar with emanate, we think there’ll be something in here for you too.

Plus, it never hurts to freshen up on your emanate knowledge!

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If you want to get your music featured on emanate, it isn’t just about having great music (but that definitely helps).

So you want to get your music featured on emanate? Well you’re in luck. Because in this article, we’ll be showing you how to optimise your emanate profile to increase your chances of getting featured on emanate Sessions, in written articles, artist interviews or spotlighted on our homepage.

So you have probably noticed by now that there are lot of seriously talented creators on emanate, but some stand out more than others, and that’s because they have optimised their profile for success.

By optimising your emanate profile, you’re telling emanate and new listeners one very important thing: You’re serious about what you do.

So let’s get started.

Optimising your profile is important for a number of reasons. It’s your chance to show new fans who you are as an artist, what you represent, and how new fans can learn more about you as a creator. You can do this by connecting your socials, telling us who you are in your biography or showing off your style with an eye catching photo.

While all of these fields are optional, leaving them blank significantly reduces your chances of being discovered and shared amongst new audiences, so it’s a good idea to fill out your profile completely.

Think about it this way:

If you discover some new music from an artist you haven’t heard before and decide to check out more of their music on emanate, Spotify or Apple Music, only to find their profile is out of date or has little to no information, you’re going to assume that this artist doesn’t really care about their reputation.

And it’s no surprise that people generally don’t take those artists too seriously. But you’re not that kind of artist, right?

For our example, we’ll be looking at the artist profile Swaré.

To begin optimising your emanate profile, click the drop down menu in the top right corner and select ‘Account’.

Straight away we can see that Swaré has uploaded a clear, high quality profile picture and banner images. You will note that there are two fields for banner images available. One is for the desktop version of emanate, and the other is for the emanate iOS and Android app.

It is completely up to you what images you want to use, but high quality images that show off who your style as an artist are recommended. This doesn’t mean roping in a photographer for an expensive photoshoot; smart phones are your friend.

But it should go without saying that dark, grainy, amateur selfies should be a last resort.

Now it’s time to write a biography.

This is the first thing new fans will look at after they have discovered your music, so leaving it blank is a sure way for new fans to lose interest.

Our advice: Keep it short and sweet. But Biographies don’t need to be boring! They’re another chance for you to show off your personality and style, but should answer four basic questions:

1. Who are you?

2. Where you are from?

3. How or why did you get started in music?

4. Plus any notable career achievements

Remember you can write this in any style you like. You might decide to sound professional and write it in third person:

*Artist Name* started performing in 2020 when they met at a gig in *Hometown*.

Or maybe you want to sound more direct as if it’s written by you or the band:

*Your Artist Name* started writing music when we met at *Your Home Town*. Since then we’ve been playing ever since!

It’s entirely up to you how you want to come across in a biography. Just take the time to include the most important bits and don’t be afraid to show off some of your style.

This one is pretty straight forward, but you’d be surprised how often it gets overlooked. emanate has made it really simple for you to include any and all links to whichever social services you or your band use, so make sure to include them all. That being said, if you have a social platform that isn’t up to scratch or you aren’t using regularly, think twice about including it. If a potential new fan clicks through to your Twitter account only to see that it’s empty and neglected, you can leave it off the list.

Think of your emanate profile as the front door to your house and these potential new fans as guests you’re inviting in. If one of the bedrooms is a mess, leave that door shut for now until you’ve tidied it up.

emanate provides space for you to share the following platforms with new fans:

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Discord
• Website

This gives new fans a chance to follow you on other social platforms and stay in touch with you as an artist in the future. Not only that, emanate can help promote you across different social platforms if you do get picked as a feature!

Pro-Connect users can get in touch with the emanate team directly and request a feature. We want to support or Pro-Connect users and say thanks because they believe in what emanate is doing, so if you are a Pro-Connect user with 10,000 EMT staked: get in touch and tell us about your project!

Pro-Connect users: Tell us why the emanate community needs to hear you.

Now it’s time to go freshen up that profile and get yourself featured.

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Late last month, to celebrate our collaboration with web3 social media platform APPICS, we threw another wicked party in the Metaverse. This time was a little different: the lineup was nothing but Hip-Hop acts, and they crushed it!

The three hour event was held in our dedicated Voxels parcel, a three story party palace with a dedicated NFT gallery, music video library and a huge stage on the rooftop.

Entry was free for everyone, and party goers could get their hands on a limited edition, APPICS-emanate NFT wearable for their avatar to get into the party spirit.

The stacked lineup featured some of the best hip-hop acts on emanate, including web3 favorites DJ Lethal Skillz and Masia One, both bringing their unique hip-hop flavour to the metaverse. Nina Creese, Jamie, Ziya and Verbal D also made their emanate party debut, each one keeping the crowd of avatars absolutely buzzing.

“The web3 space has so many dope artists yet to be discovered. This event was just full of so much talent, as always”. — DJ Lethal Skillz

The success of these events, paired with the unending line of fresh faces just goes to show the growing appetite for Metaverse events. More and more artists are jumping headfirst into web3 every day and we’re so excited to see what the future holds.

See you all at the next Metaverse party!

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House producer and DJ, Mark Krupp is today announcing a remix competition with web3 streaming platform emanate.

To celebrate the release of his latest single ‘Talk To Me 2 Night’, Russian born producer, in tandem PARADIGM, are hosting a remix competition — and there’s some big prizes up for grabs.

‘Talk To Me 2Night’, Krupp’s latest release, is a UK House inspired banger, with lush vocals, smooth synths and perfectly finessed production — so there’s plenty of stuff for producers to get stuck into.

Krupp, who got his start in early 2017 as a DJ, is quickly establishing himself as a producer, after playing sets with the likes of Don Diablo, Going Deeper and Wideboys just to name a few. The EDM maestro will be choosing the winners of the competition himself, with entries closing August 26th ‘22.

One Grand Prize winner will receive:

• Official release of their remix on PARADIGM
• 1 Year Pro-Connect subscription
• emanate Merch
• And $200 USD

2 Runner Up Winners will receive:

• 1 Year Pro-Connect Subscription
• emanate Merch

Download the stems and start remixing

Submit their remixes here

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So you want to join us in the Voxels metaverse for a party, huh?

With live music, NFT wearables to give away and killer lineups of some of the best artists out there, an emanate Metaverse party is a seriously good time. But how do you join? Fortunately for you, entry into the metaverse is free and easy — just follow the steps below and you’re in!

Step 1: Voxels

We host most of our parties in the Voxels metaverse, so if you didn’t receive a link to go directly to the party, you’ll need to head to www.voxels.com

Step 2: Logging In

When you get to the Voxels homepage, you can join the party straight away by entering ‘emanate’ into the search field, or sign into your Voxels account using your wallet.

You do not need a Voxels account to join our parties, but without one, you can’t collect NFT wearables, customise your avatar or win any prizes that we might be giving away — so it’s a good idea to get one!

Step 3: Getting To The Party

Whether or not you have signed in with your Wallet or are entering as an anonymous user, you want to check that you’re in the right place. After you have searched for our parcel (our digital plot of land), click the ‘Visit’ tab to join.

Our official address is:

EMANATE | MN8, 3 Hiisi Terrace. Lot number 7066

Step 4: Time to Party

Once you’re in, feel free to explore your surroundings and start chatting with other guests. Always be sure to check if there are any NFT wearables up for grabs or some EMT to be won!

If you get to the party but can’t hear any music, click the big screen above the stage to initialise the audio.

Extra Tips: Customizing Your Avatar

If you’re one of the lucky party goers to receive an exclusive emanate wearable, you might need a hand putting it on your avatar.

Fear not: It’s simple!

Once you are logged into your Voxels account using your wallet, hover your mouse over your username and click your username.

In this example ‘Sweezy’.

Now to edit your costume, click the ‘Edit Costume’ icon, in the top right corner of your avatar image.

Now, simply drag and drop the wearables you’d like to add to your avatar!

Need some more help? Check out this video tutorial to see how it’s done.

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Web3 music platform emanate and APPICS, the Web3 social media platform, have today officially announced their collaboration. The two platforms will work together to onboard more creators into the web3 space; introducing and connecting their networks and further establishing themselves as key players in this new creative age.

About emanate:

emanate, the web3 music platform, has seen some amazing growth since its inception in 2017. With more than seventeen thousand users, a fantastic community of like-minded creators, and thousands of EMT (the platforms native token), paid out instantly to every corner of the globe.

Smart collaborations and live, instant payments are at the core of the emanate ecosystem; with the addition of playlists and the launch of their iOS app in 2021, they moved to their Beta stage in April of 2022. This transition introduced an entirely new user experience, MetaMask compatibility, music NFT integration and a number of exciting new features to entice up and coming creators.

The platform is free to use for both artists and fans alike, with a premium tier available to those looking to take their music to the next level. That tier, aptly named ‘Pro-Connect’, unlocks emanate’s VIP Discord chat, distribution and increased streaming rewards, just to name a few.

As music NFTs continue to dominate the headlines, emanate is providing the infrastructure to creators coming into the web3 space, with the ability to link their music NFTs to marketplaces like OpenSea, helping to give creative freedom back to creators.

“We believe that web3 will turn the whole music industry on its head. It is the most logical step, especially for the creators, who are the backbone of the industry. We’re making sure that creators have the tools necessary to compete in web3. APPICS share that same vision, by giving control and creative freedom to those that need it most, which is why this partnership is so exciting.”

- Trent Shaw, emanate Co-Founder

About APPICS:

APPICS is a decentralized global social media dApp, that rewards users for creating and curating content. The integrated reward system lets users from anywhere in the world earn income for sharing, commenting and voting on content. The APX tokens that are earned through content creation can be spent inside the app or the NFT marketplace, where you can also mint NFTs using the APX token. Furthermore, APX tokens can be staked in order to increase voting weight and enable users to earn more rewards. On Appics, users are in control of their information, distribution of rewards and directly benefit from the growth of the platform. APPICS was founded in 2018, in Zug, Switzerland.

While in Beta, APPICS has been listed among the top 3 social decentralized apps.

We believe in our mission to return merits back to the user for the time they spend on social media. Based on a decentralized contribution-reward-system, the APPICS token (APX) is a cryptocurrency and reward-token that returns the value created via contribution back to the source, namely the creators and curators of the network. Rewards are attached to “likes“ and by creating or recognizing the value of content, all participants get a fair share of the reward-pool. Attention is the asset of all businesses, and social media companies are currently owning it.

APPICS aims at bringing a system to life where the power doesn’t just come from, but stays within the network. Cryptocurrency has never been easier!

With the ability to directly turn content into tokens users of APPICS don’t depend on advertising companies but instead gain instant control over their influence and income. Unlike any other popular social media, APPICS presents full transparency via the blockchain and as a decentralized platform gives people back the control over their content, feed, and rewards. APPICS aims to seamlessly introduce the masses to the benefits of blockchain.

“The partnership with emanate is an exciting opportunity for all musicians and creatives in the crypto space, allowing them to get rewarded for their passion — whether that’s through music streaming on emanate, or through social interaction on APPICS. We are looking forward to our first collaborative Metaverse event on July 30th as well as more events, campaigns and challenges to come in the future!”

- Uma Hagenguth, APPICS Co-Founder

About the Partnership:

It’s a shared mission of both emanate and APPICS to give the power back to the people and enable users from around the globe to get rewarded for their passion. emanate and APPICS allow creators to earn a fair share of the rewards, whether it be for their music or their visual content.

This overlap of core values is the reason why the partnership between APPICS and emanate takes the empowerment of creatives in the web3 space to a new level.

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Technology network and community MODA and emanate, have joined forces with AYITA, 14FORTY, and the folks at ORB NFT Market to host the biggest music celebration during NFT.NYC week. Featuring performances by deadmau5, NERO, Noizu, Daniel Allan, and BRUX, the event titled OWN THE MUSIC will take place on Tuesday, June 21 at the Brooklyn Mirage.

The event is tipped to be the biggest web3 event at NFT.NYC, will be a celebration of digital music and is specially designed to highlight the importance, evolution, and impact web3 will have on the music industry. MODA will also be showcasing the solutions they have created through their digital collectible framework. That framework acts as a new backbone for the future of the music industry, by replicating some of the old structures in a new, decentralized, autonomous, and highly streamlined way.

MODA is designed to bridge not only the legacy music industry with Web3, but to also bridge existing networks through standards and interoperability. MODA is about allowing people freedom, not locking them into walled gardens. emanate plans to adopt the MODA framework in future iterations of the platform.

The Web3 landscape is one of the fastest developing technology spaces in the world, and this event will help bring more artists, music lovers, and key industry leaders into the space.

Hosted at the spectacular Brooklyn Mirage, one of New York City’s most sought-after nightlife venues, with general admission tickets already on sale.

For those in the emanate community, anyone with 2500 EMT in their wallet can get in for free. For those who can’t make it to NYC, the digital collectibles will be available to bid on and claim for free from anywhere in the world.

Get tickets to OWN THE MUSIC here

For attendees, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to receive open edition airdrops from deadmau5, Chris Lake, and BRUX. Noizu will also be airdropping an unreleased digital collectible to everyone in attendance.

With brand new, unreleased music airdropped to party-goers wallets throughout the event, this is a chance to show people the power of web3. For MODA and emanate, this isn’t just a small gesture of appreciation or tacky gimmick, they see it has much larger implications for the industry. In the long run, this method of distribution can act as an important piece of the music industry going forward. In the short term, this kind of distribution-in-exchange-for-attendance could be vital in breathing life back into the live music scene.

For MODA and emanate, this event is the perfect way to share solutions for an industry so desperately in need of an overhaul. At the same time, they’ll show how the orthodox, incumbent industry is about to be completely flipped on its head. Distribution, attendance, release strategy, live and virtual events — every aspect of the music industry is about to change.

OWN THE MUSIC will encourage artists, industry leaders and music fans to embrace the wave of new technology for what it really is: game-changing. Through web3 and collectible music, the fundamental ways in which the music industry operates are changing, with MODA DAO and emanate helping to lead that change for the better.

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Written by Aeon Void

The experience I’ve had with emanate has far exceeded my expectations, not only as a streaming platform, but as a community. As an independent artist faced with what seems at times like the only way through, the classic path of ‘selling your soul’ in order to survive in the industry, a path carved out by gatekeepers for their own benefit, emanate is a breath of fresh air in the lungs of the creator-economy.

I’m not one to hype things up for no reason — I have truly found a home for my music with emanate. I feel a sense of connection within the platform, paired with a dead simple uploading process and a support team in place that adds to an already inviting experience, with minimal friction.

Listen to Aeon Void here

The biggest aspect of emanate for me currently, is the real-time payment protocol that is well worth mentioning! With it, the pressure is taken off of having to solely rely on the classic ‘go-to’ for streaming, which we all know struggle to even attempt in having the artists best interest in mind. With emanate I feel a part of the platform, rather than being a bricklayer, helping someone else build their own kingdom through my efforts.

BETA: Excitement Overload

The Web3 space is a reflection of the universe itself, ever changing and expanding. One thing is for sure, NFTs are here to stay. With the release of BETA, no lie, it’s been a solid 15 years since I’ve experienced such childlike excitement. I felt a ceiling had been reached within general entertainment and the way we consume content. So for a platform such as emanate, already in the deep end of Web3, to add an NFT streamable layer with added access to their respectable marketplaces, will most definitely tip the scales in favour of the independent path being more achievable than ever.

Personally, being part of the emanate community, I feel a massive weight lifted off my shoulders. It feels like I can finally get back to what’s important, making music & building community, without having to worry about how I need to produce music within a rigid mindset of ‘what is popular/marketable’ / ‘what will sell’.

I think we are on the cusp of a creative revolution, seeing artists truly express themselves in a far more honest manner, with emanate in the forefront of providing that opportunity for independent artists such as myself to thrive in this new and exciting landscape we all find ourselves in.

I have been hooked on everything Web3, Music3, Emanate and MODA, and I feel it is fast becoming a lifestyle for me. I am extremely grateful and blessed to be a part of these communities; to be able to assist and contribute wherever possible. ‘The Projekt’ I have going is fully web3 based. It includes the music I make along with a portal design that showcases visuals I create in touch designer, and is all narrative based & involves an evolution of sorts over time. I’ve started a Web3 label, with intent to release my own music through and to use as a bridge for web2 artists wanting to see what it’s like on the dark side of the moon. ‘First Compilation’ out in the first half of this year, on Emanate of course.

— Aeon Void

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