The panel will address the challenges faced by artists relying on royalty payments. From auditing to receiving payments, blockchain can add transparency and reduce costs in areas that currently frustrate artists and chip away at their profits.
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Music and Blockchain: Paying Artists
Please join Convex Legal, Dan Novaes of Current Media, “Disruption Joe” Hernandez, and Columbia College’s Justin Sinkovich for a discussion of music and blockchain. The panel will address the challenges faced by artists relying on royalty payments. From auditing to receiving payments, blockchain can add transparency and reduce costs in areas that currently frustrate artists and chip away at their profits. Come hear about the latest solutions to increase transparency, cut out the middleman, and allow fans to pay the artist directly. A networking reception will follow.
Panelists and moderators:
Dan Novaes is the co-founder and CEO of Current Media. Current has created current.us, an incentive-based streaming media ecosystem that allows artists to connect with their fans and receive compensation directly from those enjoying their work. Current successfully raised $36M through an ICO in early 2018.
Justin Sinkovich is an associate professor and the director of the graduate program in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department at Columbia College Chicago. Justin’s business ventures include the record label File 13 Records, the music discovery website Epitonic, digital marketing consulting, and producing. In addition to his academic and business pursuits, he produces and performs with the bands The Poison Arrows and Acquaintances.
“Disruption Joe” Hernandez is the founder of the Chicago Blockchain Project, a resource for blockchain-related startups, news, and events.
Elaine Wyder-Harshman and Chris Williams are partners at Convex Legal LLC, a law firm concentrating in the financial, creative, and tech sectors. Before entering private practice, Chris worked as a regulator for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Elaine’s pre-law background includes photography and coding. Their practice includes blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
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