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Some latest news, appearances/participation in events are here. Here and (much more) in social networks.
» 28 October 2022 HISTORIC NFT FEST BARCELONA
More global recognition?
Oh, yes - the only one historic ArtTech/CultureTech/blockchain/NFT project from Baltics from before 2019 - presented at HNFT!
Musical Blockchain (on display with our exclusive GalleryBox/GalleryFrame NFT technology) - is an official participant of the first Historic NFT Fest in Barcelona, Spain - best un-conference about all things blockchain and NFT ever.
Special recognition highlight - first Lithuanian NFT by Musical Blockchain - at the entrance screen of the HNFT Festival:
» 10 September 2022 ARS ELECTRONICA
International recognition? Yes, please!
Historical teletext version of Musical Blockchain's first Lithuanian NFT is presented in Francisco Carolinum museum in a frame of Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, along with second exhibition in Ars Electronica Center and a special group performance "Teletext is Art" at the stunning Deepspace8K main stage screen.
» 23 April 2021 What's Next in Music?
We will reveal some of the "future is now" revelations during participation in the main conference program, along with a special performance in LOFTAS FEST'22.
» 30 August 2022 A few minutes with Sonia Delaunay
In 2020/21 we collaborated with an amazing Spanish composer Miquel Arrué and Ukrainian artist Svitlana Reinish to create a series of HCI musical pieces dedicated to the artist Sonia Delaunay.
Today we finally premiering this thrilling work to the public:
"A few minutes with Sonia Delaunay" HCI/AI audiovisual experiment was Prix Ars Electronica STARTS Prize '21 participant.
In 2022 we (again) participating in Ars Electronica, but with another amazing project - TeleNFT!
See you there in-person in less than two weeks!
» 16 July 2022 4 years since public release / almost 5 years since first line of code
It is 4 years since the public release of the Musical Blockchain today.
But today we’re celebrating that in Berlin with OG NFT cryptoart and newer friends, so all reports — later ;)
» 16 February 2022 HALF YEAR SPECIAL.
"Third time - already a tradition" - and we're happy to traditionally congratulate Lithuania on the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania for the fourth time (already!) since our official public launch in mid-2018 (can you imagine that Musical Blockchain is FIVE this year, counting from the exact beginning of this Flagship Project?!) - and - talk a little (just a bit!) about our Half-Year excellence and achievements/highlights!
Starting year bright is now our tradition, too.
Just dig this supremacy, Musical Blockchain-related only:
- We just received our 6th international award - GHP Innovation Award in Healthcare-Applied Music Technology, in the Private Healthcare Awards 2022. This, once again, proves that our significant focus on a serious things was the right decision from the beginning. Our research on technology in psychology+culture and AI solutions in Audio Therapy/Art Therapy is as important as our other impact in music, art, and other fields/industries.
- Teletext version of the Musical Blockchain's M87 black hole sonic process AI generative art (which is still considered to be the first Lithuanian NFT, 2019 - https://knownorigin.io/gallery/49200) is now the first ever Lithuanian NFT to be included in the real-world art museum. Now - in permanent collection of Francisco Carolinum Linz, Austria, among other participants of the TeleNFT project (https://www.telenft.de).
FB Post to explore our Half-Year excellence and achievements/highlights: https://facebook.com/musicalblockchain/posts/1142328803260501
Above all of that, the main thing is that we're still full of power, surprises and desire to make this universe better!
So, stay tuned and be sure to follow Musical Blockchain everywhere as there are open-ocean of our spectacular announcements are floating your way 🔥🚀
Sveikiname! ❤
» 9-13 November 2021 Indie Week Canada
Our founder Gleb Divov participated in a biggest indernational indie music conference in Canada, talking on stage about EU music business in real/virtual worlds, music tools and artist development.
Special second panel, created exclusively for/with Gleb — was about Metaverse+Music and all the things innovation, NFT and more.
» 06 November 2021 New collab! Victoria Unikel x Musical Blockchain - "Dimensions of the Soul" series
In a new series of a collaboration works by award winning artist Victoria Unikel and multi-awarded, world's first AI music composer Musical Blockchain (led by the multidisciplinary immersive artist Gleb Divov), we're exploring the depths of artist's thoughts and feelings, using psychology-based Creative AI methods, modern generative practics and utilizing power of modern GANs and CNNs.
Resulting works are the source-of-inspiration-based interpretations of artist's original work by the Creative AI and human's feelings - in both visual and sonic dimensions.
Genesis cryptoart creation from the Victoria Unikel’s art series "Dimensions of the Soul" — "BLIND" HCI NFT / audioNFT released on 06 November 2021 as 1/1 edition only on KnownOrigin.io.
» BUY NOW Genesis NFT / audioNFT "BLIND" by Victoria Unikel x Musical Blockchain.
» 29-31 October 2021 #MVMF2021
Our team contributed globally to the organization of the first International Metaverse NFT/Music Festival — #MVMF2021 — with all the things metaverse, nft, music, art, fashion and much more!
As a special contribution, on Saturday-Sunday, 30 and 31 October 2021, we showcased our exclusive FAYR MULTIVERSE STAGE with international artists and panel discussions.
The legendary Musical Blockchain performed with a special MVMF artificialive set, streamed in CryptoVoxels, Somnium and in a real world.
» 15-17 October 2021 ArtVilnius'21
Our team created a special OKAPI NFT WALL for the most innovative and diverse international gallery stand of the ArtVilnius 2021 international art fair — OKAPI Gallery.
Kids & adults really loved Musical Blockchain's AI composed music and showcased NFTs. And even dancing to it!
» 14 September 2021 Honorable Mention — Go Global Awards 2021.
Musical Blockchain received Honorable Mention of the 2021 Go Global Awards by the International Trade Council in the Blockchain category.
» 12 September 2021 Gleb Divov - Artistic Creator of the Republic of Lithuania.
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania granted the status of Artistic Creator of the Republic of Lithuania to our founder and visioner Gleb Divov, confirming that his work complies with the requirements of the Law on the Status of the Artistic Creators of Lithuania, has a lasting value and is significant for society.
» 10 September 2021 FEED Magazine UK
Musical Blockchain and Token of Gratitude featured among other amazing startups on Startup Snapshot of the Autumn Issue of FEED Magazine UK.
» Read this FEED Magazine issue.
» 10 August 2021 In the Curated Collection - NFT Musicians by KnownOrigin.io
KnownOrigin.io featured Musical Blockchain on the NFT Musicians curated collection to celebrate this genre.
Buy original - support original: a celebration of music in the NFT space and on Known Origin. A collection of NFT's from musicians and those where music plays a prominent role in the artwork.
» 16 July 2021 Musical Blockchain - 3!!!
3 amazing years since public unveiling.
Our special collab drops for the Musical Blockchain's birthday day:
» Musical Blockchain x Rait Prääts — Face Detector (audioNFT + physical object + AR)
First Cross-Baltic NFT (Lithuania+Estonia)
First CONCRETE NFT
Strictly 1/1 with Physical object
» Genesis drop of Token of Gratitude charitable initiative on the KnownOrigin.io platform.
» 14 June 2021 Innovation & Excellence Awards 2021 winner!
Musical Blockchain has been awarded "Automated Creative Technology Specialists of the Year" in the Innovation & Excellence Awards 2021 by Corporate LiveWire.
It's our 5th award in 2,5 years!
» 28 May–19 June 2021 Tallinn Triennial of Applied Arts 2021
BREAKING! Musical Blockchain dropping a special collab with Estonian art pioneer Rait Prääts and presenting clean NFT "Musical Blockchain x Rait Prääts - Bodyguard (superposition 02)".
It is the first cross-Baltic (Lithuania-Estonia) on a clean Tezos blockchain (and – probably – first Estonian NFT).
» Buy first #NFT #OBJKT: https://hen.teztools.io/objkt/102619
Also, soundtrack by Musical Blockchain is a core part of the satellite exhibition "Augmented Reality" of the Tallinn Triennial of Applied Arts of Rait Prääts and Gleb Divov.
More details: https://www.fayr.org/tt/.
» 23 April 2021 "Leading Pioneers in Automated Creative Technology 2021" in the Private Healthcare Awards 2021
Musical Blockchain's audio therapy/art therapy solutions has been awarded "Leading Pioneers in Automated Creative Technology 2021" in the fifth annual Private Healthcare Awards by Global Health & Pharma.
It's our 4th award in 2,5 years.
» 09 April 2021 TOKEN OF GRATITUDE — blockchain benevolence (Charity, Canada/EU/US)
A first in the world international charitable initiative (Canada/EU/US) that utilizes organic musical inspiration and harnesses the power of AI and NFT technology to give back to the entertainment industry in an innovative and meaningful way, supporting music people in need.
Read the press-release: https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/token-of-gratitude-initiative-announced-today
» 16 February 2021 HALF YEAR SPECIAL.
It is 16th of February today and it means that we're congratulating Lithuania with the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania — and also — it's time for our regular excellence and achievements highlights Half-Year report!
Woo, pandemics.
So much cancelled and so much changed.
However, it's been a very dense and busy half a year — Musical Blockchain and FAYR Ecosystem activities naturally weaved into a single canvas.
Let's explore it!
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/MusicalBlockchn/status/1361794422988488705
FB post: https://www.facebook.com/musicalblockchain/posts/910324456460938
That's in very short how we've spent another epic half a year.
And here we are now — mid-February still-in-pandemics, but already new work in progress, new flagship projects are on the way, new collabs pre-agreed, some future participation is clear (*hint-hint* Tallinn Triennial 2021).
Stay tuned and be sure to follow us everywhere as there are ocean of culture+tech excitement is moving your way.
Cheer up!
P.S. Oh yeah, meanwhile, we now have 3 awards:
2019 — "Artificial Intelligence Awards";
2020 — "Technology Innovator Awards";
2020 — "Global Excellence Awards".
» 15 December 2020 WORLDWIDE PREMIERE! Deep Deep Feeling (Paul McCartney cover) re-composed by Musical Blockchain
Deep Deep Feeling (2020)
Original song and lyrics by Paul McCartney
Music re-composed by AI (artificial intelligence) composer Musical Blockchain
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Paul McCartney — we're challenging you to do a cover of this AI re-composed song! ;)
Cover version made in not-so-rockdown by Kosmosonic Konglomerate with Musical Blockchain during #12DaysofPaul
» 08 August 2020 Corporate Vision — Technology Innovator Awards
» 20 July 2020 — VOTE FOR US @ World Summit Awards / Lithuania selection!
Musical Blockchain, along with FAYR Ecosystem's GalleryBox by Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU and CitySenseBox & PlanetSenseBox with Sound changes the City / Sound changes the Planet Global Initiative are participating in the World Summit Awards / Lithuania selection.
Vote for all of our projects!
To leave your vote for us you will need to login with your Facebook account.
When opening the link — click on Balsuokite! blue button on top right of the page to login with FB, then open every of the following links from here below; when opened — at the bottom of the page leave your vote by pressing on the stars — your profile picture will appear below the stars if everything's done right.
» Vote here for Musical Blockchain
» Vote here for GalleryBox by Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU
» Vote here for CitySenseBox & PlanetSenseBox with Sound changes the City / Sound changes the Planet Global Initiative
» 07 July 2020 — MENAS BE STOGO
We're happy to announce that our generative digital art piece "Madonna as AI see", which was AI-generated during unique 8-Movements Madonna Symphony composition process for the installation "Madonna", 2019 (installation with incredible art piece by cosmic Indra Marcinkevičienė, more info about that fantastic collab: musicalblockchain.com/m/madonna-installation) has made its way into the Vilnius Municipality/Go Vilnius-supported online virtual gallery "Menas be stogo — 100 kūrinių Vilniaus centre".
On display 24/7, along with other art pieces by awesome local artists: www.menasbestogo.lt
Go-go, Creative AI!
» 03 July 2020 — KARA AGORA
More real & XR layers to our Approach & Focus!
Our visioner Gleb Divov is a co-founder & curator of European Art & Research Center KARA AGORA.
VR Art, AR experiments & AI generative immersion — imagining and connecting a transnational community.
Interview w/ KARA AGORA's founding team: https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/cosround1-kara-agora
» 08 June 2020 — CogX 2020
Visit our booth at CogX — Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI & Emerging Technology
Program & tickets — https://cogx.co/
» 29 May 2020 — AI Songbook™
AI Songbook™ — first Songbook ever composed completely by Artificial Intelligence Composer Musical Blockchain, using input data as the Source of Inspiration.
More info and exclusive performance video — Brayden Drevlow plays AI Songbook™ » www.songbook.ai
» 16 May 2020 — CryptoDocumentary
CryptoDocumentary
Film by Gleb Divov. Soundtrack by Musical Blockchain, AutoREZNR Edition.
This Documentary covering current state of the Digital Art and CryptoArt Scene in the mid-2020. Blockchain Art in its nature. On your screens soon.
More info and trailer » www.fayr.org/cryptodocumentary
» 29 March 2020 Creative (AI) Karantinas — Human-Computer Interaction in #COVID19 times
What's most important during challenging times?
Keep your morale up high & look at difficulties with a sense of humour!
This romantic song (LT lang story) to cheer you up — pass lockdown with a smile!
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/gwoiTLCTc9s
» 16 February 2020 — Another Half-Year mark
We have successfully (and fruitfully) reached another half-year celebration, while getting ready to unveil more awesome stuff.
Traditionally (and — magically coincided) — Sveikiname, Lietuva! <3
» 14 January 2020 — The Curfew Tower 2020
What approves team's Eternal Creative Approach deeper than just a whitepaper & meaningful working product?
Only personal, active presence of the founders themselves in the Creative Industry!
To start decade bright: our founder Gleb Divov is curating Bill Drummond’s The Curfew Tower Residency in Ireland for the whole year 2020.
www.penkilnburn.com
» 18 December 2019 — Press
Musical Blockchain as a Culture+Tech and Social innovation mentioned in the article about the micronation Užupis in Playboy Magazine #51 Winter 2020.
Read it online [in English]
» https://playboy.com/read/uzupis-utopia
Buy Winter 2020 #TheEqualityIssue @ https://playboy.com
Art-Science experiment with the PlanetSenseBox and Musical Blockchain covered in the Belarusian MASTACTVA Magazine 11/2019
Read it online [in Belarusian]
» https://issuu.com/pullet/docs/2019-11__________/12
Physical copies available in stores in Belarus.
» 05 December 2019 — Autumn 2019: OverviewithHighlights
December is here & it means (lotsofcoolstuffontheway) our HUGE autumn update has arrived!
Detailed overviewithHighlights available in our social media:
» Musical Blockchain FB post
» Musical Blockchain Twi thread
» 21 November 2019 — No Music Day.
"No Music Day (November 21) is an event introduced by Bill Drummond to draw attention to the cheapening of music as an art form due to its mindless and ubiquitous use in contemporary society."
The track "No Music Day" was specially re-composed in 2019 by the grown-up engine version of the Musical Blockchain from the photo "9: IMAGINE graffiti made by Bill Drummond underneath Prince's Bridge in Salford, England — 2 October 2010. Photograph: Tracey Moberly".
Explore: www.the17.org/graffiti.php
#NoMusicDay
www.nomusicday.com
"Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and all music has disappeared — just like that!".
» 16 November 2019, Republic of Užupis, LT — Musical Laboratory for Children with the Musical Blockchain
Educational workshop "Musical Laboratory for Children" by Musical Blockchain with Vivita Lithuania's Vivistop Užupis went beyond expectations & once again proved that Creative Human-Computer Interaction is the future we made today.
» Collaboration result: https://soundcloud.com/musicalblockchain/vivistop-uzupis-vivita-song
» 11 November 2019 — Best AI-Powered Music Composing Solutions Provider 2019
Musical Blockchain has been crowned "Best AI-Powered Music Composing Solutions Provider 2019" in the 2019 Artificial Intelligence Awards by Wealth & Finance International.
Mhm, so where's the crown?!
» 30 October 2019 — Baltic Startup Brand Ranking
In October 2019 Musical Blockchain was ranked #44 by the unbiased, impartial and objective (lol) jury of the Baltic Startup Brand Ranking.
So cool guys, at least we're in! ;)
» 15 October 2019, Moscow, RU — GoTech ARENA forum/NOMINATION ROSTELECOM
Sound changes the Planet Global Initiative with the CitySenseBox™/PlanetSenseBox™ IoT devices for the improved City measurements participated & was selected among 10 finalists for Russia's GoTech Innovation's "GoTech ARENA forum/NOMINATION ROSTELECOM" competition.
» 11 October 2019, Munich, DE — Creative AIxMusic meetup/Munich + Brayden Drevlow plays AI Songbook
Along with our special lecture @ Creative AI x Music meetup in Munich, DE we also had an exclusive (and again world's first!) solo-piano show "Brayden Drevlow plays AI Songbook" creatively re-worked by fantastic Brayden Drevlow with the Musical Blockchain.
» 06 October 2019, Ottobeuren, DE — AI+Human solo piano concert
For the 1st time in a history of the mankind — tracks composed by AI were re-thought and played in a solo concert by American Piano Virtuoso Brayden Drevlow along with compositions of a great masters Liszt, Gershwin and others — in Ottobeuren, DE.
» 27 September 2019, Tallinn, EE — Art fair Foto Tallinn 2019
Musical Blockchain participated in the Art fair Foto Tallinn 2019 with the IDEAL BLACK PROJECT collab installation with OKAPI Galerii.
» 26 September 2019, Vilnius, LT — Mini-grand presentation: AI Vilnius City Symphony Live
Sound changes the City/Sound changes the Planet Global Initiative's "AI Vilnius City Symphony Live" mini-grand presentation & special sound report on the state of (Smart)City of Vilnius.
Props to our partners and friends: Coffee1 & Špunka! <3
» 11-19 September 2019, Minsk, BY — Culture+Science+Tech days in Minsk
Musical Blockchain team presented a series of Culture+Science+Tech and Culture/Event-management lectures in Minsk, BY (5 lectures in 5 days!) together with the OK16 Art Center, Kombucha-Dostoyevsky Tea Fungus Grand Family and the Belarusian National Technical University.
On the 19 September 2019 Musical Blockchain team presented results of the Art-Science experiment with the PlanetSenseBox™-gathered data in a form of musical etudes — "Mushroom Etudes" at the Opening Ceremony of the Kombucha-Dostoyevsky Tea Fungus Grand Family Residency — traditionally — live with LOCAL musicians.
» 30 August 2019, Vilnius, LT — live rehearsals for Sound changes the City.
We secretly began rehearsals for Sound changes the City's AI Vilnius City Symphony Live, composed from City-data of different districts.
Every live show of every #CitySymphony obligatory involves LOCAL musicians.
That's our rule of inclusion and appreciation.
» 21 August 2019 — Fresh news are coming in!
First of all — we're finally announcing standalone pages for the Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU and Sound changes the City, City changes the Sound — Sound changes the Planet Global Initiative. Woohoo!
Like, share, follow — and like moar!
Aaaand... something unusuAIlly cool is brewing... stay tuned — for spoilers ;)
» 13 August 2019 — "Sound changes the Planet" global initiative launch announcement.
Our "Sound changes the City, City changes the Sound" series launched last year going global today — with this announcement of the "Sound changes the Planet" global initiative.
With this global initiative we're proposing Sound and its Cultural impact as a unique medium for a social and global change.
Have a business/sponsor questions? Contact our team at king@musicalblockchain.com
» 03 August 2019, Republic of Užupis, LT — Užupio Vasaros Kultūros Diena.
Presented by B3 team (also announced @ national TV), Musical Blockchain in a collaboration with Paul Blaze played a special audiovisual artificialive set during Užupio Vasaros Kultūros Diena.
» 27 July 2019, Molėtų r., LT — Supynes Playground @ Supynes Festival 2019.
Musical Blockchain performed at the Supynes Playground stage during Supynes Festival with a special AI & Creativity historical overview and an artificialive performance.
» 26 July 2019, Lentvaris, LT — No Trolls Allowed Hacker Camp'19.
Musical Blockchain participated in the No Trolls Allowed Hacker Camp with a keynote presentation and an artificialive performance.
» 16 July 2019 — Officially — 1 year!!
Our first Birthday Party went with the FAYR Ecosystem Overview presentations, Digital/Culture-related discussion and Musical Blockchain artificialive performance.
» 13 July 2019, Vilnius, LT — Lokacija festival @ Town Hall Square Vilnius.
Musical Blockchain, Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU participated in the Lokacija 2019 Festival in the heart of the Vilnius at the Town Hall Square with a Gallery Cube with GalleryBox mobile digital art gallery space and a special performance.
» 06 July 2019, Vilnius, LT — EMEM festival @ Traku Voke manor.
Musical Blockchain participated in the "Elevated memory Elevated manor" festival in a historical XIX century Traku Voke manor in Lithuania with the special mixed-media/digital installation and a showcase performance.
» 26-27 June 2019, Manchester, UK — iDAF 2019.
Musical Blockchain participated with the showcase album at the International Digital Art Festival iDAF 2019 in Manchester, England.
» 15 June 2019, Vilnius, LT — Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU launch party.
During "Kulturos Nakties" we announced the launch of the Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU in Vilnius.
Digital/Culture Center and CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU are promoting Vilnius as a global Crypto/Digital Art Hub of the Baltics and a center for the innovations and education in the Art/Culture/Creative Industries.
Interested to become a sponsor/investor? Contact our team at king@musicalblockchain.com
» 05 june 2019 — LOGIN 2019
One of the Opening keynotes for tomorrow's LOGIN 2019 — with Musical Blockchain!
More info and tickets » login.lt
» 03 june 2019 — iDAF 2019
Great news everyone!
Musical Blockchain has been selected for the showcase at the International Digital Art Festival iDAF 2019 in Manchester, England on 26-27 June 2019.
Info, tickets and more » idafestival.com / @IdafMcr
» 01 june 2019, Vilnius, LT — ArtVilnius Art Fair 2019
Musical Blockchain successfully debuted at the ArtVilnius Art Fair 2019 as an unique innovation in Art+Music+Tech with a detailed presentation and a demo exposition/stand.
You can look and listen to the "True Chill Area" collaboration result, presented during ArtVilnius Art Fair 2019 at the musicalblockchain.com/m/true-chill-area/
» 30 may 2019, Vilnius, LT — ArtVilnius Art Fair 2019
Almost ready to amaze.
Come to experience it all by yourself — May 30-Jun 02 / 2019
Art Fair ArtVilnius, LITEXPO (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Stand 5.38
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/837722569940393/
» 24 may 2019, Vilnius, LT — LOGIN 2019 Interneto apdovanojimai
Musical Blockchain is participating as a nominee for the Innovation of the Year and Startup of the Year categories in the LOGIN Internet Award.
More exciting innovation examples: https://login.lt/internet-awards/
» 23 may 2019, Vilnius, LT — ArtVilnius announcement.
Exclusive Art+Sound Installation will be presented during ArtVilnius Art Fair 2019.
More info about the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/837722569940393/
» 03 may 2019, Vilnius, LT — More shows!
Upcoming performances:
— 05 May 2019, Paviljonas, Vilnius, LT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1539632949502583/
— 18 May 2019, GMD, Vilnius, LT: successfully completed.
— 16 June 2019, Kultūros naktis / Culture night Vilnius, Vilnius, LT
» 01 may 2019, Vilnius, LT —
On this beautiful day we're happy to announce our educational partnership with a LMTA Muzikos inovacijų studijų centras — Music Innovation Studies Centre — developing ideas for the future of musical education with such a bold partner — truly a pleasure and proof of recognition of our educational initiatives.
We are sure that these talks and experimentation will develop into fruitful interdisciplinary projects and showcases!
» 24 february 2019, Vilnius, LT — 8 Movements Symphony by Musical Blockchain, synchronized with dynamic lighting was presented during the opening of "Madonna" spiritual installation in Švč. Mergelės Marijos Ramintojos church.
Listen to 8 Movements Symphony, generated from "Madonna" installation and learn story details:
https://musicalblockchain.com/m/madonna-installation/
Also, first-ever public rendition of Musical Blockchain-composed tracks happened during the opening.
Compositions from 8 Movements Symphony was exclusively played LIVE by musicians from Lithuanian National Philharmony and other internationally-known professionals.
Symphony's new angles and meanings opened with a touch of their talent and improvisation, showcasing the next level of a computer-human Creative Collaboration.
Live video samples of an opening performance:
https://twitter.com/MusicalBlockchn/status/1099636768146628609
https://www.facebook.com/musicalblockchain/videos/1222844227863126/
https://www.facebook.com/musicalblockchain/videos/332057430776885/
» 16 february 2019 — Today marks first full half year of Musical Blockchain! We shared some crucial highlights from our first 6 full months:
https://www.facebook.com/musicalblockchain/posts/388894958603893
» 15 february 2019 —
Musical Blockchain included in a recent report by Deep Knowledge Analytics.
Report outlines the history, present state and future of AI Industry in 11 Eastern EU countries, profiling 500 companies, 230 investors, 30 AI Tech Hubs, 60 influencers and 15 conferences:
https://www.dka.global/ai-in-eastern-europe-report
Musical Blockchain recently listed in a "Blockchain For The Music Industry: 9 Startups To Watch In 2019" list by Disruptor Daily:
http://disruptordaily.com/blockchain-startups-music/
» 09 february 2019, Vilnius, LT — Music, composed by Musical Blockchain was played live on a private presentation event by a string quartet and guitar on 09 Feb 2019.
It's a world's first rendition by a real musicians of a tracks, composed by computer, inspired by real Art piece (and not a randomly generated calculation).
Preview clip: https://www.facebook.com/musicalblockchain/videos/2021209637926630/
» 02 november 2018, Vilnius, LT — Due to high demand, TWO additional live performances with a "Vilnius: the Other Side" exhibition soundtrack happened during Max Frei's "Night Vernissage" special event.
» 21 october 2018, Vilnius, LT — "Vilnius: the Other Side" exhibition soundtrack was presented live during the opening of Max Frei's exhibition of the same name.
Soundtrack album is scheduled for release in March 2019 on Spotify and other streaming services.
» 17 october 2018 — New album "Portals and their Inhabitants" is OUT NOW.
An album, created/generated by Musical Blockchain software solution, using images as an inspiration for Decentralized Improvisation™.
Listen on our soundcloud: soundcloud.com/musicalblockchain/sets/portals-and-their-inhabitants
Or listen here:
What's more...
Provide hardworking team with coffee at Musical Blockchain / Ko-fi Page and support Musical Blockchain any prefferable way — and check back soon for more exciting news and performance announcements — there are lots of great things to come! :)
» 15 october 2018, Vilnius, LT — Mini-tour "Pleasant, Unexpected!" kicks off with the exhibition opening: facebook.com/events/730612877288030.
Be sure to follow our social medias!
» 26 july 2018 — To show the love and respect for our favorite artists/bands, every thursday we'll generate a track and share it with a small story+details and call it #ArtistRespectThursday (and yes, it's #art short).
Moreover, we encourage everyone to show the love and respect for their favorite artists with a piece of own art and post it every thursday with #ArtistRespectThursday tag.
» 22 july 2018 — Be sure to follow our instagram to feed your curiosity with the new teasers and get some hints on what's happening in our blockchain sonic labs: instagram.com/musicalblockchain
» 20 july 2018, Vilnius, LT — We are thrilled to announce our long-term cooperation and partnership with a fantastic bestselling author Max Frei!
» 19 july 2018, Vilnius, LT — announcing launch of "Sound changes the City, City changes the Sound" series
» 17 july 2018, Vilnius, LT — presentation @ "Mikro music conference 3 — Tech special" event
» 16 july 2018 — Musical Blockchain went public
Hello and welcome to Musical Blockchain's official page. Here you will find info about Musical Blockchain, what it’s all about, demonstrations and a lot more.
That first line remains unchanged since the public launch in 2018, while the whole story of the Musical Blockchain (and the FAYR Ecosystem) developing since 2017 in a much more exciting way than we could ever imagine.
Here's a Quick Facts about Musical Blockchain:
a) Musical Blockchain is a multi-awarded, world's first psychology-based Creative AI music composer and generative OG cryptoart/digital art creator.
AudioNFTs and NFTs are in the DNA of the Musical Blockchain from the very first vision — explore whitepaper.
Awards received:
2019 — "Artificial Intelligence Awards" — Musical Blockchain: Best AI-Powered Music Composing Solutions Provider 2019 by Wealth & Finance International;
2020 — "Technology Innovator Awards" — Musical Blockchain: Most pioneering AI technology company 2020 — Europe by Corporate Vision;
2020 — "Global Excellence Awards" — Most Innovative Creative Industry AI Software 2020: Musical Blockchain by LUX Life Magazine.
2021 — "Private Healthcare Awards 2021" — Leading Pioneers in Automated Creative Technology 2021 by Global Health & Pharma.
2021 — "Innovation & Excellence Awards 2021" — Musical Blockchain: Automated Creative Technology Specialists of the Year by Corporate LiveWire.
2022 — "Private Healthcare Awards 2022" — GHP Innovation Award in Healthcare-Applied Music Technology 2022 by Global Health & Pharma.
2022 — "Most Innovative Music AI Developer - Lithuania" — Small Business Awards 2022 by Corporate Vision.
2022 — "Innovation Award in Creative AI Technology 2022" — Global Business Awards 2022 by Corporate Vision.
Honorable Mentions:
2020 — "EU Blockchain Ecosystem latest developments" by the The European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum, an initiative of the European Commission [link].
2021 — "2021 Go Global Awards" by the International Trade Council in the Blockchain category.
2021 — "Technological trends in the creative industries" by the European Commission [link].
2022 — "ArtTech - Opportunities for Lithuania's cultural and creative industries sector / Analysis of the current situation in Lithuania" by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania [link].
Since 2022, digital art pieces by Musical Blockchain are in the permanent collection of real-world contemporary art museums:
— Museum Francisco Carolinum Linz, Austria.
— Museum of Teletext Art, Finland.
b) Musical Blockchain composes music relevant to the Source of Inspiration. Digital Art, created by the Musical Blockchain represents snapshots of the current state of creation process.
c) No models pre-trained on existing music are used. At all.
Music composed using unique Psychological Matrix™, compiled with CV-methods and nonstructural data analysis to create musical patterns and mathematical models for several CNNs, then used to create probabilistic graphical model of emotional markers to add human-like performer behavior with various psychological profiles of virtual musicians on the nodes. Additional Machine Learning algorithms used for the data analysis and deep learning of the natural-like inspiration.
d) Musical Blockchain is using Blockchain-based Decentralized Improvisation™ with Proof of Harmony (PoH) multi-node consensus algorithm.
e) In October 2018 Musical Blockchain became the first ever AI Composer signed on a record label.
f) In 2020 Musical Blockchain team unveiled AI Songbook (www.songbook.ai) — first ever Songbook consisting of tracks composed completely by Artificial Intelligence Composer, using input data as the Source of Inspiration.
g) In 2020 Digital Art piece created by Musical Blockchain was selected to be on display for the Vilnius City Municipality-initiated gallery "Menas Be Stogo" — as an example of the modern AI generative digital art.
Original, signed genesis copy of this AI generative digital art reproduction — giclée print on canvas, unframed, 120x140cm — is on sale.
For more details: king@musicalblockchain.com
Limited digital tokenized NFT version: https://knownorigin.io/gallery/258050-madonna-as-ai-see
AudioNFT available on request.
h) In 2022 Musical Blockchain still have no analogues in the world yet.
Among other facts worth mentioning — Musical Blockchain is the Creative AI creator of the first Lithuanian NFT - digital art piece Messier 87 black hole Sonic Process z0238rt, as well as creator of the first cross-Baltic NFT / first Concrete NFT — Musical Blockchain x Rait Prääts — Face Detector.
So, here's the revolution — Musical Blockchain.
If you would like to learn only the dry invention-related technological facts of the Musical Blockchain — download a whitepaper and refer to the FAQ section.
Every six months we're publishing Half-Year reports in our social networks, some examples from 2019, 2020, 2021 already available) highlighting our excellence and achievements — refer to the news section and to our posts in the social media.
Bookmark us everywhere and check back every time — we always have some extra magic in our pockets. Be sure to follow us in all our social media. Our fresh news are up there, here and there.
So, we're still doing music (and not ICO), playing our artificialive shows and festivals, both — live in real world and in VR, actively collaborating with stars and unknowns, inspiring, performing, even creating various film soundtracks (from student movies to requests from such players like Bloomberg/Discovery), working in the audio therapy and psychology fields, running our city development programs, working in STEAM education (including activities with/for kids and youth) and with many many more other stuff are always ready to amaze your receptors.
Enjoy the ride!
We define musical composition as a chain of linked blocks.
For technical insights on the process — download the actual whitepaper.
As it happens in real life, the creation process usually starts with natural inspiration.
We use analysis results of user-provided data to create a basic inspirational set for nodes.
Then, the network of nodes start a tone-by-tone melody building process, secured by harmony.
The resulting blockchain contains multitrack composition, that can be exported in a human-audible format.
Pretty simple and clear — like a band in studio.
Now that we quickly passed a boring part, let's dive into some examples.
We really don’t want to be boring here so we took some real life samples and worked our magic on them.
The sounds were rendered from generated MIDI files with standard MIDI soundbanks.
All rights to pictures and texts belong to their authors or legal owners.
All rights to melodical compositions belong to the Musical Blockchain team.
This is a base melody technical demo tracks.
More examples coming soon. Follow our social medias to get latest news.
A picture. "Cat" by Louis Wain.
A text. "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.
A painting. "Scream" by Edvard Munch.
A photo. "Filosofija 1:00am" by Musical Blockchain team.
Sounds like a melody, doesn’t it?
...but don't be fooled by the apparent simplicity of Base Melody Techdemo tracks. Just imagine — what could be done, if the same unchanged source with basic midi instruments replaced by simple synths — sounds like this:
Same photo. "Filosofija 1:00am" by Musical Blockchain team.
More examples, albums and collaborations already available on our Soundcloud.
Q: Wtf are you doing?
A: Hey, thanks for asking! We’re doing a Musical Blockchain thing; a software solution that will take your data and convert it into melody. Sounds thrilling? See some examples.
Q: What this product is all about?
A: First of all, let's not call this a product. It's a software solution that have appliances in music, city development, art, education, medicine and other areas (refer to first half-year overview for a list of launched projects/initiatives). It works with data and generates melodic sequences building it tone-by-tone using blockchain+AI and other unique in-house developed methodologies.
Q: Why use blockchain?
A: Because we see that blockchain and music are the same concept. We define musical composition as a chain of linked blocks.
You can find more details about our vision in the whitepaper.
Q: Are you mining music?
A: No. We took the original blockchain concept, stripped out the mining part, made our changes and invented our own methods for data analysis, plus new fundamentals for computer improvisation.
If the Musical Blockchain term doesn't fit your needs and you need another additional fancy label instead — you can use Decentralized Improvisation™ while describing composing process.
Q: How is this better from using a central server? Why is it necessary, other than computing all as a network?
A: Nice question! This is kind of like, "Is it better to compose alone, or with a band in a studio?".
There may or may not be tons of pros and cons. But that's our way and our innovation, we see it like this and we think that it's more efficient.
And yes, personally, we prefer to create altogether in studio.
Q: So, you are using AI for it?
A: Machine-learning models, pre-trained on existing tracks are NOT USED for any sequence generation.
We utilise machine learning algorithms for the data analysis and deep learning.
Q: Why do you think it will be successful?
A: It depends on what you call "successful". We already have requests for partnerships and collaborations from interested parties worldwide and soon we'll be ready to reveal some details. Does that count?
Btw! Take a look at our half year highlights overview, to be more on a subject, while judging.
Q: Are you doing an ICO?
A: No.
Q: Are you currently raising?
A: No. Where you were 3 years ago?
We are not looking for an investment, however, there are multiple mutually beneficial options available for your sponsorship.
Q: This is all so crazy and exciting! Love it! How can I support you?
A: Please, take a look at the support section or tell us your own ideas/offers at king@musicalblockchain.com
Q: What are the top 10 favorite music artists/bands influenced you the most?
A: The list is much longer than just ten names; it's even too long to post.
Let's set it like this: every time you'll visit this FAQ — you'll get random 10 artists + 10 bands out of our global list.
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Tapani Rinne, Martin Tingvall, Delvon Lamarr, Jimmy Cauty, Louis Armstrong, Dimebag Darrell, Brian Eno, Les Paul
Bands: Testament, Parliament, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Clawfinger, Dizzee Rascal, Animals As Leaders, KMFDM, Ozzy Osbourne, Rage Against The Machine, Frontline Assembly
Ask more questions in social medias or privately at king@musicalblockchain.com
You want to support us — fantastic! There are definitely, a lot of ways you can do that:
» Tell a story about us — we would LOVE you to tell the world about our really CREATIVE use of the blockchain+AI (and other technologies);
» Like, share, tweet and be active about us in all your social media channels;
» Come to our events, ask questions, discuss and experiment with generated music (more info soon!);
» Buy our NFTs at KnownOrigin and Mintable. Or make offers at OpenSea.
» Provide hardworking team with coffee at Musical Blockchain / Ko-fi Page;
» Donate.
Ethereum: 0xE168C53f29Bd7B770d72BB787dB1bd77E2812557
Bitcoin: 15jmnXW5fHTkq2AEgjhJpvknQSpiy5Z6LC
Have different ideas/offers? Want to talk business? Contact us at king@musicalblockchain.com
We believe that the tools for inspiration and boosting creativity will be your next best friend in the studio, on-stage, and at home.
We believe that man-machine collaborations, and unique data-driven soundscapes will create a beautiful sonic experience.
We believe that new technologies will change the concept of art, as photography changed it almost 180 years ago.
We believe that technology can spawn a new generation of young musicians, utilising tools as tools, and not as a replacement for talent.
We believe that making solutions for a real world is the only way forward.
♬ 06. On the net
Here's a list of our resources, available on the net. Share, like, retweet, play, sing!
» Soundcloud
» Twitter
» Facebook
» Instagram
» We are always happy for your private feedback at king@musicalblockchain.com
The list is still growing, so don't forget to check back in a while.