Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Means and Michael Rhee to discuss Wavlake, the current issues with the music industry, and how to orange pill people with cool products. 
 
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6:14 - Technical issues right out the gate 
8:04 - Artist monetization struggles 
11:43 - Wavlake explained 
15:02 - The publishing company model 
19:48 - V4V audience interaction 
21:56 - V4V artist profit 
25:01 - Other models to integrate 
29:17 - Building a music index 
33:17 - Changing the artist mindset 
38:34 - Podcasts vs music 
43:50 - Orange pilling through music 
46:38 - Nostr 
57:41 - Artists are sick of the current model 
1:03:07 - Playing the slow game 
1:06:50 - Wavlake causing incentive change 
1:10:56 - Using V4V to improve recommendations 
1:13:16 - Future of LN 
1:17:20 - V4V boosts are growing in general 
1:22:54 - Lightning store 
1:28:15 - Plugs and final thoughts 
 
 
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#393: Value 4 Value Music with Sam & Michael from Wavlake