Bandruption Inception NFT
How visionary music artists, superfans, and builders drive the future of music cultures, where fan engagement and attention are reached directly through tokenized experiences and rewards, bypassing centralized gatekeepers. Powered by Solana.
Abstract
A collection of 1,000 unique digital musician characters from the Bandruption musicverse, a domain of highly fragmented and vibrant music cultures, powered by the Bandruption web3 platform dedicated to music artists and fans.
Our NFT combines premier digital art, comprehensive benefits, and exclusive rewards into one unique token. As the accidental crew of the Yeti Valhalla, a music-powered spaceship, the musicians of these NFTs represent music communities adapting to current technologies to stay alive as a profession and a driver of rich human culture.
1. Introduction
Bandruption is tokenizing fan experiences and automating 90% of direct marketing efforts for musicians to 10x fan growth, helping musicians earn more revenue, so they can dedicate more attention to their art and fan communities.
2. The Bandruption Story
Why it matters
- 89% of musicians can't make a living from music alone, with indie artists earning only around $11,523 annually
- Musicians end up working as freelance writers, rideshare drivers, or servers, which means less time dedicated to music
- Over 50% of musicians cite finances as their biggest barrier to full-time music production
Bandruption offers a solution that's smarter, automated & delivers better fan engagement than any other fan platform.
We're a utility-focused project with AI-powered features that's live on Solana, helping musicians automate fan engagement and create new revenue streams through tokenized experiences.
You don't need to be a tech expert to get started with Bandruption. Musicians can easily set up loyalty points, fan clubs, and NFTs using our one-click templates. If you're technically inclined, take advantage of our customization options & advanced features.
Create sustainable income streams for artists through fan engagement
Foster direct connections between artists and their biggest supporters
Leverage automation to reach more fans with less effort
3. Vision & Mission
Our Mission
Enable sustainable fan-driven music communities to form and thrive around human artists and events, regardless of geography
Our Vision
Humans as creators drive increasingly diverse music cultures into the future of society
We value bottom-up, organically-forming communities and their power to diffuse new art and ideas throughout a chaotic and free society. We want a future of #HumansAsCreators.
The platform enables music artists to grow an online following that is 10x more likely to buy a ticket to their concert; and raise funds doing it. We empower the creator and their fans to distribute community value directly to each other, saturating social networks via peer-to-peer pathways. We use web3 because it's inherently designed to facilitate our values:
Core Values
- Bottom-Up Pathways: Digital communities form based on shared interests - the web is where we go to talk to like-minded people, regardless of geography. Bandruption emphasizes bottom-up diffusion pathways, where people share with their friends for rewards and status with the artists they love.
- Robust Communities: Robust fan communties are built on human relationships. Support the superfans who support you the most and are the most loyal. These community champions will maintain and grow your community over time and stick with you through thick and thin.
- Legends: Legends are created by robust fan communities. The greatest music legends who persevere for decades will all tell you they are nothing without their fans. Great music played in a room alone may still be great, but legends' music is heard through generations because of the fans who support them.
4. Value for NFT Holders
4.1 Utility with Bandruption Platform
Bandruption Inception NFT holders get lifetime zero platform commissions on sales, for as long as they hold the Inception NFT in their wallet. The Bandruption platform offers a comprehensive suite of features including artist storefronts with custom loyalty point programs, token-gated experiences & fan clubs, click-only templates for token campaign launches, and AI promoters that advise and do direct marketing. These tools lead to 10x fan engagement and monetization for music artists.
Holders of the Inception NFT enjoy free access to the platform, while non-holders are subject to 8-12% commission. This significant advantage allows holders to fully leverage the platform's capabilities without additional costs, maximizing their potential returns and engagement within the Bandruption ecosystem.
4.2 Creator-Fan Community
By holding a Bandruption Inception NFT, you join a vibrant community of builders, creators, and music superfans. The musicians featured in the NFT art will be traversing the infinite Musicverse and encountering characters as they fight against AI-driven enslavement of humans. Their adventure will be released in web manga, then print, and then as a recurring animation series, featuring a full length animated music video each episode. Tokenholders will influence the path of the adventure, including which music artists are encountered and featured along the way.
- Collaborative governance through Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
- Voting on platform features, IRL events, and storytelling in the Musicverse
- Monthly AMAs with music artists and Web3 monetization workshops
- Automatic discovery within Bandruption's artist network
- Exclusive access at Bandruption-sponsored showcases and meetups
4.3 Rewards
Inception NFT holders will be recognized as the core believers, supporters, and adopters of our platform - and be known as Bandruption Inceptors. To recognize holders' engagement with Bandruption, and their continued commitment to a future of rich, vibrant music culture, rewards will be granted to holders who have held the NFT for an entire quarter. Rewards are released each quarter.
| Reward Type | Description | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Holder Rewards (70%) | Split equally each quarter with Inception NFT holders | Quarterly |
| Community Treasury (30%) | Supports DAO community events, workshops, festivals, and more | Ongoing |
Purpose of Rewards
Inception NFTs are the official Bandruption platform NFT collection. The rewards are designed to benefit holders by paying out regular credits, and organizing community activities and events that benefit music artists, superfans, builders, and merchants on Bandruption, the Solana ecosystem, and Web3 in general.
How do I become eligible to receive rewards?
Mint or acquire an Inception NFT and hold it in a single wallet for a full quarter
Where does the reward funding come from?
Rewards are a flat 10% of platform commissions, Inception NFT royalties, and platform subscription fees, all of which go to the Inceptor Rewards wallet.
What is the Inceptor rewards wallet address?
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4.4 Visionary Musicverse Art
The Bandruption Inception NFT collection represents more than just digital assets; it's a gateway to a rich, narrative-driven musicverse. Each NFT depicts a unique digital musician character, part of the crew of the Yeti Valhalla - a music-powered spaceship on a mission to preserve musical culture.
The collection boasts over 2,000 combinations of generative traits, including various instruments, visual styles, and cultural motifs. This diversity ensures that each NFT is truly unique and reflective of the vibrant, fragmented music cultures that Bandruption aims to support and amplify.
Beyond their inherent artistic value, the Inception NFTs have cross-IP potential, with plans for them to be featured in manga, an animation series, partnered music videos and album art. This integration into real-world music products further enhances the utility and appeal of the NFTs, bridging the gap between digital ownership and tangible music experiences.
5. Technical Specifications
Collection Details
- Blockchain: Solana
- Collection Size: 1,000 unique NFTs
- Art Features: Over 2,000 combinations of generative traits possible, with varying distributions of rarity.
- Mint Price: 1 SOL per NFT
6. Mint Information
Details about the mint for the Bandruption Inception NFT will be announced in the future. Expect there to be many opportunities to gain allowlist access, in order to mint before any open/public mint. Until the details are announced, consider doing the following:
- Signup on the Bandruption platform at https://app.bandruption.com
- Join the Discord server at https://www.discord.gg/bandruption
- Follow @bandruption on X
Mint Stages
VIP Allowlist
Reserved for corporate partners, certain community projects, and early supporters
- Earliest possible access to mint
- Option to mint more than one Inception NFT
Public Allowlist
Reserved for community members and others via engagement activities, giveaways, partner project agreements, etc.
- Access to mint before the general public
- Limited to one Inception NFT per wallet
Open/Public Mint
Final phase where any Bandruption platform user will be eligible to mint after signing up in the app. This phase is not guaranteed to occur and the NFTs available will depend on the progress of previous mints.
- Available to all registered Bandruption users
- Limited to one Inception NFT per Bandruption account, while supplies last
7. Team & Partners
Bandruption was founded in August 2023 by builders and music superfans who want to see tech bolster and embrace fragmented, richly diverse music cultures and communities going into the future, where tools like web3 and AI are converging to accelerate the complexity of human society.
7.1 Bandruption Founders
7.2 Bandruption Creators & Advisors
Adam Jang
Yeti Valhalla Founder, Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist, Badass Legend
BG Goodrich
Local Band Smokeout Founder, Musician, Community Builder, Legendary Badass
To Be Announced
NFT Artist, Legend-Badass Hybrid
8. Roadmap
Our development roadmap outlines the key milestones and features planned for the Bandruption platform and Inception NFT ecosystem:
Proof of Concept
- Initial launch of the Bandruption Platform
- Closed Beta for selected fans
- Built waitlist of 35 artists representing 200k fans
Partnership Building & Web3 Architecture
- Successfully catalyzed Yeti Valhalla album crowdfund in 2 weeks
- Built community and ecosystem partnerships in Japan and Solana
- Architected web3 solution that scales globally
Rapid Buildout, Deployment, & Onboarding
- Release USDC & Solana payment methods for all platform purchases
- Compete in Solana Breakout Hackathon
- Deploy fully redesigned & scalable platform
- Community-building for music artists, superfans, builders, and web3 natives
- Onboard waitlist of artists and continue recruiting
Continued Feature Release & Onboarding
- Aggressively deliver enhanced self-service features for music artists
- Accelerate onboarding with further automation of platform available
- Showcases and conventions in partnership with Bandruption music artists
- AI Promoter PoCs
9. Resources
- Official Website: www.bandruption.com
- Bandruption Platform: app.bandruption.com
- Discord Community: discord.gg/bandruption
- X: @bandruption
10. Conclusion
The Bandruption Inception NFT represents more than just another digital collectible - it's a revolutionary approach to solving the music industry's most pressing challenge: helping artists make a sustainable living while staying connected to their fans.
By combining artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and a deep understanding of music communities, we're creating an ecosystem where artists can thrive, fans can engage meaningfully, and the future of music remains in the hands of human creators.
Join us in this movement to preserve and grow diverse music cultures in the digital age. Together, we can ensure that music remains a viable profession and a powerful driver of human culture.
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