It’s Music NFT drop season.

As the sector seeks its inflection point, expect the drops to ramp up.

Whereas being early used to be most important, now it’s time for curation.

That means the best music, the best economics, and the best communities.

In this week’s edition, we’ll be switching up the format to highlight one key drop with color while putting others on your radar, ranked in order of my curated interests.

Always remember to collect what you love - not what will make you the most money.

Let’s dive in.

Featured Drop - Bridges

As the first official artist collaboration on Beat Foundry - Oshi takes his traction to the next level with his biggest mint to date. Bridges is a 5 track blend, combining vocals, melodies, drums and acoustics to algorithmically generate 808 unique renders of indie hip-hop inspired beats.

Many regard Oshi as a leading Music NFT artist - currently sitting at an 8.9 ETH floor on Sound. His recent Catalog series sold out within a day and his secondary sales have many people asking what’s next.

Following the sellout of the genesis Ocarina drop, Beat Foundry feels like the early days of ArtBlocks. The on-chain generative music platform has the support of NoiseDAO, and offers a rarity schema that makes Music NFT collecting that much more exciting.

Allowlist minting opened for 24 hours starting yesterday, with public mint going live tonight.

Expect Beat Foundry to make some noise in the coming months with more premier Music NFT artists in the queue.

Mint Price: 0.17 ETH

Total NFTs: 808

Upcoming Drops

1. RAC - Ethers - Sound - 100 Editions - 0.1 ETH - April 13th, 2:00 PST.

2. Tokimonsta - Love By U - Sound - 25 Editions - 0.1 ETH - April 12th, 2:30 PST.

3. Boys Noize - Cwejman - Sound - 100 Editions - 0.1 ETH - April 11th, 2:00 PST.

4. Wisdom Trust Forever - Heartbreak in the Metaverse - Decent - 50 Editions - 0.1 ETH - April 12th.

5. Subtact - SMS002 - SoundMint - April 11th, 12:00 PST.

Freshly Minted

1. Pollen - Jealous

2. Jagwar Twin - It’s Your Time

3. Grady - Creases

Artist Spotlight - Dot

As one of the quickest acts to embrace web3, dot has been making waves for her recent mints on Sound and Catalog.

The electronic producer and DJ has been extremely active in the Music NFT community - collecting her peers, giving holders access to unreleased demos, performing at showcases and raffling tickets to EDC Los Vegas.

Her recent traction goes to show that with tenacity and dedication, there’s a vast ocean of opportunity for artists diving into web3.

Top Stories

Lyrical Lemonade Debuts Genesis NFT Collection

L3monworldwide sells out as the leading hip-hop curator enters web3.

Grady Sets Sound Record with 10 ETH Golden Egg Secondary Sale

As Grady gears up for the release of his next album, ETHVenturer makes a splash collecting the “Jersey” Golden Egg for a record-breaking 10 ETH.

SoundMint Airdrops Vinyls to Collectors

SoundMint releases its first airdrop to collectors, bringing new NFTs to the generative art ecosystem.

Sound Crosses 4M in Secondary Sales

Sound continues to grow, crossing 4M in secondary sales on OpenSea.

HedsDAO Drops Tape 003

The sample-based artist collective drops it’s third tape.

Bonus Reads

[RAC] - Sinners NFT Holders

[TK] - Web3 Music Managers

[Mint] - Benny from Beat Foundry

[Mint] - 3LAU on Ownership vs Patronage

[Harrison First] - Staking Music NFTs

[Jason Calacanis] - Music Twitter

[Henry Chatfield] - Web3 Artist Needs

This Week in Music NFTs is curated by Coopahtroopa. To stay up with the movement and submit your work to be featured, follow me on Twitter!