Christopher Wieduwilt

🎵 Helping the music industry enter the #NFT space @ ACOY | Podcast Host @ Digital Punks - Der Music NFT Podcast

How I went from broke musician to helping 100k+ music pros with AI.

I was that kid with a guitar & big dreams:
↳ Started in a garage band at 15. 
↳ Toured the US & Europe.

Lived the highs & lows of the music life. 

After a number of years working in the music industry, I consulted for global brands like Porsche, Lufthansa, Goodyear, and L'Oréal. 

Later, I helped my mom become a bestselling author.

But I never forgot the musician's grind:
↳ That's why I built The AI Musicpreneur.

To help music pros leverage AI for success. 

A resource I wish I had when I was struggling. 

Now serving over 20,000+ musicians, producers & industry professionals monthly, including readers from Warner Music, UnitedMasters, AWAL, Cooking Vinyl, and more. 

My journey taught me success is about helping others.

Start here → aimusicpreneur.com

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🎵 I wish  #NFTs existed 10 - 15 years ago.

I have practically been a music nerd for all my life. 

I used to play in various bands and as a solo artist as well as worked for record labels, organized festivals & managed up and coming artists.

I consider this experience very precious and am thankful for the opportunities I received.

I got to play in Los Angeles on Sunset Boulevard and toured the entire US.

Ranked up over half a million plays on Myspace (Yes, Myspace did exist back then)

Got featured in the biggest Rock/ Metal magazine in China.

And was on German TV.

Why am I telling you this?

It sounds like that could pay the bills right?

It didn't. AT ALL. It was a +- business.

Independent artists without much representation have it hard. 

Music piracy did not help at the beginning of the century.

And the model of streaming pays independent artists unfairly.

Along came COVID and seriously threatened live music and musicians.

Music NFTs taking off (in the next few years) feels like a resurrection for the music industry to me.
 
🎸 For independent artists NFTs could provide an opportunity to connect with fans in unique ways.

NFTs are not a get-rich-quick scheme, it needs work, but it could enable artists to make a better living than now.

You don't need millions of streams on Spotify, but maybe only a few hundred devoted fans that invest in your journey and see you grow.

💿 Record labels, publishing agencies & more can use NFTs to offer new experiences to music lovers.
At the same time creating new income streams could also mean that more investments go into up and coming artists long-term.

It puts a little bit of the power back into the hands of the music industry.

I've seen artists disappear over the years because they ran out of fuel at some point (financial wise).

Wouldn't it be great to experience live music and at the same time know that the artists performing can provide for themselves and their family?

Let's create your future together.

Christopher Wieduwilt (The AI Musicpreneur)

gunnercooke llp

gunnercooke is a challenger law firm, we aim to change the way legal services are provided to our clients. Putting the interests of our clients first is paramount to us, in fact, our whole model was based around challenging the traditional law firm by asking CEOs and business owners what they would change about their legal provider!

Two common answers were: they wanted Lawyers with authority and transparency of costs upfront. 

This is why gunnercooke comprises solely of senior lawyers who have a minimum of 10,000 practicing hours in their field. This means that all clients receive service from trusted advisers with a strong expertise and experience. Plus, no work will be passed down to junior lawyers, as is often the case in traditional firms. 

It is also why we offer a fixed fee to all of our clients, with work and costs agreed upfront, rather than an hourly rate - we believe in Honesty and Integrity.

So far, time has told that these two solutions have enabled lawyers to provide excellent client service, without having to think about the timesheets and hours they need to bill their clients. 

We constantly look to improve our service and allow the model to evolve because we know the needs of our clients will change over time.

For a brief introduction and to find out how we operate, please watch our short video: http://vimeo.com/70620358.

Lawyer (crypto / web3 / blockchain / corporate and funding / fintech )

Electronic music artist (DJ and producer).

Electronic Music Artist

Legal & General

Advising on venture capital, LP investments and direct investments in the clean energy space.

Corporate Solicitor

Eversheds Sutherland

Corporate associate with experience in transactional work, including both domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity investments, group reorganisations and matters of general company law compliance. Displaying drafting, legal research, negotiation and project management skills.

London co-office champion for ES:Disrupt - lead role in providing key legal documents and advice for startups who need straightforward solutions so that they can develop.  Assisting with company formation, IP and data, trading contracts, funding and hiring staff.

Associate

Trainee Solicitor.

Seat 1 - Commercial. Displaying legal and drafting skills.

Seat 2 - Corporate.  Assisting and advising on private equity and private M&A transactions.

Seat 3 - Financial Services, Disputes and Investigations

Trainee Solicitor

Paralegal

In house counsel assisting with financial services M&A and commercial contracts.

Corporate Solicitor (Secondee)

Premium Credit Ltd

Assisting and advising on:

- Premium Credit's financing programmes and transactions, such as the sale of Premium Credit to private equity firm, Cinven;
- the consumer credit transfer of regime and FCA authorisation; and
- commercial contracts and consumer communications.

Kathryn Dodds is a recommended lawyer in Legal 500.  She advises clients across the crypto, web3 and emerging tech eco-system; as well as clients in the creative sector.  She has particular expertise in relation to: (i) working with DAOs and new forms of corporate structure for web3 projects, including leading on structuring considerations for selling a DAO; (ii) helping companies and investors with fundraising documentation; and (iii) advising web3 clients on the crypto and commercial elements of contentious matters. 

Kathryn is also an electronic music artist, giving her a unique insight into the music industry and the opportunities and challenges faced by artists.

gunnercooke was the first major law firm to officially accept payment in cryptoassets and has a market leading cryptoassets, blockchain, web3, smart contracts and DeFi team, acting for over 150 clients

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