Year of the ZABAL - Day 294
Three artists made something for me, and it all dropped on WaveZStation on Tuesday.
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year of the zabal day 294
Yesterday was music day, and the music was personal. Three artists each made something for me, and on Tuesday it all came together in one drop on WaveZStation.
I love it when I can use my connector ability to show off other people's skill sets, and that's what's happening right now as I work with all these amazing builders.
What WaveZStation is
WaveZStation is the WaveWarZ team's music store on Base. Instead of streaming a song, you buy into it: pay what you want, starting at $1 in USDC. Every sale splits three ways. 45% goes to the artist, 45% goes to the fans who already bought in, and 10% goes to the platform.
That middle 45% is the twist. Your cut of a song's fan pool follows how much you put in, so the earlier you back a song, the more you earn as other people buy after you. You can buy again any time to grow your share, and claim what you have earned from the song page.
How it's going
WaveZStation went live on chain in late July. As of this afternoon the site lists 33 songs from 24 artists, about $2,459 bought in total, and 45% of every one of those sales went straight to the artist.
When we studied the contract last week, the typical song made most of its sales on its first day. That is why drop day matters so much, and why a song needs people talking about it after launch week too.
Three artists, one drop
The song: IMan Afrikah
IMan Afrikah of WaveWarZ Africa made "BetterCallZaal" a few months ago. In his own words on the song page, it is "a song talking about the Great man called Zaal and how reliable he is." It went live Tuesday just after noon Eastern, right after a Space on WaveWarZ, and IMan was one of the first to buy it himself: "Ey man, I am a fan too lol this a banger!!"
The card: Cannon Jones
Cannon Jones (@cannonjones973) made the visual for the drop and drew the first ZAO TCG card, "ZABAL WINS". He is a WaveZStation artist himself, with "High Levels Only" backed by 10 fans. Buy "BetterCallZaal" for $1 or more and you unlock the card, a spot in the ZAO TCG Telegram group, and email updates. Five fans have unlocked it so far, and I send each card by email.
The station: Hurricane
Hurricane (Hurric4n3Ike) founded WaveWarZ and is the one building WaveZStation. He carried Tuesday's drop and backed the song too, with a simple "BCZ!!!" on the backers board. Today he listed his own new track on the station, "ManWaveZ" featuring Stilo World.
Other artists showed up for it as well. BennyJ504, whose "Saturday in LA" is one of the station's two best sellers, bought in today, "helping Iman get that badge." By this afternoon 9 people had backed the song for $24.50.
Listen and buy: https://www.wavezstation.com/song/77c01f1f-c612-4f42-aa2f-de245fa7ebe5
The drop announcement: https://x.com/WaveZStation/status/2112537448849064250
What comes next
The first ZAO TCG card goes out with every buy, and a brainstorm group for a trading card game is starting. Want in on the brainstorm? Reply to this email.
Fractal
Fractal 119's results went on chain Monday at 5:40 PM, and Monday night's Fractal 120 rankings are in voting now. Yesterday IMan Afrikah hosted the Tuesday fractal for anyone who missed Monday. Next fractal and every ZAO event: https://luma.com/zao
- BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZABAL Team