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A further significant cryptocurrency deal in the music industry, as Opulous has joined forces with Japanese Big Line to create NFT partnerships.

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The music business is growing closer and closer with the cryptocurrency world.

There have been a number of stories about NFTs in 2021, to be sure – with musicians selling Non-Fungible Tokens for millions of dollars. There have also been several significant events, such as UnitedMasters’ recent agreement with Coinbase, which allows independent artists to be paid in cryptocurrency.

In the world of digital music, Opulous is one of the first movers. It specializes in tokenized music assets, particularly NFTs that offer purchasers a stake in a song/recording’s future royalty earnings. It also allows artists to buy more resources through the tokenization.

NFTs are part of blockchain’s future, and they will be used. On this basis, Japanese Big Line entered into a partnership with Opulous.

Opulent (operating as BlueBox) powered the first ever split music copyright sale by artists using NFTs when it launched in February via the co-founder of distribution and services platform, Ditto Music. Japanese Big Line is independent distribution company based in Japan that services a number of major music companies.

Since its inception, Opulous, which is based on the Algorand blockchain, has raised millions of dollars and signed partnerships with prominent figures in cryptocurrency such as Binance and Republic – deals that have resulted in collaborations with musicians like Lil Pump and Lil Yachty.

(People are speculating who the next big-name artist to collaborate with Opulous will be: it looks like whoever it is has around 40 million monthly listeners. The platform’s creator is certain in the quality of artists and investors joining up; he claims that Opulous will “surpass Spotify in terms of scale”.)

In addition to the above, Opulous announced a new partnership with LINE Corporation’s Tech Plus arm on October 26. LINE is the owner of Japan’s biggest messaging app (LINE) as well as the country’s largest domestic streaming platform (LINE Music). To give you a sense of the scale of LINE Corporation: In 2020 alone, the company generated the equivalent of $1.5 billion in revenue, or around $4 million a day.

LINE’s messaging service, called LINE Direct Messaging (LDM), has 89 million monthly active users in Japan as of June 2021 and 188 million worldwide. As of 2014, LINE had over 400 million registered users across all of its business divisions.

LINE’s Tech Plus division (LTP) has struck a strategic partnership with opulent to co-develop Non-Fungible Token (NFT) solutions. The operator of LINE’s cryptocurrency and blockchain initiatives is LTP, which is part of Tech Plus.

The collaboration between LINE and Opulous Music NFTs will also see the two companies explore the integration of Opulous Music NFTs with LINE’s NFT Market to provide more NFT alternatives for users.

LINE Tech Plus will also work with Opulous on the development of blockchain services based on the LINE Blockchain Developers platform, according to the announcement.

This collaboration comes as part of LINE’s efforts to develop its token economy and expand into NFT markets.

LINE BITMAX Wallet recently launched a beta version of an NFT market in Japan, where users may trade and manage digital assets and NFTs using LINE’s digital asset LINK, all through a simple login using their LINE ID.

“IT IS CRUCIAL TO US TO WORK WITH HIGH CALIBER PARTNERS IN THE MUSIC NFT SPACE BECAUSE WE ARE THE FIRST MOVER. I’M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT LINE TECH PLUS IS ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATES.”

LEE PARSONS, OPULOUS

“We’re excited to bring interesting NFT products to music lovers all around the world, using our blockchain technology and Ditto Music’s NFT services,” said Woosuk Kim, CEO of LINE Tech Plus.

“Being the first mover in the Music NFT industry, it’s critical to work with high-quality partners. I’m happy to say that LINE Tech Plus is one of them. We are excited about the possibilities that blockchain technology may provide in terms of reshaping the music business and NFT markets.”

Opulous offers DeFi loans to musicians in order to help them continue making music. The firm claims that these financing instruments can alter the course of a musician’s career.

The Opulent platform is made up of three key features: (a) the NFT Launchpad, which aims to provide a new source of income for artists in the form of music copyright NFTs; (b) the NFT Exchange, which allows anybody to invest in music and trade copyright shares; and (c) DeFi Loans, which are secured by future royalties and “will replace the bad deals routinely imposed on promising performers” according to Opulous.

Opulent is the implementation of two well-known concepts in one project: royalties and blockchain. The platform’s creator believes that Opulent will “change the way artists are valued – not only in terms of their business model but also in how they are regarded as people.”

Opulent aims to bring transparency into the music industry by tracking artists’ royalties in real time.

Opulent is also putting musicians at the heart of its development process, leveraging their insight and expertise to create a system that truly benefits them. Opulent will be using an “open ledger” approach in order to allow for user input, thus creating a platform “for the people, by the people.”

I think that this is a great project, because it can help many people to be passionate about music and it aids their dreams to become true.

I’d want to suggest this initiative because Opulent wants to improve the music industry in a better way than it is now, and their concepts are innovative and beautiful. What I appreciate most about them is that when creating new initiatives, they are open-minded, which will benefit our community significantly.

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What Louis Tomlinson Thinks About A Possible One Direction Reunion

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After breaking out in the media with hits such as “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Story Of My Life,” “Best Song Ever,” and more, 1D took the world by storm (via Digital Spy). However, in 2015, the boy band shocked their devoted followers when they announced that they will be taking a break. According to E! News, the group shocked their fans by announcing that they would go on hiatus in 2015. After Zayn Malik announced his intentions to leave 1D, the band decided to disband in order to focus on their own solo projects.

“They are great friends and fully support one another,” a source said of the group. “They are very aware that they are able to work on their own stuff as well as remain together. This is an exciting time for them creatively and as a group.” However, it appears that at least one member of One Direction was in opposition to the split.

Before the break, Tomlinson told The Guardian that he was feeling optimistic about the band. “In the last year of One Direction, I was probably the most confident I ever was,” he said. “And then it was: ‘OK, hiatus!'” He acknowledged that he struggled against it, but ultimately lost.

Since then, One Direction has yet to record any new music. The group’s future, on the other hand, appears promising.

Did Louis Tomlinson hint at a possible 1D reunion?

According to Cheat Sheet, since announcing the group’s hiatus in 2015, One Direction members have been working on their solo careers and other activities like beginning families. Louis Tomlinson recently spoke out about a possible reunion and left fans wondering if there could be hope for the group in the future, despite Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik all remaining quiet on the subject of a reunion.

In 2021, Tomlinson took part in the WIRED Google autocomplete challenge, answering queries about himself that fans most search for on the internet. He went through his tattoos, color of his hair, eye color, and more before finally getting to One Direction. When asked about the group he replied, “Good time in my life. Hopefully, we come back.” The return of an iconic logo inspired fans to believe that perhaps, just maybe, the band was reuniting. Fans also noticed that when Tomlinson referred to 1D as the band he “is” in before correcting himself to say “was,” he made a minor slip of the tongue.

Could Harry’s comments be hinting at a One Direction reunion? Despite the fact that it appears improbable for now, fans have not stopped hoping for the group to reunite and create new music in the future.

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This Is How Elton John Got His Name

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Elton John is one of the most famous names in modern music, with his distinctive appearance and voice, as well as instantly-recognizable songs. It’s difficult to find many individuals who haven’t heard Elton John, better known as “The Rocketman,” thanks to his signature song of the same name. In fact, the Elton John biopic film released in 2019 was called “Rocketman” because the word is so easily identifiable with John (via IMDb).

However, prior to his career as “The Rocketman” and even before he earned the moniker “Elton John,” he was known by a different name. He actually went by his birth name, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, and dropped out of school at the age of 17 to pursue a music career (via Biography). He eventually changed his name because he was becoming more successful, however even the film documenting his life didn’t get his change of name right.

Elton John chose a new name on the fly

The film “Rocketman” tells audiences that Reginald Kenneth Dwight changed his name to Elton John after meeting John Lennon, the famous Beatle. Lennon, on the other hand, had nothing to do with how Elton John got his name. Another singer known as John also existed.

According to a 1991 interview with Rowan Atkinson, Reginald Dwight was a member of the group “Bluesology” and decided to go it alone, hence the name change. He said he chose the name Elton after a saxophone player in the group because he wanted to branch out on his own. In a 1990 interview conducted after the release of his CD box set entitled “To Be Continued…”

“I was in Bluesology, and we were coming back from a Long John Baldry gig somewhere, and we got a bus from London airport to London and someone said, ‘We’ve made it now, so what are you going to call yourself?'” John said (via The Wrap). “The saxophone player in the band was called Elton Dean, a very good jazz sax player, and the only other Elton I could think of was Elton Hayes, who recorded the song ‘The Owl and the Pussycat.’ So I took ‘Elton’ from Elton Dean and ‘John’ from Long John Baldry. I wanted to choose a name that nobody had, and it was as quick as that.”

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Fans Think Britney Spears Is Pregnant According to Them

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When Britney Spears updated her Instagram Story, she may have started a rumour about herself. The singer and her partner Sam Asghari are relaxing on Maui, Hawaii at present. While posing for photos with her adoring public, Spears revealed that lately she hasn’t felt too well (via Fox News).

“I think I have a small bug … the only thing that is similar to this feeling is when I was pregnant…” the star wrote as a caption to the clip. She continued, “it’s the nausea that is the worst … It’s like I can’t wake up so I go to the gym trying to wake my system up !!!”

Spears continued her post by writing, “It’s like clockwork … I break my first sweat then I go to the bathroom and throw up… it’s absolutely horrible but then I stay at the gym because I don’t want to go home and lay sick in bed …. I keep going and [at] night I go dancing and my system starts to get clarity … Dude … this has been going on for a month and if someone has this you’re not alone !!!”

Following her return to Instagram, fans immediately started speculating about whether she is expecting again, with one user writing, “She’s pregnant again.” “Awwww baby on the way.” “Morning sickness my dear,” echoed another fan.

More Spears fans were reacting to her tweet about pregnancy on Twitter.

She has confirmed that she wants to conceive again

The celebrity’s message about being sick for a month caused Twitter to go wild. “Britney girl…your nausea has lasted for a month and the only other time you felt like this was when you were pregnant???? who’s gonna tell her?” asked one fan. “I think it’s time to get a pregnancy test PLS,” someone else tweeted.

The rumor mill was still in operation, with another individual adding, “Girls Britney is pregnant. Throwing up every morning for a month…. And she even said herself she’s never felt like this except when pregnant….”

Although she enjoyed her first title, Spears is still determined to have another kid. As the whole world heard during her conservatorship hearing as she tried to terminate it, Spears, who is a mother of two adolescent sons, wants to conceive another child. “I want to be able to get married and have a baby. I was told right now in the conservatorship, I’m not able to get married or have a baby. I have an IUD inside of myself right now so I don’t get pregnant,” the pop star testified. “I wanted to take the IUD out so I could start trying to have another baby. But this so-called team won’t let me go to the doctor to take it out because they don’t want me to have any more children,” she said (via Billboard).

 

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