[ THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. IF YOU ARE SEEING THIS, YOU ARE A GUEST IN THIS SPACE. WELCOME AND PLEASE TAKE CARE :) - naia ]

The modern music industry extracts up to 90% of listener spending through many layers of middlemen, leaving artists dependent on touring to survive. Despite state of the art algorithms, listeners still receive bland formulaic recommendations and the vast majority still discovers their favorite music through friends and at shows. Traditional direct models still exist, but require selling content already accessible on streaming to a niche audience time after time. Classic frameworks like 1000 true fans are rapidly fading from relevance as independent scenes rise.

We are re-worlding common ancient ecosystems strongly grounded in our IRL music communities, building on patterns in how we organically interact. When listeners purchase music directly from an artist, their support flows through artist-curated networks unlocking music in digital spaces at each stop – in essence, creating a mixtape in the context of the scene. In these spaces, listeners can explore other's libraries, interact with artists, and bring in friends, much like going to a show.

Artist pass physical tokens in private handshakes between trusted collaborators, establishing IRL collaboration networks that define the mixtapes that listeners receive. When an artist's community generates sales, the benefits flow back through these established connections, strengthening the entire creative ecosystem at a grassroots level, correecting pressure imbalances in how contributions have been recognized along the way.

These mechanisms form the primitives of a new economic modalily rooted in collaboration, over competition. We do not aim to replace how the economy works today, nor do we claim to have invented the solution to all problems. We stand on the shoulders of communities old and new that have existed as long as heartbeats have been heard by human ears, transmuted by human hands into the music that brings us together.

What was Currents, COMMON, and now Recurrent are a progressive foray into an alternate timeline of human connection. We are not alone - part of a growing movement that weaves disparate efforts together, driving systems change towards a future where sharing creative and economic success are naturally aligned.

[ THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. IF YOU ARE SEEING THIS, YOU ARE A GUEST IN THIS SPACE. WELCOME AND PLEASE TAKE CARE :) - naia ]

The modern music industry extracts up to 90% of listener spending through many layers of middlemen, leaving artists dependent on touring to survive. Despite state of the art algorithms, listeners still receive bland formulaic recommendations and the vast majority still discovers their favorite music through friends and at shows. Traditional direct models still exist, but require selling content already accessible on streaming to a niche audience time after time. Classic frameworks like 1000 true fans are rapidly fading from relevance as independent scenes rise.

We are re-worlding common ancient ecosystems strongly grounded in our IRL music communities, building on patterns in how we organically interact. When listeners purchase music directly from an artist, their support flows through artist-curated networks unlocking music in digital spaces at each stop – in essence, creating a mixtape in the context of the scene. In these spaces, listeners can explore other's libraries, interact with artists, and bring in friends, much like going to a show.

Artist pass physical tokens in private handshakes between trusted collaborators, establishing IRL collaboration networks that define the mixtapes that listeners receive. When an artist's community generates sales, the benefits flow back through these established connections, strengthening the entire creative ecosystem at a grassroots level, correecting pressure imbalances in how contributions have been recognized along the way.

These mechanisms form the primitives of a new economic modalily rooted in collaboration, over competition. We do not aim to replace how the economy works today, nor do we claim to have invented the solution to all problems. We stand on the shoulders of communities old and new that have existed as long as heartbeats have been heard by human ears, transmuted by human hands into the music that brings us together.

What was Currents, COMMON, and now Recurrent are a progressive foray into an alternate timeline of human connection. We are not alone - part of a growing movement that weaves disparate efforts together, driving systems change towards a future where sharing creative and economic success are naturally aligned.