E05 - Tak Suzuki on Funding Emerging Artists through NFTs

Tak Suzuki is the co-founder of Senkusha, a funding platform looking to support and grow emerging artists, musicians, and athletes through NFT sales. Tak is soon to be a physiology graduate from the University of Auckland, he loves experimenting with new tech, and has an impressive CV at a young age.

In this conversation we talk about: 

• Music labels and the motivation for a crowd funding platform
• NFTs, mp3s, transparency, and minting on Ethereum
• The upcoming launch with musician Ash Supé

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:06 When did you first hear about crypto?
• 05:36 Senkusha
• 08:19 Not a music label
• 11:04 Finding talent and upside for artists
• 13:06 Business model & royalties 
• 17:06 Why NFTs & mp3s?  
• 19:40 Minting on ethereum
• 24:14 Transparency & DAOs
• 28:02 Ash Supé
• 30:32 the Senkusha 500
• 34:50 BCNZ
• 36:47 rapidfire
• 39:42 fin

Some notes from the show:

• Banksy NFT 
• Mike Shinoda's music NFTs 
• At least 2600 fake tickets to the Champions League Final 
• IPFS for storing NFTs 

Contact Tak:

• LinkedIn 
• Senkusha 

Find Jeff:

• Twitter
• LinkedIn 

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://bcnz.podbean.com/
• YouTube 
• Apple Podcasts
• Google Podcasts
• Spotify 
• iHeartRadio 

Music: Liféstyle Freéstyle by Ash Supé

• Spotify
• Instagram

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• team@blockchain.org.nz 

Recorded at blockheight 743902. The BCNZ Podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.