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Hawk has always been interested in technology and bringing new ideas to the way he shares his music. He wanted to be the first to bring NFTs to music in Greece. In addition, to bringing new technology as an NFT innovator, Hawk wanted to engage with his fans in a new way by creating an exclusive experience via the NFT offer. The owners of these NFTs not only got a special experience during the initial sale, but are also part of a select community for the future.
Performing artists and live event organizers are looking for ways to increase fan engagement, reward loyal fans and to monetize their fan base. NFTs provide solutions to these challenges. ComeTogether’s NFT solutions provided via UniqTogether include collectibles provided with ticketing or stand-alone.
The Kollectiva NFT collection, consisted of a limited number of 3D NFTs designed by 3D artist KELLOGGS. The execution and development of the NFT project, was done by Hawk and Jo Lids as the project manager, along with the artistic touches from Greg Nerantzakis, as the art director. The owner of each NFT, got exclusive access and received Hawk’s new music track, “Elefantas” from the “LIBERTA” album. KOLLECTIVA GANG NFT owners, also acquired the “Libertarian Role” in the Discord community of the artist. This came with the following unique privileges: Early updates and exclusive access to announcements, giveaways, invitations, tickets, appearances, merchandise and meet ups with the artist.
NFT sales exceed expectations by 20% and the Discord channel experienced accelerated growth with the start of the program.
“The purpose of KOLLECTIVA is to unite people who share the same artistic vision. Humanity’s greatest achievements always come through cooperation and respect for the uniqueness of each one. If we assume that all of us are pieces of a puzzle, KOLLECTIVA is the hand that puts all these pieces together and the result is creation. Join the movement!” said Hawk Greco.
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O Hawk έδειχνε πάντα το ενδιαφέρον του για την τεχνολογία. Όπως προαναφέρθηκε στην βιογραφία του, ήταν ο πρώτος καλλιτέχνης που έφερε το Spotify στην Ελλάδα και τώρα έγινε ο πρώτος που κυκλοφόρησε μουσικό κομμάτι του, αποκλειστικά ως NFT. Ήθελε να ανακαλύψει έναν νέο τρόπο αλληλεπίδρασης με το κοινό του και να δημιουργήσει μια αποκλειστική εμπειρία για όσους συμμετείχαν στο project του. Ο στόχος ήταν πως, πέρα από την αποκλειστική πρόσβαση στο μουσικό κομμάτι, οι κάτοχοι των NFT να γίνουν μέλη μιας ξεχωριστής κοινότητας του καλλιτέχνη, για την οποία έχει πολλά σχέδια στο μέλλον.
Οι καλλιτέχνες και οι διοργανωτές εκδηλώσεων ψάχνουν νέους τρόπους για να αυξήσουν την αλληλεπίδραση με το κοινό, να επιβραβεύσουν τους πιστούς fans και να δημιουργήσουν νέες πηγές εισοδήματος. Τα NFTs δίνουν την λύση σε αυτό το πρόβλημα. Οι λύσεις NFT της ComeTogether παρέχονται μέσω του UniqTogether και περιλαμβάνουν ψηφιακά συλλεκτικά που κυκλοφορούν σε συνδυασμό με κάποιο εισιτήριο ή ανεξάρτητα.
H συλλογή NFT “Kollectiva”, αποτελείται από ένα περιορισμένο αριθμό 3D NFTs σχεδιασμένα απο τον 3D artist KELLOGGS. Η ανάπτυξη και η εκτέλεση του NFT project, έγινε από τους Hawk και Jo Lids ως project manager, μαζί με τις καλλιτεχνικές πινελιές του Greg Nerantzakis, ως art director. Κάθε κάτοχος NFT, έλαβε αποκλειστικά στη κατοχή του το νέο κομμάτι του Hawk με τίτλο “Elefantas” από το album “LIBERTA”. Όπως ακριβώς ισχύει και για τον κάτοχο ενός CD, δεν υπάρχουν συνδρομές streaming και το μουσικό κομμάτι “Elefantas” είναι για πάντα δικό τους, δίνοντας σε όλους τους κατόχους τη δυνατότητα να το ακούσουν, να το πουλήσουν ή να το κάνουν δώρο.
Οι πωλήσεις των NFTs ξεπέρασαν τις προσδοκίες κατά 20% και το Discord κανάλι γνώρισε ραγδαία ανάπτυξη με την έναρξη του project.
«Η KOLLECTIVA έχει ως σκοπό να ενώσει ανθρώπους με όραμα στον καλλιτεχνικό χώρο κάτω από την ίδια στέγη. Τα μεγαλύτερα επιτεύγματα της ανθρωπότητας έρχονται πάντα μέσα από την συνεργασία και τον σεβασμό στην μοναδικότητα του καθενός. Αν υποθέσουμε ότι όλοι είμαστε κομμάτια σ ‘ένα παζλ η KOLLECTIVA είναι το χέρι που ενώνει όλα αυτά τα κομμάτια μαζί με αποτέλεσμα την δημιουργία.!». – Hawk Greco.
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Discover the first official music NFT project by Hawk in UniqTogether.
Music NFTs already seem to have a lot of benefits for the music industry. The owner of a Music NFT, is the actual owner of the song, similar to the owner of a CD. No monthly fee to listen, it’s yours! This means you can keep it, sell it or gift it to someone else.
Hawk’s NFT music project titled “KOLLECTIVA GANG”, is only available in the marketplace of UniqTogether and open for purchase until June 17. KOLLECTIVA GANG consists of a limited number of 3D NFTs designed by KELLOGGS.
The owners of these NFTs get exclusive access and receive Hawk’s new music track, “Elefantas” from the “LIBERTA” album. KOLLECTIVA GANG NFT owners also acquire the “Libertarian Role” in the Discord community of the artist. This comes with the following unique privileges: Early updates and exclusive access to announcements, giveaways, invitations, tickets, appearances, merch and meetups with the artist.
Ανακαλύψτε το πρώτο επίσημο μουσικό NFT project του Hawk μέσω του UniqTogether.
Τα μουσικά NFTs δείχνουν ήδη ότι έχουν να προσφέρουν πολλά στη μουσική βιομηχανία. Ο κάτοχος ενός μουσικού NFT έχει πραγματικά στην κατοχή του το κομμάτι που αγόρασε, όπως ακριβώς ισχύει και για τον κάτοχο ενός CD. Δεν υπάρχουν συνδρομές streaming και το μουσικό κομμάτι είναι για πάντα δικό του, δίνοντάς του τη δυνατότητα να το ακούει, να το πουλήσει ή να το κάνει δώρο.
Το μουσικό NFT project του Hawk με τίτλο “KOLLECTIVA GANG”, θα το βρείτε μόνο στο marketplace της UniqTogether και είναι διαθέσιμο για αγορά μέχρι τις 17 Ιουνίου. Το KOLLECTIVA GANG αποτελείται από έναν περιορισμένο αριθμό 3D NFTs τα οποία σχεδίασε ο KELLOGGS για τον νέο δίσκο του Hawk με όνομα Liberta.
Οι κάτοχοι των NFT αποκτούν αποκλειστική πρόσβαση και παίρνουν στην κατοχή τους το exclusive κομμάτι του Hawk, “Elefantas” από το album “LIBERTA”. Επίσης οι κάτοχοι των NFTs αποκτούν το “Libertarian” role στη Discord κοινότητα του καλλιτέχνη, το οποίο περιλαμβάνει τα εξής μοναδικά προνόμια: Πρώιμη ενημέρωση και αποκλειστική πρόσβαση σε ανακοινώσεις, διαγωνισμούς, προσκλήσεις, εισιτήρια, εμφανίσεις, πρόσβαση σε συλλεκτικά merch και meetups με τον καλλιτέχνη.
ComeTogether today announced its latest strategic partnership with Sportive Ways aimed at bringing blockchain technology for ticketing, NFT collectibles and NFT fan club memberships to sports entities.
ComeTogether will work with Sportive Ways to promote the concept of NFTs in the world of sports. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) enable sports teams to develop new revenue streams, increase fan engagement and create an ongoing royalty revenue stream. NFT ticketing can also be included in the solution to combine the topics of attendee management, fan engagement and secondary market control in a move that will solve several of the average fan’s pain points when attending sports events.
What is an NFT? An NFT provides digital ownership of assets. Created through blockchain, they are similar to a cryptocurrency. For collectors, an NFT is a digital representation of collectibles that entails uniqueness or digital scarcity.
SportiveWays has always taken a keen interest in suggesting modern solutions/services to the vast network of sports properties they work with and helping them to launch them when the time is right.
“Fan club NFTs are the next step in closer engagement to fans for all live events, rewarding their loyalty to favorite sports clubs and players,” said Lazaros Penteridis, CEO, ComeTogether.
Michalis Karagounis presents his new song entitled “Ksero Ti Thelei”. In collaboration with Chris Karr and Jo Lids for the music production, they are preparing for a strong comeback with this new release through Solid Grace Music.
“Kserw Ti Thelei” comes to life with the sensual and kinky tones created with the innovative style of the directing team of Bodega Visuals. In addition, Solid Grace Music is collaborating with Sugarfree to promote this campaign on TikTok and Instagram with the colors of this summer. Specifically, they created a community of influencers that became part of the song as well as the new Sugarfree collection in a way that can only be described as organic!
The campaign doesn’t stop here. In collaboration with artist Danny Hades, a collection of 6 unique 3D NFTs was created under the name “The Sphynx Society”. “The NFTs are available via the UniqTogether Marketplace. UniqTogether offers NFT solutions for the music industry that include fanclub NFTs, NFT collectibles and NFT ticketing solutions.” Apart from unique designs of the Sphynx cat, the utility also includes a percentage of the song’s revenue back to their owners. Notably, one of the NFT’s is owned by Chris Kogias, a Greek influencer that represented Greece as one of the top influencers of Greece in the Eurovision of 2022.
This is only the beginning, as Solid Grace aims to define new methods of interaction and promotion of music through the use of innovative contracts and technologies. Finally, “Ksero Ti Thelei” by Michalis Karagounis, Chris Karr, Jo Lids, has been released in all digital music stores on Monday, May 16th.
ComeTogether CEO and Co-Founder had the opportunity to sit down “virtually’ with Sid Deshmukh of Sportsy for his Let’s Talk Sports Tech program. It was great to have the opportunity to discuss the current state of technology use in the world of sports and how NFT solutions can play a role in helping them achieve their goals.
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UniqTogether is a portfolio of NFT solutions to support live event revenue streams post event while building ongoing fan engagement
ComeTogether announced today a new addition to its family of apps – UniqTogether NFT Collectibles. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) enable event organizers to develop new revenue streams, increase fan engagement and create an ongoing royalty revenue stream long after the event has taken place. Live events of any kind can benefit from NFT solutions – from music and sports to business and culture.
What is an NFT? An NFT provides digital ownership of assets. Created through blockchain, they are similar to a cryptocurrency. For collectors, an NFT is a digital representation of collectibles that entails uniqueness or digital scarcity. A football trading card is a great example to consider. The owner of the NFT would not possess the physical card. Their token represents their ownership (or partial ownership) of the item and entitles them to sell and profit from this card.
The new portfolio includes collectibles, event memories and fan clubs all as NFTs. Fan clubs can be developed for artists or sports properties to engage more closely with their fans or event organizers to provide added to value to their attendees. The utility of fan club NFTs can include blockchain ticketing, specialized pricing, membership perks and exclusive content. Learn more about our NFT portfolio here.
“Fan club NFTs are the next step in closer engagement to fans for all live events, rewarding their loyalty to favorite performing artists and sports players,” said Lazaros Penteridis, CEO, ComeTogether.
ComeTogether realizes that not everyone is a crypto-native, so we make it easy for everyone to buy/sell through our NFT marketplace. In addition to being able to trade in cryptocurrency (ETH), we also support fiat (Euro, USD, etc) currencies. In addition, we do not charge any Ethereum (gas) fees when issuing, redeeming and exchanging NFTs.
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Co-founder and CEO of ComeTogether, Lazaros Penteridis, recently participated in the Visa Innovation Program Fireside Chat: NFTs – The Next Frontier of Digital Commerce explaining the benefits of NFTs both for businesses and individuals.
He discussed how ComeTogether uses this technology. The right way to get educated. The impact of blockchain on the environment, how the big companies are keeping pace with web3 and many more.
In addition to Lazaros, the chat participants represented a wide range of views from different parts of the NFT ecosystem – Nikola Plecas – Visa’s Crypto Lead for Europe, Stoyan Angelov – co-founder of Fragmint, Veselina Markova – Fintech Lead, Eleven Ventures and John Kraski – Director, Strategic Partnerships, NFT Genius.
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Working with cutting edge technologies is really exciting on one hand, but can also be really challenging when you’re marketing a product that you also have to educate your customers about. Being able to tell our story to startuppergr is a great way to help get the word out about Blockchain and NFTs for live events.
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Another big thank you to IQ Magazine for including our BackTogether App in the current issue addressing the lessons learned from the pandemic.
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Stavros is co-founder of ComeTogether. He holds a MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has 7 years of experience researching and developing Blockchain-based projects. By leveraging this experience he is architecting the Blockchain layer of ComeTogether’s solutions and also serves as a COO.
10 years bringing new tech to markets. Former cloud robotics software engineer. MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering. Having always been a music event enthusiast, I have had frustrating experiences due to ticket scalping and inflated prices. I take this problem personally. Having fell down the crypto rabbit hole since 2017, I was thrilled when I realized that NFT ticketing was the cure for this problem, which led to starting ComeTogether in 2018.
Provide NFT members with special perks that are only available to this group of individuals.
Create an ongoing target market for new offers to NFT members.
Continue to share updates and offers with NFT members long after the initial purchase.
Different levels of NFTs can be connected with different levels of access, rewards or content.
Owners of NFTs feel as though they are part of an exclusive group that can only be accessed via the NFT.
Superior audience insights vs legacy ticketing. Know who attended the event even if the ticket changes hands or in case of a group purchase. Use them to define more targeted marketing for future customer outreach.
Stathis co-founded ComeTogether in 2018, a startup providing NFTs with utilities. Nowadays, his main focus at ComeTogether is to build client/partnership relationships. In other words, he is creating awareness around NFT ticketing, memorabilia and memberships for live events. Stathis has a broad background from Finance to Computer science and web3. He pursed his master degrees at the University of Bristol, UK and then moved in France to work with Accenture as a Software engineer. He was awarded the best paper award in ‘1st Workshop on Blockchain-enabled Networked Sensor Systems (BlockSys 2018)’
Achilleas Kotsis, Chief Technology Officer, has 20 years of experience managing complex IT projects. He co-founded startup clickdelivery.gr in 2009, worked as CTO/COO and exited to Delivery Hero in 2016. He has recently joined ComeTogether in early summer of 2022.
Claudia is ComeTogether’s CMO, leading our strategy and content for external communications. She brings more than twenty years of B2B technology marketing leadership roles in telecommunications and IT networking and security organizations – startup to Fortune 500. Initially working with ComeTogether as a mentor and then joining the core leadership team. She works extensively in mentoring startup initiatives across many industries throughout Europe.
Our tickets are NFTs, meaning they can be resold as digital collectibles even after the event. Increase fan engagement and develop ongoing royalties from future resale.
Most importantly, you get a percentage of each resale. The ComeTogether app and organizer dashboard can support this.
Event organizers and ticketing providers using ComeTogether’s solution to provide better fan experience, as ticket fraud and scalping are prevented.
Incentive for fans to attend the event in order to redeem the NFTs. Gamification /contests (e.g. Scoring memory collectible, redeemable only for fans that predicted who scored correctly).
Provide the ability for notifications after events when needed in alignment with government regulations.
Digital ticketing and Covid-19 certificate, based on blockchain that cannot be forged due to a QR code that updates every 30 seconds.
Privacy and interoperability in compliance with the EU regulation for the Digital Green Certificate.
Medical data stored encrypted in decentralized storage or in the user’s own device.
Always know the Covid-19 status of individuals attending your event via Covid-19 certificates.
Users have full control over their medical data and they choose when and with who they share this data with.
Marketplace for selling NFT collectibles, also interoperable with existing marketplaces, meaning they can be exchanged there as well.
Create royalties out of each event, receive a commission on every NFT resale.
Geographically expand event addressable market worldwide as collectibles can be sold anywhere.
Resale rules can be set so that the event organizer profits from any resale of these NFT collectibles to not only enhance fan loyalty but open new revenue opportunities.