Sunday Brunch 3: OpenMike

Avi and guest OpenMike riff on the weird gap between “real-world popularity” and how few followers some incredible musicians have on Nostr, then use that as a springboard into what it looks like to actually build culture: paying creators directly, making venues more resilient, and turning community into infrastructure.

The conversation detours into Tunestr and OpenMike’s search for a true “home base” venue, landing on Maggie Mae’s on 6th Street in Austin, right across from Rogan’s Comedy Club, as a potential flagship location to revitalize a legendary (and struggling) music corridor with Bitcoin/Nostr-native tooling.

Near the end, they preview a Value-for-Value music fest in Belgrade (week after BTC Prague), with a floating-club venue on the Danube called Zappa, plus a mix of independent and bigger acts.

Executive Producer (top booster from last episode): Rod Palmer (https://primal.net/rodpalmer)

Find today's artists on nostr:

• Doomtree (Lazerbeak) (https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsrkz0zx4jn3pl56ltdhkr4gcavxpf0x7x872ehw0mjruuscr7dzcq242fz9)

• Theo Katzman (https://primal.net/TheoKatzman)

• Sam Means (https://primal.net/means)

• Henry Invisible (https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqstvse8q9amp6pu9n2p4shqtjw58qnry2jx5mr6cq9enth4njc07ucrdwhhn)

• Suzanne Santo (https://primal.net/soozanto)