…but we’re leaving you for another year

Wow, that was fast! 2018 was a massive year for us here at Emanate and we’ve experienced some remarkable achievements and challenges. We thought we’d rewind the clock to share the highlights, cover what’s happening now, and take a look at what is on the cards for the year ahead!

First, a HUGE thanks to everyone that has supported the project with time, finances and enthusiasm; your support keeps our fire burning bright!

“Emanate brings super fast, feeless and borderless payments via trusted global collaborations to music creators and lovers. We are driven by passion to create a fair and transparent alternative ecosystem for musicians and the broader industry.”

Emanate, the concept in action.

We started 2018 spreading the Emanate word in South Korea, Vietnam, Austin-SXSW, Puerto Rico, and Los Angeles. Although we started planning in August 2017, this was the beginning of Emanate’s global adventures which eventually took us over to Shanghai, back to South Korea, a week in London and finishing the year off again in the city of Angels.

Our message has always been clear; we are here to evolve the industry, not to disrupt it completely.

Let’s round up the main highlights and accomplishments from 2018!

Partnership with Vampr.me

Vampr: Connecting 500,000 artists and music industry professionals

This was a massive moment for Emanate and a deal that was a long time in the making, and for a good reason. With around 500,000 users and snowballing, Vampr.me is a mobile app connecting music industry professionals.Vampr is all about connecting for collaboration. Songwriters link up with producers who find artists/bands and then have an arsenal of designers, videographers, agents and managers all at their fingertips. Need a session musician? Find them on Vampr; the possibilities are endless.

Bridging the gap

Emanate will offer Vampr users a one-click sign-up solution getting the direct benefits of Emanate’s collaboration technology engine. Full Emanate integration is on the Vampr roadmap for version 3 of the app, making it the first to connect to the Emanate ecosystem.

Emanate x Vampr

“We believe that blockchain has the potential to solve some big problems for musicians in protecting their IP and monetising their creative endeavours outside of the centralised music system we currently have — whereby large labels and publishers hold all the power and too often stand as intermediaries between us and our audience or us and our money!”- Josh Simons, Songwriter, Artist, Buchanan and CEO of Vampr.

Block.one spotlight and invitation to London

Block.one village featured Emanate at Blockchain Live event in London

We committed to the EOSIO software back in late 2017 (yep, before it was even close to being ready). Critical factors for Emanate were high-speed, feeless transactions, ability to scale and of course a distributed ledger. EOSIO ticked all the boxes. Its creator Daniel Larimer holds a stellar track record, creating both BitShares and Steemit giving us confidence his team would deliver the goods.

Since that decision, we’ve been getting busy in the EOS community. Our partnership with block producer EOSphere played a crucial role in helping us connect with the broader community. Special high fives to Charles at EOS42, Dima at MEET. ONE, Michael from eosDAC, Igor and all the wizards at EOS Rio and all good folk at GenerEOS!

A HUGE shout to Ross ‘The Boss’ Dold and wife Shelly for all the doors you have opened for us, we really can’t thank you enough!

EOS Hackathons and community meetups

Emanate x Eosphere x Powerledger joining forces for the Sydney EOSIO hackathon

This year saw Block.one roll out a series of hackathon events all across the globe, the first of its kind. Hong Kong, Sydney, London, South Africa and San Fran. With over 1.5 million USD up for grabs, the series attracted an impressive number of attendees and participants. A different global problem to be solved at each event, with a blockchain solution building on the EOSIO platform.

The events were all class, quality and with high attention to detail. One of our superstar developers, Blake, represented Emanate at the Sydney event joining a team compiled of high-quality Australian talent, including Anya Nova from Power Ledger with Mark Locket and Brendon Ross from the EOSphere crew.

The team placed in the top 10 which we were all extremely proud of. Besides entering, we’ve mentored at 3/5 EOSIO hackathon events in Sydney, London and San Francisco. We travelled to Shanghai for the EOS family day and sat in on several block producer and community meetups locally in Seoul, London. Emanate team stands proud to represent.