domdeshawn (@domdeshawn) • Hey
domdeshawn (@domdeshawn) • Hey
Publications
- Tonight!! If anyone is in or around NYC, swing by Arlene’s Grocery tonight✨ Fourth show in NYC this year and excited as hell. About to give folks a SHOW. My set starts at 8 PM https://www.arlenesgrocerynyc.com/events/joey-aich-deon-raps-dom-deshawn-lou-isnt/
- Beau Is Afraid definitely one of the most ridiculous movies I’ve seen in recent years lol. Glad I saw in the theaters got to experience that.
- Next stop on this spring tour I’ll be at Youngstown St. University for their Federal Frenzy Music & Arts Festival!! First college festival I’ll be performing at✨
- Had an amazing time performing at a festival in my city last weekend! Doing my first college festival this weekend. This spring + summer is going to beautiful🌺
- A week away and of course I don’t have this NYC trip planned out😅
- Working my ass off and navigating this music world with good intentions. Slowly things starting to fall into place…
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- Sadly not able to make it out to #NFTNYC, BUT if you’re in the area I’ll be performing on April 26th @ Arlene’s Grocery. Tickets still available and hopefully I see some familiar faces!!✨https://www.arlenesgrocerynyc.com/events/joey-aich-deon-raps-dom-deshawn-lou-isnt/
- GM good people! I can’t explain it, but I’ve been FEELING a change happening in my life right now. Things have slowly been getting better and really optimistic how the rest of the year will turn out😌
- #AfterhOurz🌙
- BeforeParadise: Spring Tour 2023🌺
New EP otw & shows this spring! Have put literal years into these new projects and can’t wait to share this new music live in concert. #AfterhOurz🌙
4/15 Columbus, OH
4/22 Youngstown, OH
4/26 NYC
5/6 Columbus, OH
- GM good people!! Today one good friends/rapper, OG Vern, released his new project! Super excited to be featured on the last song, with my first guest verse in quite some time. Please believe you’ll be hearing A LOT more from me this spring + summer☀️
- GM good morning good people!! The last week or so I’ve been less active, but definitely for a good reason. Trying my best to wrap up this EP, album and get ready for some performances I have this Spring. So much on the way!!…
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- Just made some breakfast and watched an hour long YouTube retrospective on Rival Schools. Good morning world☀️
- today is my 140 days with lens. What about you?
- GM good people!! Last week, I released my newest single, “𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝑷𝒕. 1”. It’s currently streaming on all platforms, but I wanted to highlight some alternative artwork I made for it.
If you’ve heard the song, one of the main locations is a coffee shop. I experimented with a few things, first creating the initial image with the AI app Photoleap. I then used Canva to add some additional edits and did some things with the color. Hope y’all like and definitely check out the song✨ #newmusic #Campfire #hiphop #artwork #art #AI
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- GM good people!! Last week, I released my newest single, “𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝑷𝒕. 1”. It’s currently streaming on all platforms, but I wanted to highlight some alternative artwork I made for it.
If you’ve heard the song, one of the main locations is a coffee shop. I experimented with a few things, first creating the initial image with the AI app Photoleap. I then used Canva to add some additional edits and did some things with the color. Hope y’all like and definitely check out the song✨ #newmusic #Campfire #hiphop #artwork #art #AI
- Day 4. Titan.
I love these lyrics, they remind me of the fire thats within me even when I feel low. A personal favourite from the project.
Make sure you collect all tracks to get the unreleased song.
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- Much love to anyone listening to “𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝑷𝒕. 1” since releasing it on Wednesday. Third release this year and more on the way! https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/domdeshawn/london-town-pt-1
#AfterhOurz #Newmusic #hiphop
- Brain Farts
Day 3. Brain Farts.
This song is pure chaos. Sometimes we all gotta let our hair down and this is all fun and games, but still slaps harder than Will Smith. #bytes
- GM good people!! At 7 PM EST I’ll be releasing my new single, “London Town, Pt. 1”. It’ll be available on all streaming platforms, so definitely take a look out for it✨ #newmusic #hiphop #indieartist
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- There’s a lot of changes and things happening in the Web3 space, BUT regardless my personal goal is on making genuine connections and creating great music. Everything else will fall into place the way it’s supposed to…
- GM good people!! At 7 PM EST I’ll be releasing my new single, “London Town, Pt. 1”. It’ll be available on all streaming platforms, so definitely take a look out for it✨ #newmusic #hiphop #indieartist
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- lol although I kinda dislike the tedious work, I still send out press releases, hit up writers, playlist curators for every release. At least the process has gotten a lot easier throughout all these years.
- Touring, going overseas, finally dropping some vinyl… A few goals before the year is over.
- Nobody asked, but here’s my 2 MATIC on Instagram’s recent announcement concerning the shutdown of their short lived NFT pilot:
If you’re in web3 and you’re surprised or disappointed about Instagram sunsetting their digital collectibles initiative, that therein lies the issue.
You cannot say that you are working towards mass adoption without considering the wants and needs of traditional consumers.
Ask 10 people that you know outside of the web3 space how they felt about Instagram removing NFTs and you’re likely to receive one of three responses:
1) I didn’t know that they had them
2) I didn’t care that they had them
3) I didn’t like that they had them
Digital collectibles on Instagram predominantly appealed to folks who were already leveraging blockchain, but they didn’t really move the needle for their web2 consumer base, aka 99.9% of their users.
I personally found it exciting that Instagram decided to dabble with NFTs, similarly to how Reddit, Inc. and Spotify are doing so. Nonetheless, their decision to reevaluate shouldn’t be condemned.
It’s still early. The way NFTs have been introduced to the general public has been less than ideal. And it certainly doesn’t help that seemingly every week, there is a new crisis in crypto.
We have a very long way to go before mass adoption becomes a feasibility.
Instead of being upset by setbacks, let’s shift our focus to how we approach creating opportunities for web2 natives to participate in the web3 landscape by meeting them where they are.
More importantly, this is obviously a great opportunity for @lensprotocol.lens to further solidify itself as the leader in digital collectibles on social.
I had the privilege of being a member of the latest Lens @creators.lens accelerator cohort and I’m confident that despite market conditions, Lens will continue to facilitate innovative ways for creators of all kinds to thrive in the world of web3 social.
I’m looking forward to witnessing how the landscape will continue to evolve over the course of the next few quarters. And I’m even more excited about being an early adopter during this time.
Here’s to the future of the intersection of digital collectibles and social media 🥂
#web3 #instagram #blockchain #svb #marketing #uiux #polygon #creatoreconomy #socialmedia
- Back again with another update for the 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 & 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 playlist. As I continue to build on @lensprotocol.lens I’m curious to see the crossover between Web3 & Web2 users and platforms. Right now it’s on Spotify, but I have my eye on building on Web3 as well. Like, share and all that, appreciate y’all✨https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21UCHlGIpdm333mdGPUV0k?si=Dlnp9LaaR6eCexLY8hx8cQ
- Writing this at 4:45 AM EST;
I’m at a very weird stage in my career. I think whenever someone transitions into another part of their life, it’s mostly going to be rough. I have brief moments asking myself, “what the fuck am I doing?”. Most would be settling down, having their finances in order, being comfortable…
I’m at the fork in the road moment where I can easily give up, or continue going. I’m definitely not stopping, though. I genuinely feel and know my purpose is bigger than me. I know I can endure these tough times better than most. I want to build something sustainable and be one of the ones to show, you can do this shit here being from Columbus, Ohio. I know my music will be able to impact others and also create a comfortable life for me. In due time…
- #AftethOurz 🌙
- Going to be a productive ass week, happy Monday y’all ✨
- A @lensprotocol exclusive snippet of my first ever music NFT!
Mint here: https://hq.decent.xyz/1/Editions/0xC332E02870D48031b6A351bC104FdEd362Db5d8E
@creators @mixtape #musicnfts #songwriter @beatsapp
- Feeling damn good today, and I couldn't resist sharing a new song snippet with y’all Manifesting and speaking things into existence is my thing, and this year, I'm determined to achieve one of my main goals: performing overseas for the very first time. London is on the top of the list! I think my sound resonates well with the vibe of the city, and I can't wait to perform there. The record itself is a love story. Happy how this song came out, and I hope y'all love this sneak peek as much as I do! 🎶✨ #NewMusic #MusicNFT #London #HipHop #Campfire
- #AfterhOurz 🌙
- I wrote this song on May 24th 2022, the day of the Uvalde tragedy. I never planned to release it, I just needed somewhere to try and make sense of my emotions.
You can find it on Decent for 0.005eth here: https://hq.decent.xyz/1/Editions/0x584bda56844C6733A04df847C02cD23df1c56b67
- 🎶🐊Track of the week 🐊🎶 Feverishly ascendant Brooklyn rapper Lola Brooke unveils her new single 'Disrespectful' https://open.spotify.com/track/6tvFBQBdsLErOq4smfV231?si=ed79728c6fe4441c
A worthy follow-up to her bodying tune 'Don't Play With It', 'Disrespectful' is the musical equivalent of "shots shots shots shots shotssss" fired into NYC's hip-hop scene, thanks to her singularly galvanizing energy.
If Lola Brooke being an artist to watch in 2023 was in any question, her latest single resoundingly reaffirms that all eyes, and ears, should be on her this year...
#music #newmusic #trackoftheweek #lolabrooke #nycmusic #brooklyn @mixtape.lens @creators.lens @writers.lens #rap #hiphop
- Decided to binge watch Last of Us, I’m sure to be utterly depressed by the end of this.
- #AftehOurz 🌙
- I'm grateful that me and my brothers @Scolla.lens + @CamMurdoch.lens got to record our @DecentXYZ.lens @R3vI_xyz.lens entry together in person at ETH Denver 🌺
June Jissle you went crazy on the beat 🦊
& @Woods_Sndz.lens you went crazy on the mix!
A FutureSurf Family Affair 🏄🏽♂️
- GM good people! For my first @beatsapp snippet, I'm excited to bring to y'all "Quiet Storm Hourz". It's currently up for the @r3vl_xyz creator grant and if you want to support, you can purchase the NFT for .005 ETH on @decentxyz. This modern song pays homage to 1970s radio program The Quiet Storm, with evocative lyrics and atmospheric production from @divusp and artwork from Brooke. D. #newmusic #musicnfts #nft #Campfire @mixtape
https://hq.decent.xyz/1/Editions/0x1172AA36c81C394C333cb4602EaaBB9aE8A533DB.
- GM good people! So yea, my new single, “London Town, Pt. 1” will be streaming everywhere March 15th. Much love to anyone that checked out the snippet I dropped on @lensprotol.lens. For those using Spotify, you can Pre-Save right now! Appreciate yes support✨https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/domdeshawn/london-town-pt-1 #Newmusic #hiphop #london #campfire
- I deeply appreciate anyone that’s listened, shared and the ones who’ve collected. More than anything, getting on your radar is a win for me. Much love to @beatsapp.lens for having the platform to share a snippet and @r3vl.lens_xyz & @decentxyz.lens giving the opportunity for this artist grant. Still a few more days to vote. Check out “Quiet Storm Hourz” prod. by @divusp.lens and artwork Brooke. D on the artwork. Much love✨https://t.co/UWpIYeS4QX
- GM #LensFrens! I’m still pretty new here, so I want to officially introduce myself...
I'm a multidisciplinary artist and entertainer known as Chíc Bangs. I love mixing mediums and genres as a visual artist, singer/songwriter, producer, broadcaster and DJ. I've had the opportunity to perform, host and exhibit my art in a variety of settings including club residencies, radio, fashion runway shows, art galas, festivals and metaverse events.
In 2021, I discovered web3 and have been experimenting with distribution and community building since then. I love the connections and friends I've made in such a short time and am excited about what we're building together. s/o @campfirexyz
I also love the healing arts and for the past decade have produced and facilitated experiences as a certified yoga, meditation and breathwork instructor. This year I will be utilizing blockchain tech to expand my offerings, so keep an eye out for some future activations!
My husband @custommodel and I have a super cool kiddo and we love to travel as a family. In 2019, we lived as nomads and it was a blast. Maybe a vanlife tour is in the future, who knows?
Thank you for the warm welcome here on Lens! I'm excited to explore this ecosystem and get to know the community here. You can find my music, offerings and drops here: https://chicbangs.com
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- I deeply appreciate anyone that’s listened, shared and the ones who’ve collected. More than anything, getting on your radar is a win for me. Much love to @beatsapp.lens for having the platform to share a snippet and @r3vl.lens_xyz & @decentxyz.lens giving the opportunity for this artist grant. Still a few more days to vote. Check out “Quiet Storm Hourz” prod. by @divusp.lens and artwork Brooke. D on the artwork. Much love✨https://t.co/UWpIYeS4QX