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# Noun Tracks - Unlocking the sounds of Nouns
Authors: Arpeggi Labs, Nate Fox & Joshua Fisher.
## **TL;DR**
Noun Tracks are the fully on-chain 1:1 CC0 theme songs of a Noun created using Arpeggi Labs' on-chain DAW with samples and patterns performed and written by Nate Fox.
Together we will develop and launch Noun Tracks. These NFT's are claimable for Nouners plus all the tools will be public and sounds will be compeletely CC0 for the community to enjoy.
## **How?**
### Part 1 - The Noun Track Stack
Nouns have a stack of visual characteristics that make them unique, with Noun Tracks now they have their own sounds too!
Noun Tracks contain a 1:1 sonic representation of every layer of a Noun.
Each visible layer of the Noun corresponds to a unique component of the song:
**Layer 1 - Backgrounds (2)** - Key, either Major or Minor.
```
Key_Background {
boolean major;
}
```
**Layer 2 - Bodies (30)** - Chord Progressions containing unique Bass & Harmony patterns and samples. These correspond to the "body" of the song.
```
ChordProgression_Bodies {
Pattern bass;
Pattern harmony;
Sample bassSample;
Sample harmonySample;
}
```
**Layer 3 - Accessories (137)** - Drum Loops containing unique snare, hat, percussion and kick patterns and samples. These provide a nice "accessory" to the other melodic components to the song.
```
DrumLoop_Accessory {
Pattern kick.
Pattern snare;
Pattern hat;
Pattern perc;
Sample kickSample;
Sample snareSample;
Sample hatSample;
Sample percSample;
}
```
**Layer 4 - Heads (234)** - Lead Sample and Sound Effects. 234 Sample + Sound Effect combinations give each Noun.
These custom Lead Samples plus fun FX Sample moments give each Noun Track a distinctive personality. For example, Nouns with the shark head will have a shark chomp sound effect!
```
FX_Heads {
Sample lead;
Pattern fx;
Sample fxSample;
}
```
**Layer 5 - Glasses (21 patterns)** - Lead Pattern, aka the musical notation of the Lead Sample produced by Nate.
```
Lead_Glasses {
Pattern lead;
}
```
### Part 2 - Construction of a Noun Track
Once an auction is settled and a new Noun appears a new Noun Track is created and minted!
Using a custom "Noun Track Creation Contract" Arpeggi will pull the correspoding Samples and Patterns from the current Nouns features to create each days Noun Track.
**Example Noun Track**
[](https://vimeo.com/647873210)
```
Noun_Track {
Key_Background key;
ChordProgression_Bodies chords;
DrumLoop_Accessory drums;
FX_Heads fx;
Lead_Glasses lead;
}
```
**Additional Noun Tracks Samples**
[](https://vimeo.com/647873573)
[](https://vimeo.com/647873417)
(*please note that this was created using a BETA Version of Arpeggi Nouns where Percussion field was used or FX. The final version will have greater flexibility)
### Part 3 - Minting & Distribution
Every Noun has a corresponding Noun Track that can be claimed by the Noun owner. A Nouner simply connects the wallet to NounTracks.wtf and they can claim their corresponding Noun Track.
In addtion to the NFT being minted the Noun Track will be simultaneously uploaded w/ it's Noun artwork to the traditional music DSP's and platforms. Using a platform such as Revelator's on-chain IP rights management system the royalties generated will be split between NounsDAO, the Nouner, and the creators at 33.3% each.
Don't worry if you don't own a Noun. All tools are public and the music is CC0 so feel free to have some fun!
## Who:
Apreggi Studios: Creators of the world's first on-chain music creation platform.
arpeggi.io
https://medium.com/@arpeggilabs/arpeggi-studio-4bf465348d51
Nate Fox: Grammy awarded producer and songwriter who has worked with artists ranging from Chance The Rapper to Randy Newman.
https://artists.spotify.com/songwriter/0uZyVM4hASpRCJgEUr6iIs
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/nate-fox-behind-the-boards/pl.84c458559b35469c9f7a88361ff959f5
Joshua Fisher: Creative manager, SharkDAO member, Noun Prop Builder and Web3 enthusiast.
## Costs:
We've broken down the cost into two Phases, with Phase 1 being paid a portion up front and portion upon launch. Phase 2 will be paid upon completion of Phase 1 in order to Launch. For avoidance of confusion Phase 2 would be paid before the backend of Phase 1.
**Phase 1**
40E - Music Creation: Nate will personally record and produce the sessions at his studio in Los Angeles creating all the custom sounds himself and with musicians in his network.
20 upfront, 20 wen mint
30E - Arpeggi Music Platform: Arpeggi Labs will build a custom DAW that can be used by Nate, and the public after launch, to store the Samples and Patters used to generative daily Noun Tracks and put them on-chain.
20 upfront, 10 wen mint
10E - Project Management: Josh developed the idea, organized the parties and will continue to see the project through development, launch and beyond.
5 upfront, 5 wen mint
**Phase 2**
10E - Smart Contract Development (Solidity): Arpeggi Labs will implement the Solidity smart contract that allows Noun holders to mint Noun Tracks.
5E - Front End Development: Arpeggi Labs can build the site that allows for minting with connected wallet.
5E - Other Costs: Projected gas fees for uploading Samples and Airdropping Nouners.
Addresses:
Nate Fox:
0xC36f41b8Da70aF447F6383a9E85287016e874bC7
Arpeggi:
0x05B98Dd27D50B0B9dAF1b3Be7F299e7362B26B2E
Joshua Fisher:
0xBd7Dbab9AEb52D6c8d0E80fCeBdE3af4CC86204A
## Timeline:
We're already hard at work as you can see and once this is approved Nate can continue creating and refining the Samples and Patterns and begin programming the tracks w/ Arpeggi.
We are targeting a launch in 8 weeks.
Passing this proposal is a vote to fund the entire project (100 ETH), the remainder to be paid via an additional proposal when Phase 1 work is completed.
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# Nouns Stories
**TL;DR**
Make 4x Nouns-based short films of different genres, aesthetics, and techniques, to see nouns come to life and help kick-start the nouns storytelling ecosystem.
**Nouns in Motion**
How do Nouns come to life? Let’s make it happen and find out!
To contribute to the elevation of Nouns to cultural icon status, broaden the scope and understanding of what the Nouns characters can be, and also to encourage contribution and interactivity in Nouns-art-making, we will create 4 short films centered around Nouns.
We will explore the creative potential of Nouns by making each film with totally different genres and techniques. From this we will learn what works, what doesn’t, and inform what motion strategies we should explore next.
These short films will be the first of their kind, and hopefully will inspire other creators from the broader community to generate more motion projects featuring the Nouns.
This is just a first step to dip Nouns’ toes in the water of motion storytelling and for us all to learn. We have grand ideas for how this first step can seed one or potentially many Nouns content projects, including but not limited to: creating even more elevated Nouns content, creating a platform for Nouns in motion (or Nouns art generally), an ongoing narrative series, curated anthologies from artists around the world, and community-contributed storytelling.
**The Films**
We want to cover as many genres and techniques as possible to be able to experiment and learn from how Nouns translate into all these different outcomes. Ideally, no two films will cover the same ground. Let’s explore...
**Genres:** drama, comedy, experimental, family, action, adventure, romance, adventure, musical, thriller...
**Medium / Technique:** Pixel art, traditional 2D animation, 3D animation, stop-motion, live action, puppetry, augmented reality...
Award winning hybrid production company Pixel and web3 media collective StudioDAO will form the Nouns Stories team and collaborate to create all 4 films. Each film will have a different director but may share some production team members.
**Distribution & Sale**
We are currently thinking about releasing one film per week for a month in 2022 (but are open to suggestions or ideas on this). It would be great to premiere them at noun'o'clock every monday for example The films will be made as accessible as possible and shared for free, potentially on many networks and platforms. We believe Nouns content should not be gatekept, our goal should be to reach the largest audience possible (and encourage others to do so).
The films themselves will be CC0 and everyone will be encouraged to use them however they wish. NounsStories team may decide that its a good idea to enter the films into festivals or other events or platforms around the world to increase both reach and gain prestige. The films shall always remain accessible online (and free) however, and we should not ever conform to any requests to pull them down in order to participate in an event (some film festivals may require this in order to screen at their events).
The films might also be minted as NFTs, ideally on a custom NounsStories contract, and auctioned off (and pending the level of success, perhaps assets, elements from the production, or offshoot artwork and content could be minted too). Ideally the royalites from these sales would go to the artists that are responsible for the film's creation.
**Contributors & Compensation**
* 7 ETH for the production of each film
* 28 ETH total
**Pixel**
* Role: Nouns Stories Creative Direction team + Production Company on 3 films + Marketing and festivals
* Compensation: 21 ETH
* Wallet: 0x5184782cC00E90D2E0C82A8f22729f7f38a572B8
* Handle: @goldypix (on behalf of Pixel)
**StudioDAO**
* Role: Nouns Stories Creative Direction team + Production Company on 1 films
* Compensation: 7 ETH
* Wallet: 0x09907f01d6192192f767deFB01C7Ee10cF82c24c
* Handle: @studioDao
**Project Timeline**
* Development and Pre Production: 2 months
* Production & Post Production: 2 months
* Film Launch: 1 per week for 1 month
**Meet the NounStories Team**
**Pixel**
As a production company, Pixel has been creating award winning short form content for over a decade. We’re a highly collaborative team of producers, writers, directors, designers, animators, and technicians, that specialises in all things hybrid and animation.
Following the success of Goldy’s acclaimed stop motion short film Lost and Found, we created the Original Content department at Pixel, with the sole focus on creating beautiful and meaningful narrative work, with a unique aesthetic that is intimately connected to the story we’re telling.
**Goldy**
Goldy, is an Oscar® shortlisted, Annie nominated, Australian Academy, Directors Guild, and Webby award-winning director and co-owner of hybrid production company [Pixel](https://www.pixel.melbourne/directors/goldy/). His heartfelt stop motion short film [Lost & Found](https://youtu.be/35i4zTky9pI?t=16), has been viewed over 10 million times online, bringing tears to the eyes of a global audience.
Goldy has been an active member of the Nouns community since its formation, with a compulsion for finding small ways to tell stories with Nouns, from Nouns movie trivia games, to poetry, comic strips, remixing imagery of daily Noun auctions, and his own art derivative project. Goldy is also a founding member of SharkDAO, an admin of the Shark discord, and is the current representative of SharkDAO on the Nouns server.
**studiodao**
Studiodao’s mission is to develop a protocol that empowers creators to finance and control their own work, eliminating the restrictive features inherent in the standard practices of centralized media companies.
studiodao is redefining the role and popular notion of ‘studio’ and creating a new value proposition for creators and fans in entertainment and sports -- driven by the adoption of NFTs in 2021 and beyond.
**kenbot a.k.a Kenny Miller**
A creative and entrepreneurial leader, kenbot develops brands that target white spaces in digital media and the businesses that make them sustainable and disruptive.
From the launch of Quicktime to video games, social networking, user-generated content, streaming media, dynamic ad models, and now NFTs, Kenny’s focus has always been on engaging audiences. This path has led to iconic work for culture-defining brands such as Apple, Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, MTV, The Walking Dead, Netflix, and the New York Knicks. His work has connected deeply with users of all ages worldwide.
Kenny has been an active member of the Nouns community from rinkeby, is a founding member of SharkDAO, and the founder of studiodao.
[Previous Discussion on Discourse](https://discourse.nouns.wtf/t/proposal-nouns-stories/308)
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**Perpetual Glasses to Kids In Need V2**\n===\n**NounsDAO Grant Proposal**\nBy Joshua Fisher & Fitz Frames\n\n**tl;dr**\nIn celebration of the fact that every Noun is a glasses wearer, Fitz Frames would like to propose a perpetual funding allocation to deliver prescription eyeglasses to children in need. \nFitz Frames in partnership with Vision to Learn (as well as additional outreach partners) can deliver a no-cost eye exam plus an annual membership to Fitz Frames for children in need. A Fitz Frames membership includes two complete pairs of prescription eyeglasses with unlimited replacement frames should they lose, break, grow out of the glasses, or their prescription changes.\nIn addition to their Fitz Frames Membership each child will receive an additional free pair of Noun Frames, glasses that mimic the pair worn by their favorite Noun.\nAs an initial pilot program, we propose Nouns DAO allocate **9ETH** (~$30,000 worth of ETH) to provide glasses to approximately 300 kids (aprox $100) per child. This will be done with in conjunction with our outreach partner Vision to Learn in an initial focus geography (probably Ohio and/or Detroit). Progress reports will be given to NounsDAO on an ongoing basis, but no less than once a quarter. The pilot program is expected to run approximately 90 days, but children will continue to receive replacement glasses for the full year as needed. The purpose of the pilot program is to validate and refine the offering and delivery process, with the goal of expanding the efforts nationwide and eventually internationally.\nAt the end of the initial pilot program, Fitz present the results of the program and will put to a vote either a continuation, expansion, or termination of the program.\nAdditionally, we request **2ETH** in one-time funding to build outreach materials (print, animation, and website) directed towards schools to explain the program, Nouns, Fitz, and the underlying technology of blockchain, NFTs, and additive manufacturing.\n\n**Proposal**\nFitz would like to eventually build to a perpetual funding mechanism in order to expand our existing social good efforts and deliver eyewear on an ongoing basis to kids in need. In the interim, we’d like to propose a pilot program to prove out the model and refine delivery mechanism:\n- $30K allocation from Nouns treasury to provide approximately 300 no-cost vision tests plus Fitz Frames memberships to kids in need, initially in a limited geographical focus area.\n- Fitz will provide annual memberships at cost of $100)/kid/year discounted from $185. Annual Membership consists of two pairs of custom fit glasses plus unliminted replacements.\n- Fitz will provide an additional free pair of Noun Frames, mimicking their favorite Nouns, limited to an initial selection of 10 Noun options for the Pilot Program.\n- Vision to Learn, will identify recipients and provide no-cost eye exams within the geographical focus area. Initial prospects are Ohio and Detroit.\n- Initial Pilot Program is expected to run approximately 90 days, at which point Fitz will present a report of progress to the NounsDAO.\n- At that point the NounsDAO can vote to expand, continue, or suspend the pilot program.\n- Based on findings from the initial Pilot Program, elements can be refined including: delivery mechanism, offering, and outreach. Additionally, Fitz Frames will work to try and secure additional underwriting in order to extend the reach of the program. (possibly through Medicaid reimbursement, or local philanthropic partners)\n\n- In order to promote the program (and help surface Nouns to a wider public awareness) we propose dedicating an additional 2ETH to develop outreach materials including print, short form animation, and a dedicated website. This will target schools, the student recipients of glasses, and broader public. In addition to promotion of the program, this is an opportunity to introduce the technology elements underpinning both Nouns and Fitz Frames, and develop age-appropriate STEM curriculum for the kids who receive the glasses.\nNouns is a fantastic example of people leveraging technology to come together and build long-term value in perpetuity. Fitz leverages the power of technology to change the lives of kids. We think this is a natural partnership that would not only do a tremendous amount of good, but could serve as tangible application of blockchain doing tangible good. At Fitz, we believe that those who can see the world are the ones who can change the world. NounsDAO embodies this ethos completely, and we couldn’t imagine a better partner.\n\n**Noun Frames**\nFitz will integrate Nouns Frames into their application so that users can pick their favorite Noun and receive glasses that mimic those frames as well as have the Noun itself printed on the side of the frames as well as the Noun number printed on the inside.\n\n\n**About Fitz:**\nFitz Frames: https://www.fitzframes.com/ \nFitz for Good - how Fitz has worked with VTL to provide glasses for kids in the past:\n https://vimeo.com/377468371 \n\nHow Fitz has worked with Healthcare community to provide protective prescription eyewear to drs and nurses across the country - https://news.yahoo.com/local-hero-nyc-glasses-maker-171104609.html \n\nFitz in the Press - How we came to be and why we matter to kids - https://abcnews.go.com/Business/startup-offers-affordable-eyeglasses-kids-flatter-faces/story?id=65014415 \n\n**About Vision 2 Learn:**\nhttps://visiontolearn.org/about/from-the-founder/ \n
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approve(address,uint256)createStream(address,uint256,address,uint256,uint256)createStream(address,uint256,address,uint256,uint256)# FOMO Nouns\n\n## What Is It?\n\nWe propose a tool that allows the Nouns community to vote on and mint the most appealing Nouns for each auction in real time.\n\nAs background, Nouns are psuedo-randomly generated for each auction based on the block when the prior auction is settled. Each block generates a unique Noun, and recent auctions have been settled on a random block when either the auction winner wants to receive their Noun or a random user wants to start the next auction.\n\nWe believe the Noun community can benefit from more deliberating selecting the next Noun for a number of reasons:\n - More appealing Nouns build the appeal of the Nouns art\n - More appealing Nouns have generally garnered higher bids in recent auctions. This helps build the Nouns treasury and influence.\n - Voting enables wider community participation in the Nouns project even for users who don't hold and are unlikely to win a Noun\n - The voting and settlement setup provides even more excitement around Noun O'Clock\n\nWe propose building a website that will allow community members to vote on whether to settle in a given block and mint a particular Noun, and if sufficient votes are received, immediately settle the auction in the same block to mint the desired Noun.\n\n\n### Origin of the Project\n\nThis idea grew out of Shark DAO's interest in forcing a Shark to be minted for the DAO to acquire. After some discussion, we realized the whole Nouns community may have preferences on what Nouns to mint, and we could set this up as a platform for the community to voice their preferred attributes for the benefit of the broader Nouns ecosystem.\n\nThe builders:\n| [@_forager](https://twitter.com/_forager) | [@0xrayo](https://twitter.com/0xRayo) |\n|:---------------------------------------------:|:---------------------------------------------:|\n|  |  |\n\n\n## Project Details\n\nThe website will allow users to see the Noun mintable in every block (approximately every 15 seconds). It will also contain relevant information and analytics (e.g. available settlement funds, whether any attributes would be the first minted).\n\nIn a short window after each block appears, users will be able to vote on whether the new Noun is attractive enough to mint. Voting may be binary (i.e. yes/no) or score based (i.e. 0-10), and it will require a threshold that adjusts based on the number of active users. MetaMask sign-in will be required to prevent vote spamming.\n\nAll features will aim to be fun, social, and interface. Ideas include voting via emoji (🤢 to 🥰), social cursor interactions (ala PartyBid), a real-time vote progress bar, and/or POAP awards for some-or-all participants during voting.\n\n### Early Mock-up\n\n\nVotes will be tallied in real-time on the backend. If a sufficient number of votes are received, settlement will be instantly initiated. Settlement must occur in the same-block, so Flashbots will be used to speed inclusion. This will require a contract to provide miner tips and ensure the settlement transaction is not mined in later blocks.\n\nA contract will be also be built to store community donations and fund settlement costs.\n\n\n## Project Deliverables\n\nThe project will encompass the following deliverables and support for 1 year.\n\n * **Development**\n * Frontend:\n * Instant display of mintable Nouns\n * Metamask integration\n * Voting mechanism\n * Social integration for chat, emojis, other fun mechanics\n * Relevant Noun analytics & history\n * Backend:\n * Aggregate and store user votes\n * Calculate and store relevant Noun analytics\n * Secure kick-off of auction settlement\n * Contract:\n * Accept community donations to fund settlement\n * Pay for instant block inclusion (via Flashbots)\n * Ensure late block inclusion is prevented\n * E2E Speed:\n * Settlement must occur **extremely** rapidly to ensure inclusion requiring tuning and optimizing each component\n * **Infrastructure & Deployment** (1 year)\n * Frontend:\n * Domain name registration\n * Website hosting & SSL\n * Alchemy/Infura monitoring integration\n * Backend:\n * Redis (or other storage) hosting\n * Settlement infrastructure\n * Alchemy/Infura settlement integration\n * Contract:\n * Contract deployment\n * Settlement contract tests\n\n## Project Funding\n\nWe propose funding of **50 ETH** to help support the deliverables above. This will be split:\n - 28 ETH to [@_forager](https://twitter.com/_forager) for settlement backend, contract for donations and Flashbots payment, on-chain Nouns monitoring and analytics components\n - 22 ETH to [@0xrayo](https://twitter.com/0xRayo) for the front end, back end, and analytics\n\nStart-up deployment and infrastructure costs will be covered under development costs. The website and infrastructure will be supported for a minimum of 1 year. Support after that period will fall under a seperate proposal and/or be left for community support.\n\nSettlement costs will not be included in this proposal. Normal settlement costs ~0.05 ETH, and fast inclusion may require additional payment for higher gas or Flashbots miner tips. Community donations will be solicited to support this expense.\n\n\n## Miscellanea\n\n### Project Ethos\nThe project code will be open sourced under GNU GPLv3 with all code shared on GitHub upon project completion. Our goal is to help the Nouns community build the best roster of Nouns possible, promote the Nouns project, and maximally expand the Nouns treasury by driving higher bids on attractive Nouns.\n\n### Limitations and Risks\nNoun auction settlement can be performed by any user. While recent auctions have taken ~10 blocks (and community may accept longer), it's possible for a competing tool or mischevious user to settle the auction immediately or on an undesirable Noun. However, this is possible even without this project, and we can adjust our configuration to minimize the impact of this type of activity.\n\nSettlement on a specific block is also not guaranteed, and there may be situations where users vote for a Noun but settlement does not occur. There will be a tradeoff between settlement guarantee, time allowed for voting, and the transaction cost. We will optimize the whole system as much as possible in order to strike the best possible balance between these factors.\n\nThe project will require a balance of ETH to settle each auction. Community donations will be needed, after a brief testing period, for the tool to continue to be useful. In addition, gas fees on Ethereum are volatile, so we may need to skip settlement or pay very high fees if the network is congested at the time an auction ends.\n
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