Forging New Frontiers: Sonar Music Festival's 30th Anniversary Unveils First-ever Sonar+D DAO Collaboration with Polkadot
Proponent: Vitamin Three & Sonar Festival
Beneficiary: Sonar Festival
Requested funds: €197,000 EUR
Short description: 2-year partnership with Sonar +D Festival and development of the first Sonar +D DAO in partnership with Sonar & Vitamin Three (web3 creative studio).
Check the full proposal at this link
ABOUT SÓNAR FESTIVAL and Sónar+D DAO
Background Context:
This is a partnership opportunity for Polkadot where Sonar Festival and Sonar +D celebrate their 30th anniversary and provide a distinctive chance to align with a globally recognized brand that embodies innovation, creativity, and forward-thinking. With a loyal and passionate fan base, Sonar presents an ideal opportunity for partners to connect with an engaged and enthusiastic audience and build a credible web 3 project to reach global and audiences. And with the continued growth and expansion of the festival and conference, the potential for a long-term and mutually beneficial partnership is clear.
The Sonar +D DAO project will be developed by Polkadot, Societal (Polkadot funded start-up), Vitamin Three & Sonar Festival.
This proposal offers Polkadot to come on board and become an official partner to actively develop a project designed with the community and key partners that kicks off as part of their 30th anniversary maximising Polkadot´s exposure and the project will live beyond the festival and will be activated for the 2 years partnership. This is something no other brand partner will have which makes the partnership one of a kind.
Project Overview
This partnership proposal offers two tied-in packages that provide unique opportunities for engagement with the globally recognized brand of Sonar Festival and Sonar +D.
The first package is the Sonar +D DAO, which is a ground-breaking project to create the first DAO for one of the most prestigious festivals in the world in the field of music and technology. The project would be funded by the Polkadot web3 foundation grants scheme and in collaboration with Polkadot funded start-up Societal, the project aims to design a Sónar+D DAO with the help of the community and Guzzu (Music NFT marketplace & web3 studio).
The DAO project's minimum functionalities of it will allow the community to vote for the best Sónar+D project of the open call and choose artists for the Sónar Complex stage.
The open call is a global initiative that provides a platform for creators, technologists, and researchers to showcase their work in music, art, and disruptive technology. The selected projects have the opportunity to showcase their work, receive feedback from experts, and potentially secure funding to continue their projects.
And the Sónar Complex stage is home to the most experimental sounds and performances of the festival.
The roadmap for this project includes a workshop in 2023 during the Sonar Festival for design thinking under the theme "how do imagine the Sónar+D DAO'". This workshop will be the starting point to gather ideas for the development of the DAO to be fully operative in January 2024. This would be led by someone relevant to the development of DAOs.
Also, Polkadot will have a space in Sonar +D Project Area to feature an NFT selection curated in combo with Sonar. This package provides a unique opportunity to align with a globally recognized brand and a cutting-edge technology project.
The second part of the package offers exclusive category rights and the ability to use the Sonar Festival and Sonar +D logos and images in communications. The partnership package also includes the ability to hold a ticket giveaway and promote it on social media channels, naming of the workshop and space in the Project Area under the claim "presented by POLKADOT” in all Sonar communications, a 10% fee on complimentary tickets, and the option to carry out PR, networking, talent recruiting, or private events with employees or stakeholders with additional budget.
This package provides a range of opportunities for engagement with the Sonar brand and the festival's global and well renowned audience.
How will Web3 Foundation and Polkadot take advantage of the partnership?
Overall, this partnership offers a range of unique opportunities for Polkadot/Web3 Foundation to align with a globally recognized brand and connect with an engaged audience in the year of Sonar’s 30th anniversary. Whether through cutting-edge technology projects or exclusive branding and promotional opportunities, this partnership is sure to provide a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship.
The advantages of this partnership could be summarized in the following bullet points:
- Strong and credible partnership with bespoke content
- Brand awareness of Polkadot/Web3 foundation across a global audience.
- Reach a high-profile audience interested in technology, music, innovation and digital art. Possibilities to involve Polkadot/Web3 foundation staff in talks during Sonar+D
- Web3 proselytism: Polkadot/Web3 foundation will be able to offer educational content about web3 and its functionalities and application to real-life use cases.
- Web3 onboarding to a tech/music/digital audience: The Sónar+D DAO will involve artists, entrepreneurs, and KOL of a global reach curated by Sónar.
- DAO case of success to a mainstream audience
- Whole-year exposure vs one-shot: Brand awareness of a tech project (DAO) applied to a real use case for 2 years
- The DAO will be executed by technology powered by Polkadot and we will be able to document the process through educational content
Estimated costs:
1 ) 2-year partnership deal: 110.000 EUR (55.000 EUR per year)
2 ) 2023 activation:
workshop logistics (screens, techniques): 3.000 EUR
DAO expert expenses (hotels, flights, fee): 9.000 EUR
2024 activation costs to be defined.
3 ) DAO Development:
Project lead and management (Vitamin3 team): 20.000 EUR
Community building & management (Vitamin3 team): 15.000 EUR
Smart contract development and token creation (Vitamin3 team): 10.000 EUR
Technology development and NFT marketplace/Societal integration (Societal TBC): 25.000 EUR
Sonar website + expenses: 5.000 EUR
PROJECT TOTAL: 197.000 EUR
Comments (7)
Hi there - thanks for the proposal, apologies if the below sounds direct - the issue Kusama has (as does Polkadot) is on-chain impact, not general awareness.
In general this feels very much like a fairly standard partnership proposal with some DAO buzz words.
Hi, I'm a Polkadot and Kusama community user who has been working on this technology for more than 2 years. Regarding the post, I notice a great lack of information, for me a breakdown of the budgets is essential. In Element you have presented yourself as co-founder of 2 companies: GUZZU and Vitamin Three, instead when they asked you for the Vitamin Three link you sent the guzzu link, where can we read about Vitamin Three and their team? Continuing with the budget:
2-year association agreement: 110,000 EUR ( 55,000 EUR per year ) -- 55,000€ For a festival that lasts 2 days a year seems excessive to me. What type of public is it aimed at? Developers? Artists? Users? What facilities will be given during the festival to delve into Polkadot and Kusama technology?
Activation 2023:
Workshop logistics (screens, techniques): EUR 3,000 -- Screens for what? What amount? What will be exhibited in them? How many days? Who will give the workshops? Have you contacted ecosystem experts?
DAO experts expenses (hotels, flights, rates): 9 000 EUR -- Who are the experts? Have you considered talking to the already active Polkadot and Kusama communities to give them visibility? There are also great musicians like Rich Valentino from the Chaos Collective community who could be invited to this type of exhibition. In the event that it only deals with artists outside the ecosystem, I would not understand the reason. I have seen many proposals and they usually attach what the hotel costs, what the flights cost, etc.
2024 activation costs to be defined. I consider that if financing is requested for 2 years of association, it cannot be put "yet to be defined", If you are not clear, it is better to divide the proposal into milestones.
DAO Development:
Project leadership and management (Vitamin3 team): EUR 20,000 -- Success metrics? We still don't know what the team is. Nor the time they will work.
Creation and management of communities (Vitamin3 team): 15,000 EUR -- What social networks will the communities be focused on? Will there be a presence on parachains?
Development of smart contracts and creation of tokens (Vitamin3 team): 10,000 EUR -- On which blockchain will the smart contracts be created? What language will be used? Will the parachain infrastructure be used?
Development of technology and NFT market / social integration (Societal TBC): 25,000 EUR -- As you know Polkadot and Kusama do not have smart contracts natively, so NFT technology must be developed in a special way or take advantage of the work of parachains or protocols of the ecosystem. There is no mention of the Blockchain where the marketplace will be developed...
Sónar website + expenses: 5,000 EUR -- I don't understand what these 5,000 euros are for, again it is not broken down.
TOTAL PROJECT: 197,000 EUR -- I await more information
Having said this, I hope that the proposal is restructured and the costs and times are presented in a professional and detailed way. I am the first to be in favor of seeking to give visibility to the projects and I see a great opportunity in taking advantage of an event like Sonar. I recommend that you talk to NFT Artists from the ecosystem, musicians and designers to help give visibility and build something solid and not ephemeral. Much encouragement.
Hola, soy un usuario de la comunidad de Polkadot y Kusama que lleva más de 2 años trabajando en esta tecnología. Respecto al post noto gran falta de información, para mi es esencial un desglose de los presupuestos. En Element te has presentado como cofundador de 2 compañias: GUZZU y Vitamin Three, en cambio cuando te han preguntado por el link de Vitamin Three has enviado el link de guzzu, ¿donde podemos leer sobre Vitamin Three y su equipo? Siguiendo con el presupuesto:
1 ) Acuerdo de asociación de 2 años: 110 000 EUR ( 55 000 EUR por año ) -- 55000€ Por un festival que dura 2 días al año me parece desmesurado. A que tipo de publico va dirigido? Desarrolladores? Artistas? Usuarios? Que facilidades se les dará durante el festival para adentrarse en la tecnología de Polkadot y Kusama?
2 ) Activación 2023:
logística del taller (pantallas, técnicas): 3 000 EUR -- Pantallas para que? Que cantidad? Que se expondrá en ellas? Cuantos días? Quién dará los talleres? Se ha contactado con expertos del ecosistema?
Gastos de expertos DAO (hoteles, vuelos, tarifas): 9 000 EUR -- Quienes son los expertos? Has considerado hablar con las comunidades ya activas de Polkadot y Kusama para darles visibilidad? También hay grandes músicos como Rich Valentino de la comunidad de Chaos Collective que podrían ser invitados a este tipo de exposición. En el caso de que solo se trate con artistas externos al ecosistema no entendería el motivo. He visto muchas propuestas y se suele adjuntar lo que cuesta el Hotel, lo que cuestan los vuelos, etc.
2024 costes de activación por definir . Considero que si se solicita financiación para 2 años de asociación, no se puede poner "aún por definir", sino divide en Hitos la propuesta.
3 ) Desarrollo de DAO:
Liderazgo y gestión de proyectos (equipo de Vitamin3): 20 000 EUR -- Métricas de éxito? Seguimos sin saber cual es el equipo. Ni el tiempo que trabajarán.
Creación y gestión de comunidades (equipo de Vitamin3): 15 000 EUR -- En qué redes sociales estarán centradas las comunidades? ¿Se tendrá presencia en parachains?
Desarrollo de contratos inteligentes y creación de tokens (equipo de Vitamin3): 10 000 EUR -- En que blockchain se van a crear los contratos inteligentes? ¿Qué lenguaje se utilizará? Se hará uso de la infraestructura de las parachain?
Desarrollo de tecnología y mercado NFT/integración social (Societal TBC): 25.000 EUR -- Como sabrás Polkadot y Kusama no tienen contratos inteligentes de Forma nativa por lo que la tecnología NFT hay que desarrollarla de forma especial o aprovechar el trabajo de parachains o protocolos del ecosistema. No se menciona ni la Blockchain donde se desarrollará el marketplace...
Web de Sónar + gastos: 5.000 EUR -- No entiendo a que van destinados estos 5000€ de nuevo no está desglosado.
TOTAL DEL PROYECTO: 197.000 EUR -- Quedo a la espera de más información
Dicho esto espero que se reestructure la propuesta y se presente de forma profesional y detallada los costes y los tiempos, soy el primero que está a favor de que se busque dar visibilidad a los proyectos y veo una gran oportunidad en aprovechar un evento como Sonar. Te recomiendo que hables con Artistas NFT del ecosistema, músicos y diseñadores para ayudar a dar visibilidad y construir algo sólido y no efímero. Mucho ánimo.