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JD Ross (@justindross) and Justin Blau (@3LAU) co-founders of Royal join Erik Torenberg and co-host Ian Cinnamon for this episode of our web3 series. Takeaways:

- Royal stems from their vision to invest in talent early on.

- Streaming increased by 60-70x in about 5 years from 2015 on.

- The barrier to entry for artists is much lower — they no longer need a studio they just need a laptop.

- Royal is trying to enable the fan-artist relationship to be more of a partnership.

- When fans own 

Web3 Series: JD Ross and 3LAU on How Royal is Transforming The Artist-Fan Relationship

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