Music Community "DICT Music DAO Classics" Achieves First Crowdfunding Goal and Announces Participating Artists for Next Goal!
The music community "DICT Music DAO Classics" has achieved its first goal in the crowdfunding campaign launched on April 12th and has announced 5 composers and 6 performers participating in the project, aiming for the next goal. Leveraging Web 3.0 and DAO, it supports artists' independent activities with a unique copyright management system and mechanisms for work utilization, fostering a new classical music culture.
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DICT Music DAO Classics (operated by Virgo Inc.), a music community of composers and performers derived from "DICT" (operated by Link & Innovation Inc.), a social experiment community for co-creation innovation through Web 3.0 / DAO, has achieved its first goal early in the crowdfunding campaign launched on April 12th. To achieve the next goal, the project has officially announced 5 participating composers and 6 performers, aiming to support self-driven musicians who do not give up their curiosity, through a unique copyright management system and mechanisms for work utilization, and to foster a new classical music culture.
⇩Click here for the project's crowdfunding page⇩
https://for-good.net/project/1003303
List of Participating Artists
■Music Community "DICT Music DAO Classics" Currently Conducting Crowdfunding
The music community "DICT Music DAO Classics" (pronounced "Dict Music DAO Classics"), which launched its crowdfunding on April 12th, was established in November 2025 with the aim of fostering a better environment for composers and performers and establishing a new classical music culture. Within this framework, popular soundtrack composers such as Michiru Oshima, Kosuke Yamashita, Rei Ishizuka, and Kenta Odo have so far written over 50 pieces, striving to expand the repertoire of performers.
The first goal of this crowdfunding was achieved in less than a week, thanks to your warm support. We are currently continuing to solicit support to achieve the next goal.
Crowdfunding Page Thumbnail Image
■Supporting Self-Driven Musicians Who Don't Give Up Their Curiosity with a Unique Copyright Management System and Mechanisms for Work Utilization
DICT Music DAO Classics believes that musicians' curiosity, or intrinsic motivation, is the driving force behind innovative works. Therefore, it primarily adopts a free creative system for composers, without setting deadlines or giving directional instructions (however, the basic policy is that the music should be "intuitively enjoyable for listeners and performers"). Furthermore, to ensure these pieces stimulate performers' curiosity and become works that will be played for generations, some subsidiary copyrights, such as "performance rights" (rights to perform at concerts, events, etc.), are released to community members. Through a community-driven mechanism that provides rewards based on contributions, we aim to create a fertile ground for a new classical music culture where music production and performance (utilization) circulate properly. This initiative also aims to broaden the repertoire for performers and support their independent activities by creating opportunities for recording, release, and performance.
This community (whose parent organization is a music publisher) employs a hybrid copyright management system, self-managing some subsidiary copyrights such as performance rights, while entrusting many other subsidiary copyrights to the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC). The goal is to maximize royalty income for composers by promoting the utilization of their works. For more details, please visit the "DICT Music DAO Classics" webpage or the crowdfunding page.
[DICT Music DAO Classics Webpage: https://www.virgo-all-creation.com/dict-music-dao-classics]
[Crowdfunding Page: https://for-good.net/project/1003303]
■Announcing 5 Participating Composers and 6 Performers
This project, "DMDc Project 002," will feature 5 composers, including soundtrack composers who have created numerous works for anime, films, and TV dramas, as well as contemporary composers who have won global awards both domestically and internationally. They will create 18 new pieces (planned). In addition to these new pieces, 20 pieces (planned) previously created within the DICT Music DAO Classics framework will be recorded and released by 6 wonderful performers (pianists), ranging from current music university students to international competition winners. The participating artists are as follows:
《Composers》
Kosuke Yamashita
Composer/Arranger. Graduated from Tokyo College of Music, Composition Department, Film and Broadcast Music Course (now Music Media Course). Representative works include NHK serial TV novel "Hitomi," drama "Hana Yori Dango," anime "Chihayafuru," "Dragon
⇩Click here for the project's crowdfunding page⇩
https://for-good.net/project/1003303
List of Participating Artists
■Music Community "DICT Music DAO Classics" Currently Conducting Crowdfunding
The music community "DICT Music DAO Classics" (pronounced "Dict Music DAO Classics"), which launched its crowdfunding on April 12th, was established in November 2025 with the aim of fostering a better environment for composers and performers and establishing a new classical music culture. Within this framework, popular soundtrack composers such as Michiru Oshima, Kosuke Yamashita, Rei Ishizuka, and Kenta Odo have so far written over 50 pieces, striving to expand the repertoire of performers.
The first goal of this crowdfunding was achieved in less than a week, thanks to your warm support. We are currently continuing to solicit support to achieve the next goal.
Crowdfunding Page Thumbnail Image
■Supporting Self-Driven Musicians Who Don't Give Up Their Curiosity with a Unique Copyright Management System and Mechanisms for Work Utilization
DICT Music DAO Classics believes that musicians' curiosity, or intrinsic motivation, is the driving force behind innovative works. Therefore, it primarily adopts a free creative system for composers, without setting deadlines or giving directional instructions (however, the basic policy is that the music should be "intuitively enjoyable for listeners and performers"). Furthermore, to ensure these pieces stimulate performers' curiosity and become works that will be played for generations, some subsidiary copyrights, such as "performance rights" (rights to perform at concerts, events, etc.), are released to community members. Through a community-driven mechanism that provides rewards based on contributions, we aim to create a fertile ground for a new classical music culture where music production and performance (utilization) circulate properly. This initiative also aims to broaden the repertoire for performers and support their independent activities by creating opportunities for recording, release, and performance.
This community (whose parent organization is a music publisher) employs a hybrid copyright management system, self-managing some subsidiary copyrights such as performance rights, while entrusting many other subsidiary copyrights to the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC). The goal is to maximize royalty income for composers by promoting the utilization of their works. For more details, please visit the "DICT Music DAO Classics" webpage or the crowdfunding page.
[DICT Music DAO Classics Webpage: https://www.virgo-all-creation.com/dict-music-dao-classics]
[Crowdfunding Page: https://for-good.net/project/1003303]
■Announcing 5 Participating Composers and 6 Performers
This project, "DMDc Project 002," will feature 5 composers, including soundtrack composers who have created numerous works for anime, films, and TV dramas, as well as contemporary composers who have won global awards both domestically and internationally. They will create 18 new pieces (planned). In addition to these new pieces, 20 pieces (planned) previously created within the DICT Music DAO Classics framework will be recorded and released by 6 wonderful performers (pianists), ranging from current music university students to international competition winners. The participating artists are as follows:
《Composers》
Kosuke Yamashita
Composer/Arranger. Graduated from Tokyo College of Music, Composition Department, Film and Broadcast Music Course (now Music Media Course). Representative works include NHK serial TV novel "Hitomi," drama "Hana Yori Dango," anime "Chihayafuru," "Dragon