In a world full of pointless items, NFTs seem to occupy a unique position of uselessness. While they’re ultimately wasteful in the same sense that baseball cards and other assorted collectibles are ultimately just dust collectors, there’s something different the thought of NFTs that make them seem less valuable than a traditional collectible. Maybe it’s their inability to even collect dust. Digital baseball cards really is an apt condensed idea to what NFTs are. What makes them seem pointless to me is the fact that they don’t actually do anything. They are nothing more than an image and a blockchain, it’s hard to get excited about that.
Bard is different.
Bard is an NFT that can generated unique video game-style music based on a different NFT you already own. They are like little musicians designed to construct ballads for your NFTs. Each bard makes their music with the instrument they are holding. They can use a variety of different instruments, from the guitar, to the piano, and even the z. When you give it an NFT, it will use your input, a bit of programming, and a lot of music theory to construct a unique song just for it. Give it a different NFT and you will get a different song. NFTs from the same family will even have the same melody, but their songs will still be unique. Not only that, but they are set up to loop, just like you’d expect classic video game music to.
It’s refreshing to see an NFT project that offers more than just a picture and a blockchain. While it’s easy to say it’s still pointless, just like baseball cards, I think there’s a case to be made that it’s slightly less pointless based on the fact that it actually does do something. Something that’s very interesting, novel, and unique.
The Bard project isn’t out yet, but it’s looking at a possible Summer or Fall ’24 drop date. There’s no telling what melodies will be discovered, which bard will be Mozart and which will be Beethoven. There’s no telling which combination of bard and nft is going to create the next amazing composition. Just like real music, the only way to tell is listen for yourself.