Alumni Spotlight: Wilfred, Co-Founder of Audioblocks

The web three bridge was like the foundation of everything. We learned solidity. We learned networking like networking with other developers like you know everybody on my team actually came from web bridge. So I would say that was like the the breeding ground for audio blocks bridge. The iron incubation program is like it's like a cooking pot, you know, where you can actually bring while you're building something around how far it can go.

And the fun program helped us figure that out. You know, they made us understand that look, we're not just building for business, but we are building for a reason. Today you're here with one of the co-founders of Audio Blocks. I know you but like I said they don't. So let's start with like a quick introduction of yourself.

Yeah. My name is Wred. I'm a software developer, songwriter, and the founder of audio blocks. Oh, nice. So great.

Just some sing nice. So um how did your journey with three bridge begin? My journey with three bridge started as a conversation with a friend of mine who was like one of the alumni. Okay. Yeah.

So he told me about um if I ever want to like through web three web three bridge is is the goto place. Yeah that's you know I was in Abuja but I had to fly down to Lagos to so is an uphill movement. All right. So you know that one he was like right if you want to start you place. All right that's awesome.

You are the co-ounder of audio block. So could you like tell us like about your projects? What is audio blocks? What are you guys building? What problems are you guys solving and all of that?

All right. I would say one of the things I noticed during the entertainment industry was the fact that most people building like music streaming applications were more focused on the content but not the people who make the content. So audio blocks we looked at okay of course we build the platform where people can share their content. We're more concerned with the people who are sh who are sharing the content. So we created a platform where young African creatives artists can share their songs and then get people to listen to their songs and enjoy their content and then we pay attention also to their growth as their as individual like that.

I really like that. I think I'm going to consider like consider being like an artist. All right. So how was how's web 3 bridge played a role in audio block? All right.

So I'll take it back to the web 3 LOS conference. I was having a conversation with um Georgia. He's one of the the representatives from this. Okay. I I told him about the idea and he said I remember exactly what he said feel free to build like feel free to build on this.

Nice. So that was how everything started. Um breakthrough organized the conference Georgia came around. I had conversation with Georgia and then that was it. That's amazing.

That's what they like to call networking. Exactly. Yeah. That's that's so great. Um what led to the decision to transition your project into the incubation program?

All right. So the um incubation program I I never I didn't know what to expect. So one of the least ambassadors told me about it and um I had asked a couple questions around and then if it just felt good to jump on the bandwagon and I would say it was really worth it. Oh that's great. That's great.

So how did web three bridge prepare you for this for this step? Yeah, so web 3 bridge was like the foundation of everything. We learned solidity. We learned networking like networking with other developers like you know everybody on my team actually came from web3 bridge. So I would say that was like the the breeding ground for audio blocks from web3 bridge you guys through bridge.

All right. So my next question, how would you describe your overall experience with the IALS incubation program? How was it like? Was it awesome? Yeah, I would say um the LISK incubation program I would say was like one of the most amazing experiences I had in my life because it gave me direction.

It gave me like a reason to why I'm building what I'm doing. So it was like a a a a big spring box, you know. from there we now generated into our building now. So I would say that um the list incubation program is like it's like a cooking pot you know you can actually bring your ideas and then they'll help you. That's good that that's like that's a great one.

All right so the next question what was the most impactful moment um from the and the cubation cuz leaving Nigeria all the way to Kifi. So like what was it for you? did it for you? Uh yeah, it's the attention to details first because um from the beginning of the incubation program um the team really helped to put a lot of things into perspective. M you know and on to going to Kifi it was like a very beautiful experience.

Yeah. And I would say that because the team and the lisk team are very focused on you as a person. You one of the things they always tell us is that um list is not just invest in your product but risk is investing in you as a person. So I took that personally you know and um it helped me relate to my team. It helps it helps me relate with the people who are like have their songs on audio blogs.

So I'm not just interested in what they are interested in person. I would say that came came from that's that's a great one. What key lesson or milestone stood out while working with Lisk? Um like I said the attention to details. Mhm.

Yeah. The attention to details and then the the the the [Music] the ease of relating with the team, you know, whatever telling you they were having, it was easy to always jump on the call with the list team, you know, even the CEO of Lisk, we had conversations at a point. So, I would say that relationship. Yeah. Yeah.

That relationship really helped a lot to make us understand that look, we're not just building for sick. We are building on us something that is very real and very relatable. So looking back at the incubation program, how has it influenced your your project? That's given um has put a lot of things into perspective. Mhm.

You know um knowing why you're building something really goes a long way to tell how far it can go. And the latest incubation program helped us fish that out. You know, they they made us understand that look, we're not just building for building, but we're building for a reason. And the reason is to we're here in Africa. The reason is to bring young African creatives on chain and make them understand that ownership is actually power and that's like what we we are about at audio blog.

So that's knowing why you're building is one of the big things that we got from the That's very good. So my next question, what do you value the most about web bridge? Like the community web bridge community. Yeah, I would say um the CEO of web bridge, you know, he's like one of the people that I look up to very well. I've told him that personally and um what he has built Yeah.

has attracted many people from all over the place. You know, right now we have a lot of people moving within this environment. Not it's not just I think it's because of what we've seen from three bridge community and what he has built has helped us to believe in the fact that look we can actually build something too and then the community there's a very strong community in bridge and we've used that to you know um to use that to build our lives and you know create like a future for what we're doing. So how has I leaks mentorship impacted your team's approach in building yeah so building audio blogs and having um and list as mentors um like I said the the ease of access I'll keep saying ease of access and you know they always tell us that look we are we are going to change and we change the narrative of African builders and that's like one of the goals of that's one of the goals of list. So making us um have something we are living for and something we are building for you know it goes a long way to to push you to take the the extra mile and then get get things done.

That's that's cool. So my last question for you what makes Lisk platform or ecosystem uniquely valuable for developers like you? All right. For for developers like me, you know, building on Lisk, you know, for a product that we're building, it's um the architecture of Lisk made it very easy for us. You know, there are some blockchains that is is very difficult to have like SDKs that can smoothly run what we're building.

Mhm. you know, but building a list with their SVKs and the, you know, the cheap gas fees and some of the other extra things that come with building a list, it has really helped to make our journey smooth. There's never been a time when we had like serious challenges and anytime we had those challenges, it was easy to turn to list themselves and get get answers and get feedback to help refine our product. And so I would say that's like a big plus for we developers who are building on list. All right, that's that's very great.

Thank you very much for sharing your story. We thought it is so inspiring honestly. Thank you very much. We're glad to have you. But before you leave, just drop us now.

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