gm, and welcome to issue #77 of ✨Spark✨ 

Since we’re in the business of building and improving sites, we’ve made some changes to our own homepage, take a look and let us know what you think! We’ve changed up the copy, added new graphics, and most important of all, you can now browse through our template gallery directly from there.

Today we're covering:

• Page Templates launch

• Spring cleaning updates

• Radiogeist’s & Staxe’s thoughts on web3 music

Product Updates

📜 Page Templates: For every creator, originality and style are important. That's why we've supercharged our page templates on Bonfire! Instead of being limited and restrictive, they now offer a diverse and vibrant array of options that will inspire your imagination. These templates are infused with aesthetic charm and are designed to meet your needs. They are the perfect stepping stones to incredible customizations. Browse through the new designs at www.bonfire.xyz/templates and let your creativity run wild!

🌸 Spring Cleaning Updates: This week, we have undertaken some light to medium updates to the platform. These include small improvements and an app refresh, so to speak. You may have noticed a few tweaks and improvements here and there, but perhaps you haven't, so here are some of the ones we've made so far:

• Improved block padding and spacing

• Deprecated the member's tab

• Deprecated the discord integration

• Deprecated the Airdrops feature

• Upgrade to Google Analytics 4

• Make all Lens posts static width so the creator profile and follow button fit

• Fix varying heights for Lens posts in the Carousel view

• Reorder items in the feature select modal (e.g. Reorder songs in playlist view)

• Make save/cancel block behavior constant across all block

Coming Soon

Rolling up in beta we have a massive update, I'd even venture to say that it's one of the most anticipated upgrades in recent months. I can't share much at the moment, but our Zora creators and fans will be ecstatic about what's coming 👀

Creator Spotlight

Despite being a new band, Radiogeist was the winner of the Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis for Best Rock Band last year. Their story is a heartwarming one. Years ago they wrote music together as band members in a teenage rock band in Bulgaria, where they grew up. Eventually, they had to part ways as each moved to a different country. Then in early 2022, they decided to produce a song together for old times’ sake. Two weeks later, their first song was finished and one song turned into a full album.

They’re about to release a cover of Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers as a digital collectible. To hear more about their work, listen here.

That's Fire

How Radiogeist and Staxe see the music industry [Bonfire Listen]

Artistic Residency for musicians, producers & visual artists [Apply]

AI Can Hurt or (Hopefully) Help the Music Business [Read]

An Introduction to Dynamic NFTs [Read]

Community frameworks thread [Read]

Tip of the Week

We’ve made sure to really prep you for success with the new template gallery. Beyond the new selection of templates, you can also click Preview to see what each template will look like on desktop, tablet, and on mobile. We fancy! 💅

Your Turn

Need help? Book a free 1:1 consultation during our Firesides Office Hours. And check our Roadmap to submit and vote on your favorite features.

If you’re just joining, you can find our past issues here.

Until next time,

Bonfire Team