# Issue #2 > dropping notes out the window **Published by:** [UFO](https://news.ufo.fm/) **Published on:** 2023-12-18 **URL:** https://news.ufo.fm/issue-2 ## Content Welcome to UFO news #2. A place to discover what’s happening from the UFO network — a growing collective of artists, musicians, and labels around the world. Greetings to all our new readers. 2000+ UFO subscribers arrived this week. If you read through this post you'll discover music and recent releases. We're also calling out to artists about the We The Art contest from Optimism. This newsletter was launched in collaboration with Paragraph and a quest on Layer3 which worked super well to amplify the first post. Issue #1 has 1900+ mints on Base and was trending on mint.fun for days along with Still Here 00 which has 1100+ mints on Zora. We also have a new /ufo channel on Farcaster. If you're on that network tune into the space.PodcastsUFO 45 Memetic Tribes and The Casino on Mars — Rafa & Jihad Collect NFT Upcoming UFO releases:FM TOUR 01 videos with mayo, Boogie Mind and ALE in AmsterdamUFO 46 — Adam Levy (Bello, Mint Podcast)Still Here 01 with Alex GuyArtists! — Enter We The Art by Jan 8thIntroducing the We The Art contest from Optimism. Offering a 1,200,000 OP prize pool for onchain creators. Artists can apply in four categories: AI Art, Generative Art, Music, and 1of1s. Nick Hollins from UFO is a judge in the Music category along with a number of respected figures in the onchain and creative industries. Contest deadline is January 8, 2024 at 23:00 UTC. Optimism @Optimism We’re just over halfway through the We The Art content and there are over 1800 submissions and counting! Art by the numbers: A.I art: 721 1of1s: 642 Generative art: 281 Music: 202 312 18:18 • 15 Dec 2023 PrizesThe 1,200,000 OP prize pool will be split evenly among four distinct categories. For a total of up to 188 contest winners, which is a total up to 47 contest winners per category. Each submission must be a new artwork and each winner will need to pass KYC in order to receive their prize. How to Enter1 Create your artwork in one of the four categories of your choice, and mint on either Zora, Base or OP Mainnet networks. All submissions must be new mints on the mentioned networks and must have been minted no further back than Nov 8th 2023. 2 Pick one of the following platforms to deploy your creation on OP Mainnet — Manifold, Sound.xyz, Highlight, Mint.fun, Titles, Decent, Holograph, OpenSea. 3 Enter your submission to the contest by the January 8th deadline through this website, which has a minting flow using the relevant platforms: https://welovetheart.optimism.io We're looking forward to all of the art and music that's going to result from this contest. Enjoy! https://release.supercollector.xyzSupercollector ReleaseA new value for musicnotminimal. — 21https://release.supercollector.xyzSupercollector ReleaseA new value for musicMr Beatnick and Richard Greenan — Coastyhttps://release.supercollector.xyzSupercollector ReleaseA new value for musicRichard Greenan — Sleep Scale Supercollector @supercollector_ Take a moment to enjoy the ambient electronica journey of @richardgreenan's "Sleep Scale". The deluxe edition features the original 8 tracks and 8 remixes from the likes of Yaard, B£AMS, Adam OKo and more. @WeAreKit release.supercollector.xyz/sleep-scale-ri… 2 15:28 • 18 Oct 2023 Yancey Strickler @ystrickler For the past two years I've been working with an amazing crew on a somewhat mysterious project called Metalabel In 2024, our vision will become clear when we introduce a new space for releasing, selling, and exhibiting creative work A model for a new creative era 229 15:08 • 14 Dec 2023 https://paragraph.xyzZora is a Magic MachineZora's mission is to make creating on the internet free and valuable.We are doing this by creating a magical creator tool on Ethereum. It's pretty si...https://mirror.xyzGhosts in the Synchronicity MachineFor newcomers, this is part of an ongoing series of blog posts examining applications of a concept we introduced earlier this year called "ghost context."https://www.paradigm.xyzThe Casino on MarsSettling the crypto frontier begins with a speculative step.https://paragraph.xyz005In the last FtPM, I wrote about a proposal I was working on to purchase a coffee shop, and said to check back next week. Well, it passed! I'm in the coffee business once more...https://songcamp.mirror.xyzHow We Built C4Two weeks ago we released C4 - the fourth major experiment out of Songcamphttps://zerion.mirror.xyzIntroducing: Still Here. Episode 00Today, we're launching Still Here, the new podcast on the UFO network. Hosted by Alexander Guy, Head of Growth at Zerion, the podcast explores what drives people who are still here, building through the bear market and beyond.UFO is an onchain radio network. A club for music, arts and ideas. 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