gmoney welcomes Juan Salgado, a Puerto Rican tattoo and multimedia artist known for both his work on Daddy Yankee and Ricky Martin. He is an Ink Masters finalist and has won over 150 international tattoo awards along with multiple published works on the tattoo industry's top books and magazines. His work often explores magical figures from dragons to other spiritual imagery. And now will be translating that into his upcoming NFT drop, Tattoo Skullz Society, dropping February 22nd.

Show Notes:

2:44 - How Juan began as a tattoo artist

8:20 - Influence of his style

10:56 - Ink Masters experience

16:43 - Hurricane Maria

21:19 - NFT education and impact

30:26 - Details of Tattoo Skullz Society collection

40:03 - How NFTs will revolutionize the tattoo industry

42:33 - How to make an NFT design and process

44:06 - Key factors to success in NFT space

46:17 - Favorite NFT

46:48 - How to find and invest in Tattoo Skullz Society

Welcome to the Cutting Edge podcast, where culture meets crypto. Today we have one of the most prominent figures in NFT music, LATASHÁ. By day, she’s an entrepreneurial artist, web3 advocate and speaker and Head of Community Programming at NFT protocol, ZORA. By night, she is singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, performance artist and, all around, NFT music pioneer. Most importantly, she is focused on onboarding minority artists to the forefront of crypto, tech and blockchain.

To join LATASHÁ’s community follow her on all social platforms @CallMeLatasha.

To watch GOGO WYNE: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8D73zH0yY0

To stay up to date on all things gmoney follow him on all socials @gmoneyNFT

Show Notes:

2:08 - Latasha’s background and coming into NFTs

7:26 - Her journey in the music industry

10:21 - Latasha’s strategic breakdown for releasing music on web3

17:05 - The ways we need to bridge the gap between web2 and web3

19:53 - Who did she turn to for support when onboarding - @ArtByJah

23:37 - What is Zoratopia and Latasha’s connections

27:06 - Having wellness and an abundance mindset in web3

33:00 - Zoratopia’s upcoming events at SXSW - @WATAMUSIC ; @AkuDreams

36:16 - What is keeping women and minorities from entering the NFT space

39:17 - Importance of representation in web3

41:07 - Success of GOGO WYNE music video

43:40 - Advice for artists entering the web3 space

45:11 - Favorite NFT - @crypto_coven

Zach Lieberman is an artist, researcher, and educator with a simple goal: he wants you surprised. He's been listed as one of Fast Company's Most Creative People and has won several recognitions:  like the Golden Nica from Ars Electronica. The Interactive Design of the Year from The Design Museum of London, as well as being listed in Time Magazine's Best Inventions of the Year.  He's also the co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation and professor of MIT Media Lab, where he leads the Future Sketches group.  

Show Notes: 

2:45 - Zach’s artistic coding background  

4:57 - Intro into NFTs and perceptions on the space 

11:28 - The idea of co-creation and co-ownership for the Adidas and Prada NFT project 

15:00 - The technical process of how Zach composed the project 

16:31 - Zach’s expectations before and after   

18:08 - Students’ and younger generation’s interest in NFTs  

20:07 - How to bring more women in the space 

23:42 - Details of the Adidas/Prada drop 

29:29 - How to get started into NFTs if you’re an artist 

31:21 - What Zach thinks is missing the space 

32:52 - Zach’s experience with ArtBlocks and their community 

39:03 - Where do you see the future of art going? 

42:40 - What is School of Poetic Computations and how it got started 

44:42 - Fave NFTs  

MATT DESLAURIERS https://www.mattdesl.com/

On this episode of The Cutting Edge, we have a round table with gmoney, AJ Vaynerchuk and other players of the play-to-earn game, Wolf Game (https://wolf.game/alpha-game). They discuss the interesting features that make this game so fun and worth the time. 

Show Notes:

1:52 - Intro into Wolf Game

3:36 - What Wolf game is about

4:07 - Innovation shown in web3 verses in web2 space

7:43 - What makes Wolf Game one of the most interesting games in web3

10:06 - How you navigate crisis when representing larger brands

14:21 - How Wolf Game’s ability to adapt is keeping everyone bullish

19:14 - Storytelling of Wolf Game

23:13 - How they were able to get started and allocate time to play the game

27:43 - Building a team

29:46 - How to balance individual priorities vs the collective in the game

32:03 - The financial accessibility to play

35:04 - Short term predictions for Wolf Game

39:00 - The upside and future possibilities of this project

46:20 - Wrap up

Daniel Arsham is a contemporary American visual artist who works across art, architecture, and performance. His work has been shown in museums and institutions worldwide, including MoMA PS1 and the New Museum, New York among others. Since 2013, Daniel has developed a highly successful edition practice with global reach, including collaborations  with the likes of Adidas, Dior, Pharrell Williams and Pokémon. In 2021 he was appointed Chief Brand Officer, helping to craft a universal NFT minting solution that better protects creators and collectors. And will be releasing a new collection on Nifty Gateway, “Eroding and Reforming Digital Sculptures: Cars”.

For more than a decade, Jeff Gluck has been at the forefront of contemporary IP law in the fields of art and fashion, helping artists, designers, and content creators protect their livelihoods without the excessive costs of antiquated law firms. Operating with a team of seasoned intellectual property litigators, he has recovered millions for infringement victims and has successfully resolved several landmark artists' rights cases. Now he is leading the team at CXIP to bring protection and verification to all artists in Web3.

On today's episode, we have Gene Kogan and Justin Trimble, founders of Brain Drops - an NFT platform and community for AI-generated art.  

Gene Kogan (@genekogan) is an artist and a programmer who is interested in generative art, collective intelligence, and computer science.  He was the first artist to create GAN art and is the creator of ml4a, a free educational resource about machine learning for art and creativity. Gene initiated the Abraham project to build an autonomous artificial artist, and is a co-founder of Braindrops.   

Justin Trimble (@justintrimble) is also a co-founder of BrainDrops. He’s a CryptoPunk claimer, a pre-launch advisor for The Bored Ape Yacht Club, early Cryptopunk evangelist and creator of the punk Wikipedia page. He’s an early NFT collector of Art Blocks, XCOPY, Beeple, and many more gen and 3d artists.  

For more on Brain Drops, follow them on Twitter @braindrops_art  

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Timecodes: 

2:46 - How the founders, Justin and Gene, got into NFTs 

17:12 - How and why Justin and Gene started their platform 

20:32 - What is Brain Drops 

24:54 - What was their motivation on building their own platform 

26:20 - Difference between Brain Drops and competitors’ models 

30:50 - What they look for in a good NFT project 

34:32 - New projects on Brain Drops that are pushing the boundaries of AI-generated art 

43:32 - gmoney and Justin’s take on NFT naysayers  

48:28 - How to find Brain Drops and its founders, Justin and Gene

On the first episode of 2022, gmoney is joined by tattoo artist, Snuffy. They get real about what has kept them motivated to become better artists and people despite the obstacles they faced. Get ready for some great advice on how gmoney and Snuffy became so successful.   

Snuffy is a multidisciplinary artist that uses surrealist imagery to deliver emotion through his visual narratives. His mediums include skin, sound, screens, glass, fabric, metal and concrete. Snuffy has garnered critical acclaim in multiple arenas including the international tattoo stage, the upscale fashion design industry, the digital NFT space, and the world of sculpture and fine art. Additionally, he has worked as a creative director for Universal Music Group, Netflix, and Calvin Klein as well as producing music for over a decade. Snuffy has been spotlighted and profiled in The New York Times, GQ, NYLON, PAPER Magazine, Variety, amongst numerous others.  

To follow Snuffy's journey follow him on all socials @snuffy.nyc  

For all things gmoney follow us on IG, Twitter and all other platforms @gmoneynft

Show Notes:

2:36 - How Snuffy got started as an artist

13:48 - Overcoming the internal and external obstacles leading to success

17:30 - Changing your life to influence a better future for yourself and your art

25:46 - The process to getting inked by Snuffy

29:00 - How Snuffy found his path into crypto and NFTs

36:50 - Initial thoughts on being in the space

44:20  - Creation of SNUFFY 500

50:00 - Benefits, details and how to follow Snuffy’s NFT projects

59:28 - How does Snuffy see it changing the tattoo industry

1:03:07 - Snuffy’s favorite NFT

1:05:32 - What is Snuffy most looking forward to in 2022

Today on the Cutting Edge, gmoney speak with Ben Mezrich (@benmezrich) on his first NFT drop, The Ben Mezrich Project, on January 4th, 2022.  

The reigning cowboy of narrative nonfiction with a writing career spanning nineteen years, Ben Mezrich has authored twenty books – major international and New York Times bestsellers, with well over six million copies sold. The genre he’s created – cinematic and unique true stories of young geniuses battling their way through the grey area between right and wrong, and succeeding at all costs – includes the wildly successful Bringing Down the House,  The Accidental Billionaires, The Founding of Facebook, Bitcoin Billionaires, The Antisocial Network, about the GameStop Short Squeeze, is currently being made into a feature film by MGM, for release in 2022. Recently picked by the Hollywood Reporter as one of the 25 most powerful writers in Hollywood, Mezrich is also a writer and consulting producer for the tv show Billions.  

Show Notes: 

4:05 - Ben’s career background and how he found his success 

10:48 - The story behind “Accidental Billionaires” 

13:56 - Ben’s intro into crypto through his relationship with the Winklevoss Twins  

21:47 - Genesis of The AntiSocial Network 

24:03 - How Ben discovered NFTs 

29:15 - NFT’s disruption of Hollywood  

37:17 - Ben’s philosophy around NFTs 

39:30 - Details of the Ben Mezrich project and how he is turning his screenplay into an NFT 

52:32 - The potential of creating a film from NFT funding 

54:58 - Ben’s and gmoney’s favorite NFTs 

57:20 - Where does gmoney see Hollywood and NFTs in the next 5 years?

Welcome to the Cutting Edge: Founders' Series, where culture, and entrepreneurship, meets crypto. Today on the pod, we have Jess Sloss, the co-creator of Seed Club an incubator for tokenized communities. Started as a DAO, Seed Club is a growing family of creators, mentors and operators building the future of community. Since its inception less than a year ago, Seed Club has successfully completed three cohorts - helping 36 projects on their path to decentralization.  

Follow Jess, @thattallguy on Twitter, and Seed Club @seedclubhq and https://seedclub.xyz/

Follow the gmoney community on all socials: @gmoneynft   

Show Notes: 

0:46 - Jess and Seed Club’s mission and background 

3:51 - gmoney’s take on social tokens 

5:50 - Jess breaks down the best use of social tokens 

9:50 - Example of how tokens work in a community and ownership graphs 

12:58 - The risk of linking an ERC-20 to an individual 

20:57 - How to build fair distribution in an NFT drop 

26:05 - How to build an authentic community through “on-chain breadcrumbs” 

30:45 - Web3’s effect on the value of the middleman 

33:03 - Securities law with social tokens 

35:18 - Non-fungible governance tokens vs fungible governance tokens 

42:30 - Fave NFT 

43:48 - NFT predictions for 2022

Today gmoney is joined by multi-platinum recording artist, actress, NFT creator and fashion icon, Pia Mia. Her collection, Birth of D1AD3MA (pronounced “Dia Dema”) envisions a mystical, women-centric metaverse and is represented in the early release of a new song and opportunity for one fan to win 10% ownership of the master recording of it. 

During the discussion, she and gmoney are joined by Lin Dai, founder of OneOf NFT music platform. They'll discuss the mission of the platform, how they are empowering musicians and collectors, and how they navigate compliance regulations around royalty distribution.

To purchase any Pia's new collection in collaboration with OneOf, please visit www.oneof.com/

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