Matthew and Brileigh sit down with DarbyTrash from FORMING. FORMING is a metaverse concert series hosted by Lexicon Devils. Each monthly event features a curated lineup of web3 musicians with pre-recorded performances (including juicy skits from Darby and other contributors) at a virtual party in the Juicebox Voxels parcel. In this episode, Darby tells us about how FORMING got started, his roots as a punk musician, and the parallels between punk culture and decentralized communities.

Chapters:

00:00:54 Welcome

00:01:21 Darby’s background

00:02:39 How Darby got involved with Lexicon Devils and FORMING

00:04:43 The crossovers of DAOs, co-ops and punk bands

00:06:14 What is FORMING

00:08:23 Darby's thoughts on the value of curating music events in the metaverse vs IRL

00:10:53 Viewing crypto in a punk, leftist, or anarchist lens

00:13:13 Media portrayal of crypto as a scam & the challenges of onboarding friends into crypto

00:13:48 MTV styled skits and the process

00:15:26 Voxels as a lo-fi, alternative, punk platform

00:17:25 The challenges of running FORMING

00:18:22 FORMING x ALLSTARZ

00:20:06 Wearbles, RVSP and other experiments

00:21:02 FORMING as a new model for how musicians should be paid

00:23:48 Songcamp and other future collabs

00:26:16 How to support FORMING

Topics Discussed:

FORMING

Lexicon Devils

Songcamp

ALLSTARZ

Punk culture

Decentralized communities

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Production: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Engineering: matthewbrooks.eth

Music: Fruit Gushers by DarbyTrash