Lights, Camera, Crypto

Writer, musician, and host of Big Brother and The Holding Company podcast MacEagon Voyce discusses his love for music and film and how he realized his love for film was actually predicated on his love of music. He talks about how went all-in on music, became the music director of his college radio station, started covering music scenes in New York for publications like VICE and Nerdist, found his way into web3 and founded his own music start-up—Grey Matter—a community layer on top of existing streaming services, and eventually began reporting on the founders, builders, and artists in the web3 music space.

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Legendary artist Jim Evans discusses his path through art, beginning as a youngster with outside-the-box ideas, a dislike for authority, and a love of music. He talks about how pursuing his interests and sticking with art led him to collaborate on music posters and album covers for groups like the Foo Fighters, Beastie Boys, and Neil Young. Jim also talks about his foray into web3, his motivations behind it, and his thoughts on the future of digital art and the art world as a whole.

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Co-Founder and CEO of IOGINALITY Ekaterina Smirnova discusses how her childhood passion for justice and background in law led to the creation and formation of IOGINALITY—a secure, user-friendly, and professionally-curated platform that facilitates the minting, sharing, collecting, auctioning, and trading of digital assets in a decentralized economy—using official art galleries as the point of entry.

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Gala Music and Gala Film CEO Sarah Buxton (Bux) discusses how her entrepreneurial and renegade spirit led her to leading the team at Gala Music and Gala Film—a next generation platform that brings an enhanced experience to listeners, viewers, fans, and artists. Bux also talks about the future of web3, Gala's upcoming token launch, upcoming partnership with Live Nation, and how surrounding herself with different viewpoints has been a key to her success.

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Chief Revenue and Chief Investment Officer of Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL) Tommaso Sandretto discusses how his structured background in finance and corporate finance merged with his fascination with blockchain—leading him to BCL (owned by Fox)—where he works on building engagement and community around Fox IPs like Dan Harmon's new animated series, KRAPOPOLIS. Tommaso also talks about the future of AI within the entertainment industry and how web3 allows fan engagement to grow and exist on a whole new level.

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CEO of BRAVO READY Evan Ryer discusses leaving an accounting career to mine Bitcoin in his father's basement, ultimately leading him to create the world's first risk-based shooting game—a game positioned to disrupt the gaming industry—which includes investors like Krafton (the owners of PUBG), Justin Kan (co-founder of Twitch), 6th Man Ventures, and Shima Capital

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Multimedia Artist Sara Baumann discusses working in healthcare as an occupational therapist and how she pivoted to being a full-time web3 artist. She expounds upon what gave her the confidence to do so, how Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary V) purchasing her art transformed her career, and how her persistence to her craft led to a blossoming community around her Women And Weapons collection and her art in general—a community that now includes collectors like Brie Larson, Jeremy Fall, and Sia.

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Co-founder of Artizen René Pinnell discusses how growing up in an artistic household helped him realize the struggle artists endure to find funding, which helped fuel his desire to start Artizen as a hub for funding human creativity. He shares how Artizen found its early footing after Academy Award-winner Viola Davis helped a campaign go viral, and after overcoming a logistical snafu with Stripe, has gone on to fund over $2 million projects at the epicenter of art, technology, design, and science with well-known talent like Darren Aronofsky, Wu-Tang Clan, and Cate Blanchett. Ultimately, René provides an insightful conversation around what constitutes as art and how tech and art are one and the same.

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Filmmaker Kyle Vorbach discusses the intersection of tech and filmmaking, his latest project SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN—a comedy short film starring Taylor Misiak and Ryan O'Flanagan that recently screened at the Tribeca Film Festival—and how AI can positively impact the filmmaking process by simply being another tool in the filmmaker's toolbox.

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Former DeCent People Podcast guest and Virtual Brand Group (VBG) CEO Justin Hochberg discusses the latest in VBG's metaverse work—from launching The Voice Studios to working on the BARBIE movie activations. Hochberg also talks about the future of web3 and ownership and how a world where Hollywood studios, networks, and brands allow people and companies to build on their IP—in exchange for royalties—might be closer than you think.

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