Origin Stories welcomes Mike Darlington and RAC to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - RAC on the music industry 02:16 - Mike on the music industry 05:06 - RAC's origin story 09:21 - Mike's origin story 13:32 - The birth of a new industry 20:28 - Lower priced NFTs 29:18 - The value proposition of NFTs 35:07 - "The Monstercat model" 37:37 - Combining personal passions 39:08 - Physical displays of digital art 41:33 - NFT secondary markets 51:48 - Risk-to-reward ratio 54:11 - The Lightning Round 1:11:05 - What's next for and where to find Mike 1:12:07 - What's next for and where to find RAC Episode mentions: Bloc Party, Reisinger Andres, Monstercat, Renderfruit, Atomic Form, RareRooms, Nifty Gateway, Beeple, Edward Snowden, Pak, Calvin Harris, Grimes, Fvckrender, Victor Mosquera, Metsa, Sevens Foundation, Arc4g, Juicetra, AsyncArt Mike Darlington Monstercat Website: monstercat.com Twitter: /Darlington Instagram: /Darlington RAC Website: rac.fm Twitter: /RAC Instagram: /RAC