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

Origin Stories welcomes Matt Szczur to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 01:58 - What is your origin story? 12:05 - Collaborating with Micah Johnson on Nifty Gateway 14:12 - Beginning his solo digital art career 19:36 - Origin of his painting 26:43 - Tapping the rock every day 33:13 - His genesis artwork on SuperRare 35:32 - Skulls, skeletons, and the deeper meaning of saving lives 41:14 - Setting and iterating personal goals 43:42 - How do you use art in your own life? 46:18 - "Fighting my demons" 52:00 - The Lightning Round 57:46 - How would you tell your story in one painting? 1:02:00 - Comfortable being uncomfortable   Episode mentions: Micah Johnson, Anthony Rizzo, Tommy Wilson, SuperRare Zack, Fewocious, Kris Bryant, Mark McGwire, Tyson Ross, Victor Mosquera, Hackatao, Max Stealth, Kobe Bryant, Darren Rovell, Planttdaddii, Odious, Beeple   Matt Szczur Website: MattSzczurArt.com Foundation: SzcztheDay.com SuperRare: SuperRare.co/superSZCZ4 Twitter: /superSZCZ4 Instagram: /superSZCZ4

Origin Stories welcomes Chewy Stoll to discuss:   01:25 - What is your origin story? 15:10 - Recovering from a Parkour accident and beginning everydays 22:25 - How did you first hear about NFTs? 29:10 - What was your first minted NFT? 32:56 - How a first sale pushed him to make his best art 34:34 - Building a sense of community 39:20 - Uncertainty and fostering confidence 41:25 - Expanding from MakersPlace and getting accepted to SuperRare 44:11 - How to get started on Twitter 50:27 - Collaborating with Defaced 53:50 - Infusing game development and creating a world 1:01:09 - The Lightning Round 1:08:58 - What's next?   Episode mentions: Loopify, Matt Kymin, Defaced, Justin Wetch, smeccea, Oozium, BossLogic   Chewy Stoll Twitter: /chowzuh Instagram: /chewystoll SuperRare: /chowzer MakersPlace: /chewystoll

Streamed live on Apr 22, 2021

Origin Stories welcomes Planttdaddii to discuss:   00:00 - Introduction 01:18 - What is your origin story? 10:48 - The beginning on Instagram 16:43 - What is the origin of Planttdaddii? 19:12 - Favorite client projects 22:38 - "This is my wondrous bug house" 25:05 - How did you find NFTs? 30:11 - Her favorite NFT artwork 34:44 - Having the who's who of collectors on her SuperRare 40:28 - The Lightning Round 58:38 - What's your favorite f*cking breakfast? 1:01:37 - What's next?   Episode mentions: Chad Ashley, Greyscalegorilla, Waves Presents, Hannah Selene, dearevergreen_, Charlotte Rutherford, Cam MacNeil, Charlie XCX, Trevor Powers, Totemical, Goltra, Jason Ebeyer, 888, Zonted, Frenetik Void, MantaXR, Moderats, Aeforia, Foundation, Zora, and Agueda   Planttdaddii Website: planttdaddii.com Twitter: /planttdaddii Instagram: /planttdaddii

Streamed live on Apr 8, 2021

Origin Stories welcomes parrott_ism to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 00:52 - What is your origin story? 11:50 - Family art history 14:55 - How did you first hear about NFTs? 19:30 - His first sale on SuperRare 25:59 - When the dream became a tangible reality 30:08 - Leaping forward in September and beginning animation 34:45 - Deep appreciation for nature 38:00 - Taking a tour through MakersPlace 41:22 - Peter Mohrbacher's angels sparking the Parrott / RD origin story 45:35 - A message from Fewocious and the journey to Nifty Gateway 57:07 - Gaining an appreciation for Bitski 1:04:39 - The Lightning Round 1:14:48 - His SuperRare angels series   Episode mentions: BakaArts, Victor Mosquera, Fvckrender, Beeple, Glass Crane, Druid, Rudy, Moderats, gabusch, Fewocious, Jonathan Wolfe, Odious, Lauren, Goltra, Peter Mohrbacher, Bitski, JN Silva, ThankYouX, Jean Pierre Roy, and Levitate   parrott_ism Website: linktr.ee/parrott.ism Twitter: /itsparrott Instagram: /parrott.ism