$PSTL - Social Tokens Unlock Merch, Music & More
Mint Season 1 episode 2 featured Jack Johnson, who’s artist name is JVCKJ. He’s widely known as one half of the multi-platinum pop duo Jack & Jack. He’s a creative force whose earned a billion-plus streams, achieved multi-platinum records, and countless sold-out tours. He’s also the founder of PSTL aka Pastel coin - a gateway to building his vision for his creator economy. On this episode we talk about his journey as an early internet personality on the once popular social media platform Vine, his new single Money Memories, his vision for his personal token, why he’s so big on crypto, how PSTL coin is empowering his fans, and towards they end we start having a live brainstorming session on how we can create further utility behind PSTL token. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Reo Cragun: The Journey As An Independent Artist In Web3
Mint Season 6 episode 14 welcomed Reo Cragun, the web3-native music artist, multi-talented rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter who shares about his journey in web3 and his vision behind his biggest NFT project to date called Frameworks. We also discuss how Reo uses data to be a smarter creator, his relationship with Nipsey Hussle, the dynamics between artists and labels, and so much more. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation. Time Stamps 00:08 – Intro 09:14 – Current State of Music in Web3 11:41 – Your Connection to Music NFTs 13:59 – Using Data as an Artist 20:44 – The New Sound.xyz Drop 25:35 – Reo’s Creative Process 27:03 – Pre-Web3 Reo Versus Now 30:01 – Creating Experiences for Your Collectors 33:49 – Lessons Learned Along the Way That Helped Perfect this Drop 34:34 – Your Relationship With Nipsey Hussle 39:05 – How Artists Should be Thinking About Label Opportunities 40:19 – The Value of Web3 as an Artist 43:07 – How Labels are Thinking About Music NFTs 45:14 – What’s the Status of Loners Dao? 47:58 – Joining the Music NFT Launchpad 49:44 – The Process Post Launchpad 50:56 – What Do You Look For in an Artist While Collecting? 55:07 – Outro
From Coinbase Employee #20 To Building Farcaster With Dan Romero
The following episode is made possible thanks to DEGEN. 🎩 --- Mint Season 6 episode 20 welcomed Dan Romero, Co-Founder of Farcaster, the sufficiently decentralized social network. Throughout the hour we discussed his thesis for web3, the current state of web3 social, building an audience as a crypto-native creator, what it means to be sufficiently decentralized, how web3 will beat the bots, and so much more. Previously, Dan was the 20th employee at Coinbase and is an active early-stage angel investor across web2 and web3. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.
Xcelencia is Raising $50,000 For His Next Album
Mint Season 4 episode 4 welcomed Xcelencia, a Puerto Rican songwriter and musician who growth hacked his way through Spotify playlists and now has landed in the world of web3. He’s the creator of the social token $EQUIS and more recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on mirror to bootstrap the birth of Infinite, an immersive multimedia album and digital art experience that will grow in real-time as fans engage with the project. In this episode, we discuss: 00:39 - Intro 03:45 - Playlist Building 07:50 - Social Tokens 13:47 - How to Incentivize your Community? 24:48 - Labels and Investors- How do they fit in? 28:29 - Two Tokens - What’s the difference? 34:01- How do you see the future? 26:31- Outro I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!
Building $DEGEN: Jacek on Internet Culture, Web3 Social, and Skin in the Game
This episode welcomes Jacek, the founder of Degen, or as many know it as Farcaster’s culture currency that’s made waves across web3. We spend the hour digging through his founder journey, from working in trad fi to entering crypto and eventually birthing a passionate community predicated around tipping. This is a great conversation covering his humble beginnings, internet culture, and building the future of web3 social. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.
Going Viral Onchain
This episode welcomes Cooper Turley, Founder of Coop Records. Cooper is a recurring guest on the pod, though this time, we focus all of our attention on how to go viral onchain. Consider this a round table discussion where him and I share our insights, lessons learned, and debate our perspectives on the current state of the onchain creator economy. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Nick Tomaino: Skin in the Game
The following episode is made possible thanks to DEGEN. 🎩 --- This episode welcomes Nick Tomaino, Co-founder of 1confirmation. He's an early adopter of Bitcoin, and former Coinbase employee, who shares his journey in the crypto space and his investment philosophy. We discuss the rise of meme coins, the value of prediction markets in providing more truth to the world, and Tomaino's core value of 'skin in the game' that drives his investment decisions. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
NFT Ticket Case Study: Queen George on Growth Hacking Collectors
This episode, from Mint Season 4, Episode 21, is a pivotal moment in my journey as a web3 founder. It significantly contributed to the development of Bello through the insights gained from my conversation with Queen George, a crypto-native jazz-pop artist, who has been exploring web3 since April 2021. We discuss our strategy in building a collector base in web3 and the success of her live concert at ETH Denver in February 2022, where she effectively minted tickets as NFTs, attracting 120 collectors. This conversation documented our thoughtful experimentation with NFTs and planted the seed for a whole new chapter in my life.
Why Web3 is the Perfect Home for Creators
Mint Season 4 episode 15 welcomed Matt Alston and Melissa Zhang, the power duo behind Bonfire: the front page for onchain communities. In this episode, we discuss: 01:27 - Intro 06:37 - How Did You Guys Meet? 09:59 - How Did the idea move from Events to Creators? 18:27 - Are Creators Good Community Builders? 22:25 - Is Web Three the Perfect Medium for Creators? 33:32 - DeFi meets the Creator Economy 38:12 - Governance and the Creators 47:06 - Bonfire 53:36 - Building a Bridge between Web Two and Web Three Audiences 56:30 - Converting viewers into collectors 58:59 - What’s next for Bonfire? 60:10 - Outro I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Charlie Crown on Music Crowdfunding Mechanics
Mint Season 4 episode 10 welcomes Charlie Crown, the Miami-based, Colombian DJ & producer who has released tracks through Sony Music, Dim Mak, and PRMD; and garnered over 25+ million streams in the process. He’s received nods from some of dance music’s biggest names including The Chainsmokers, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, and Illenium; and shared stages with other incredible artists like Zomboy, Mija, and Le Youth; in addition to massive performances at Club Space Miami and Life in Color. His most recent single, “Sinking” with Bronze Whale reached the top 25 on Apple Music’s Electronic charts in over 40 countries and peaked at No. 28 on the US Electronic chart. Charlie Crown is endorsed by McDSP, FabFilter, and Sonarworks audio plugins. He’s also deep in the world of where music meets web3. I wanted to have him on because, (1) I backed his project, and (2) his crowdfund mechanics are quite different from what we’re used to seeing. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Inside the Frame: David Furlong on Frames.js and Farcaster's Latest Developments
On this episode of the Mint Podcast, we explore the world of Frames.js with its founder, David Furlong. David provides an in-depth look at what Frames are and discusses their potential directions and innovative use cases. We also consider the possibility of integrating Frames across various platforms, including Gmail and traditional Web2 products. During the conversation, David expresses his insights on Farcaster, discussing the network's growth and the emerging opportunities for both communities and developers within the ecosystem. We discuss the development of various tools and platforms within Farcaster, such as Channel moderation, Farcon, Drakula, Supercast, and Bountycaster. Additionally, we examine the adoption of $DEGEN as the primary tipping layer of Farcaster, exploring the rationale behind its integration and its implications for users and builders alike. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
How Crypto is Transforming Collaborations Between Brands and Creators
Mint Season 3 episode 1 welcomed the President of VaynerX Avery Akkineni. She leads the company's mission to build long-term strategic NFT projects for the world's leading intellectual property owners serving brands, celebrities, athletes and associations looking to incentivize and reward brand advocacy and customer loyalty. In this episode we discuss: 1:39 - From Google to VaynerMedia 4:18 - VaynerNFTs 8:37 - The Vayner Group 11:57 - Defining Web 3.0 13:08 -NFTs and Intellectual Property 25:48 -How NFTs Lead to Enhanced D2C Models 35:20 - Creating Mutual Value Through Collaboration 40:11 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Hyperactive Episode 5 - Red with Antimo FM
We walk-and-talk with freelance product designer, Antimo FM. Antimo shares his journey from growing up in Italy with a passion for comic books and illustration, his path to design, crypto, and Farcaster, and how he’s using Hypersub to build community and earn recurring revenue onchain.
Hyperactive Episode 4 - Narisofka's Gang with Sofia Komarenko
We walk-and-talk with artist, illustrator, and designer Sofia Komarenko. Sophia shares her journey from growing up in Siberia and Kaliningrad to becoming a professional artist. She discusses her influences from cartoons and games, her entry into the NFT space, and the challenges of the crypto winter. Sophia highlights the importance of physical representations of digital art and how she’s using Hypersub to earn recurring revenue, and build a community of supporters that help sustain her artistic practice.
Terminally Onchain with YB
We discuss the past, present, and future of YB's work, and how he's using Hypersub to earn recurring revenue onchain with Terminally Onchain.
The Yon Experience with Yon Frula
We discuss the past, present, and future of Yan's work, and how he's using Hypersub to earn recurring revenue onchain with The Yon Experience.
Believe in Something with Jihad Esmail
We discuss the past, present, and future of Jihad's work, and how he's using Hypersub to earn recurring revenue onchain for Believe in Something.
many such cases ep 12: building for high-quality content with @dwr
on this episode (recorded “like a year ago”), @dwr joins @ted and @nonlinear to discuss the number one priority for farcaster right now: the challenge in creating a sustainable supply of quality content. we cover user engagement metrics, the current state of channels and what they could become, and how the team is thinking about enabling high-quality content through new features. @dwr also shares some of his insights on the power of text-based content and cultures on social platforms like twitter and what the emergence of AI-generated content may mean for these platforms. 00:39 farcaster’s top priority 01:29 challenges and strategies for building communities 07:30 reducing the barrier to high-quality content 15:20 the dominance of text-based content 18:35 in-group culture, power of memes, and AI-generated content 25:25 the future of channels
Why Social Needs a Layer 2 ft. Ryan Li of Cyber
This episode welcomes Ryan Li, Co-Founder of Cyber, the layer 2 for social. We spend this conversation diving into Cyber’s evolution, The launch of their L2 on Optimism, and their goals for their creator grants program and products they hope to see be built on their network. I’m excited to help Cyber social summer campaign with a jam packed discussion. Enjoy!
Shorts | Julian Holguin: Why Content is The Hook
This short highlights one of my favorite moments from my conversation with Julian Holguiin of Doodles and Jesse Pollak of Base. Content is the hook that will usher in billions of users from web2 into web3. Doodles knows this best, and with Julian's prolific background in media and music, coupled with their acquisition of a major animation studio, they're perfectly positioned to execute on this strategy. Listen to the full episode: https://pods.media/mint-podcast/doodles-moves-to-base-ft-jullian-holguin-and-jesse-pollak
