BP#4: Digital Artist YON (Peaceful Groupies ) on Finding Your Style, How NFTs Contribute to Art, and Artists' Responsibility to Collectors

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts126/v4/4e/e4/fb/4ee4fb9c-2f77-3743-b7c8-569a28770194/mza_17705329233397045860.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

The Bad Posture Podcast by Daniel Witcoff

Daniel Witcoff

19 episodes

1 week ago

Bad Posture is a self-development series featuring Grammy-winning musicians, talent managers, filmmakers, start-up founders, and more! Every other Wednesday, music veteran Daniel Witcoff sits down with a variety of creative thinkers to discuss a wide range of topics including (but not limited to): personal growth, artist development, healing from past trauma, the business of the arts, and philosophy.

Music Interviews

Music

RSS

All content for The Bad Posture Podcast by Daniel Witcoff is the property of Daniel Witcoff and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Music Interviews

Music

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/20027396/20027396-1639624426984-5ba972b0998f8.jpg

BP#4: Digital Artist YON (Peaceful Groupies ) on Finding Your Style, How NFTs Contribute to Art, and Artists' Responsibility to Collectors

The Bad Posture Podcast by Daniel Witcoff

1 hour 21 minutes 30 seconds

3 years ago

BP#4: Digital Artist YON (Peaceful Groupies ) on Finding Your Style, How NFTs Contribute to Art, and Artists' Responsibility to Collectors

Growing up in the rural province of Chaco, Argentina, YON wasn't exactly destined for artistic success. As one of the poorest regions in Argentina, most households are focused on getting their kids educated and employed; they can dream when they're asleep. Growing up with neither resources nor the support of his parents, a young Yon made the decision that he was going to pursue life as an artist, regardless of the outcome. If he ended up broke and alone, at least he'd be doing what he loved.

In this episode, you'll learn about Yon's backstory, cultivating internal validation, getting banned from Reddit, how NFTs finally clicked with him, and navigating the difficult balance of his dual responsibilities to himself as an artist and those that have invested thousands of dollars in his work.

Follow YON on Twitter: https://twitter.com/botfrula

View the Peaceful Groupies: https://t.co/p984EtqzRn

Check out the Discord: https://t.co/A2wBk5yXOp

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Growing up in Chaco, Argentina

10:00- - Internal vs. external validation as an artist

13:00 - How Yon’s “Assface” character convinced him he was a real artist

15:00 - Making album covers, getting paid in crypto, and getting banned from Reddit

21:00 - Being bewildered with crypto and blockchain

25:00 - Selling Counterstrike Go weapons for Bitcoin and finally understanding NFTs

35:00 - The origins of PEACEVOID and the Peaceful Groupies

38:00 - Overcoming FOMO, launching and selling out PEACEVOID

50:00 - Mo’ money, mo’ problems

54:00 - Launching a project in bull cycle; dealing with holder anxiety during bear cycle

62:00 - Navigating the balance between responsibility to holders and responsibility to the art

71:00 - What’s the big vision for PEACEVOID?

75:00 - What’s on the horizon for the Groupies?

78:00 - Yon’s advice on how to get noticed as a Web3 artist

Interested in learning more? Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite platform and:

Follow Bad Posture on Instagram - https://instagram.com/badposturepodcast

Follow Daniel on Instagram - https://instagram.com/danielwitcoff

Follow Daniel on Tik-Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@danielwitcoff

Follow Daniel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/dontfightghosts