The Matthew and Rizzle Show

Snowfro, the founder and creator of the artblock.io generative art platform hops back onto MARS to chat with Matthew & Rizzle about the latest, crazy updates at AB, the explosion of interest in on-chain generative art recently, some prized collections, the inner workings of the curation board that is steering the direction of the curated drops on AB, and much more.

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with the creator of Sup Ducks and NFT artist, creator, and all-around crypto veteran Frankynines. Frankynines has worked at and contributed to foundational NFT companies like KnownOrigin, Dapper Labs as well as NFT42 in addition to minting on every major NFT marketplace starting back in 2018 (the genesis year for modern NFT art). They talk about all of that, pl...

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with serial crypto founder and doer of all the Metaverse things, Leandro. Leandro is the founder of NFT Studios, the holding company for metaverse projects like CryptoMoters, VoxelArchitects, and PixelChain as well as other crypto services (basically all the things). The main focus of this week's chat is on the upcoming drop for CryptoMotors slated for July 29t...

On this week's episode of the Matthew & Rizzle show, the boys chat with Waves Blockchain creator Sasha Ivanov. The Waves Blockchain has been around for nearly half a decade at this point and has all the trappings a popular blockchain needs - namely developers and DeFi. Their latest experiment, however, is focused on NFTs. And Ducks. Sasha talks about the power of NFTs to attract an entirely di...

Matthew & Rizzle spoke with photographer, artist, and entrepreneur Jeremy Cowart about a wide range of mind blowing topics including the new art form he invented that combines lighting, motion and photography to great effect, his take on the NFT space, his big plans to combine NFTs & digital art into a next level chain of hotels and much, much more.

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, the dynamic duo speaks with Lin Dai about his company OneOf, a new Music NFT focused platform focused on connecting musicians and bands with their fans by way of approachable and affordable NFT collectibles.

Recorded just a few hours ago, Matthew & Rizzle present the stellar conversation they had with Big Bagels & Redeth, creators of the NFT avatar project Ethlings. While the NFT space is seemingly under siege by a constant flood of new avatar projects, Ethlings is different. Not only is the project led by a duo of seasoned technologists, but they are building out a first-of-its-kind project focused o...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle, Chad from carbon.xyz joins the boys to talk about the marketplace platform he is helping to build out focused on digital fashion and high-end photography.

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with the updated M○C△ team (Colborn, Shivani & Reneil) about the recent launch of $MOCA, building out a cryptoart DAO, the future of museums, patronage and much much more.

On this episode, Matthew & Rizzle speak with Antara, creator of Arabian Camels, about his very cool new project, some of the insanely awesome plans he has for early camel collectors, the future of transmedia, Bored Ape Yacht Club, community building, the NFT space and soooo much more.

NOTE: Originally published 9 September 2019 Anyone that is just finding the NFT space or the metaverse will get a lot out of this episode. Recorded nearly two years ago, Rizzle and I discuss our very early experiences interacting with blockchain-based virtual worlds like Cryptovoxels and Decentraland (of course introduced to us from the legendary metaverse pioneer himself, Connie Digital) and our...

Please enjoy the chat Matthew & Rizzle had with CryptoKarla from QLIP about how they plan to bring NFTs and creators in Africa to the global market.

The music industry experienced a seismic shift from CDs to mp3s nearly two decades ago and now it finds itself in another shift from mp3s to NFTs. This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with cipher.media's EZ & Kinchasa about that massive shift and how their new NFT music project cipher is trailblazing ahead of the trend and how they are making NFT music creation approachable for the masses.&nbs...

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Luc from the NBA Top Shot-focused podcast, The First Mint. NBA Top Shot *of course* is the main topic of conversation, but hard questions are asked about some of the recurring controversies that have been popping up in the Top Shot community like withdrawal issues, and we also dive into the joy of collecting and other NFT-focused areas. Please enjoy!

First of all - NEW THEME SONG!!!! Big shout out and massive thank you to Connie Digital & MAI World for producing an absolute banger. This week Matthew & Rizzle got a chance to speak with Jonathan Mann, famous for producing a song a day for over 12 years who also happens to be the co-host of the NFT-themed podcast Digitally Rare. Topics discussed include Jonathan's foray into NFT land, the...

Matthew & Rizzle speak with the two Matts from the China, Hainan-based music group Intro To Music Theory (IMT). The conversation talks about their upcoming June 11th NFT album release, what it's like running a music label from China, metaverse concerts, and more.

This week saxophonist and melody poet Mike Casey joins us on MARS. Mike talks about his nearly 20-year creative journey as a musician, how he discovered crypto and NFTs, and his genesis NFT release that's scheduled to drop on OpenSea on April 19th. 

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Async Art BD manager and the Cryptoartistic Director of the vocal band Verdigris Ensemble about Async Music. The conversation starts off with Sam explaining the mind-blowing first project to launch on Async Music in partnership with Verdigris Ensemble in exquisite detail before orienting around the avenue of music, crypto, and NFTs. 

This week Matthew & Rizzle go back to the future by speaking with The Love Handlz, someone the boys met years ago on Cent when they first started recording the podcast together. They talk about that early encounter, catch up on everything that happened in between, and finish off by talking about what The Love Handlz has cooking up in terms of bringing NFTs and crypto to the skateboarding commu...

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the metaverse project Upland. As you'll hear, Upland has A LOT going on. They seem to have combined elements of every metaverse project out there and then some (e.g., cars!). After you're done listening though, go and try kicking the tires on Upland by visiting their website upland.me and report back on your findings.

This week Matthew & Rizzle speak with Blockparty's Vlad & Joseph about NFT Protocol which is a sort of Blockparty 2.0 grounded in the fully decentralized spirit of web3 principles. We cover a lot of ground including the origin story behind NFT protocol, how Vlad often breaks Rule #4 (of the 10 crack commandments) when it comes to buying nifties on his own platform, and end with a fascinating look...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Patricio, founder of the Proof of Attendance Protocol aka POAP.

A new season of The Spotlight is back where we deep dive into the creative journey of artists and creators and shine a light on the cool shit they are doing when it comes to cryptoart, NFTs, and the metaverse. Our debut episode features a dual conversation with Colborn Bell and Pablo Fraile, creators of MoCA aka the Museum of Crypto Art.  We discuss many things including the duo's collector f...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Ben Lakoff & Mango of Charged Particles, a project that is taking NFTs to the next level by enabling NFT owners and creators to turn their NFTs into a sort of wallet that can hold other tokens like interest-bearing aTokens from Aave or even other NFTs.  We talk about Charged Particle's initial focus on artists and i...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Jeremy Dela Rosa, CEO & Founder of leyline.gg . Leyline is a nonprofit focused on creating a more compassionate future for folks all around the world. Jeremy has decades of experience working in AAA game studios like Blizzard and played a role in helping to shepherd e-sports into the general public's consciousness. He is...