Matt Szczur
NorCal and Shill
English - November 10, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsArts Technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Matt Szczur
Episode 62: Show Notes.
Joining us today is professional baseball-player-turned-NFT-artist Matt Szczur. Matt played in the 2016 World Series Championship as a member of the Chicago Cubs. He began his art career through a collaboration with Micah Johnson and by raising money with his own art for multiple non-profit organizations, including his own. Being a professional athlete, his work draws inspiration from sports stars and iconic moments in sports history. He uses stencils and spray paint as his chosen medium. Today he joins us to share his story about how his first dip into the NFT space sold out before he fully understood what NFTs were. Tuning in, you’ll hear about the contents of his hardware wallet, his investment strategy for Bitcoin and Ethereum, and how he transitioned from baseball player to NFT artist. He also shares his advice for artists joining the NFT space in the current market, how the value of discipline transfers from sports to NFTs, and what you can look forward to from him in the future. Tune in for all this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
• The contents of Matt’s hardware wallet and his investment strategy for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
• What Matt first thought about NFTs and how he came to create one with Micah Johnson.
• How Matt’s father fostered his childhood love for art.
• Matt’s pre-baseball and NFT career such as working in a bike shop.
• Why he would be a lion or an eagle if he were an animal.
• Matt’s love for Chicken parm.
• Matt’s best piece of advice on the value of discipline.
• His advice for artists joining the NFT space in the current market.
• Why Matt likes living in New Jersey so much.
• Guy’s advice for new artists in the space in reply to Matt’s question for him.
• The difference between having a Manifold contract on SuperRare and just minting on SuperRare.
• Matt’s shoutout to the NFT space in general and gratitude for the way it’s changed his life.
• Upcoming projects that you can look forward to from Matt.
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