Yakob El Moussa

NorCal and Shill

English - March 30, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Episode 82: Show Notes

When you spend most of your waking hours freelancing, it can be tough to find the time, energy, and inspiration to build a portfolio you’re proud of and fill it with projects that truly represent you as an artist. Our guest today, Yakob El-Moussa, is a fantastic photographer, cinematographer, and glitch artist. But before Yakob discovered NFTs he was struggling to find the motivation to pursue his creative goals outside of freelancing. In today’s episode, he shares how discovering NFTs gave him the inspiration he needed to grow his body of work and why he’s so excited by the possibilities presented by NFTs and crypto spaces. Tune in to learn all about Yakob’s journey as an artist, his fascination with hardware (particularly within the digital world of crypto), his advice to artists on navigating the world of NFTs, the importance of community, and much much more!

Key Points From This Episode:

● Meet Yakob El-Moussa, a photographer, cinematographer, and glitch artist.

● Why Yakob is so fascinated by hardware, especially within the crypto space.

● Yakob’s extensive hardware wallet collection.

● How Yakob uses his hardware wallets for different functions.

● Yakob’s advice on how to manage a multi-sig setup.

● Find out what Yakob thought of NFTs when he first heard about them.

● Learn about Yakob’s journey as an artist and how creativity runs in his family.

● Why Yakob struggled to build his portfolio while freelancing.

● How NFTs sparked Yakob’s drive and inspiration.

● The anxiety Yakob felt around answering the question: “What Animal would you be?”.

● Yakob shares his favorite food and the best advice he’s ever been given.