Sep 08 2022 22 mins
Jonny Wilson is the video remixer behind Eclectic Method. Jonny started out as a musician and was inspired after hearing a Public Enemy album to make sample-based music. He then became a DJ where he started making mashup videos and eventually moved into creating robust audio visual music video experiences and has had 3 NFTs on Super Rare.
Topics discussed:
- Jonny’s journey from a rock band, to a video DJ on MTV Europe, to collaborating with bands like U2, to motion graphics and crypto art
- How crypto art makes space for more robust audio visual music video experience
- The copyright challenges around music videos and how crypto helps solve these challenges
- Jonny’s experience with viral memes
- How Jonny describe the state of digital music and audio visual art today
- The power of word of mouth vs algorithmic content
- How more analog musicians are shifting toward NFTs and the benefits they’re seeing
- Jonny’s top three pieces of advice for artists who are just getting started