Andre Benz: Runescape, Curation, and the Future of Generative Music NFTs

Mint Season 5 episode 1 welcomes Andre Benz, founder of the widely successfully EDM YouTube channel The Nations and CEO of Soundmint.xyz, a go-to platform for curated audiovisual NFTs. I wanted to have him on to share his unique perspective on growth hacking one of the largest curated music EDM brands on YouTube, and how that translates into his newest curated venture.In this episode, we discuss: 01:30 - Intro 01:38 - How Runescape influenced his understanding of crypto and web301:58 - Growth hacking one of the most popular EDM YouTube channel17:49 - Biggest lessons learned about the music industry while building The Nations23:15 - The inspiration behind starting Soundmint.xyz27:43 - NFT skepticism around drop culture31:47 - The process of creating a collection41:30 - What does the average collector look like on Soundmint.xyz?44:45 - How do you scale curation?47:24 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Twitter: https://twitter.com/benzspeaksLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io