About Me
I'm EZ (@ezincrypto on Farcaster), a community builder and metaverse MC, focused on bringing together education, music, literature, safety, social impact, gaming, and web3 culture. Let's connect the roots to the wireless in a cyber amish style, and always HODL the vibes! You can find my work here:
Music & Community Building
Music has been at the heart of my community building efforts:
- Co-founded MVMF (Metaverse Music Fest), organizing the first 3-day non-stop multi-metaverse music festival
- Hosted the 1st Annual Crypto Jazz Festival with MetaJax, bringing traditional jazz into web3
- Collaborated with a talented team to integrate fashion shows and wearables into MVMF, like the MVMF fashion show, combining music, fashion, and metaverse culture
- Weekly EZ's Corner shows featuring live musicians and DJs, with musical co-hosts Josea Cabrera and Fellenz
- Successfully onboarded multiple web3 musicians through hands-on education and mentoring
- Hosted hip-hop ciphers in Discord (Thursday/Sunday) and Cryptovoxels, bridging web2 and web3 music communities
- Organized live ciphers at crypto conferences throughout Latin America with Key to Crypto, while offering free onboarding workshops
- Helped book stages for multiple metaverse music festivals
- Long-term collaboration with MetaJax bringing jazz culture to web3
- Worked alongside dedicated team members to create innovative crossover events combining music, fashion, and metaverse culture
Speaking & Conference Experience
Sharing web3 knowledge and building connections through various platforms:
- NFT.NYC speaker multiple years, focusing on music NFTs and community building
- LA BitConf (El Salvador) contributions:
- Panel speaker on web3 music and arts
- Memorable debate with BTC maximalists featuring impromptu freestyle rap about NFT community benefits
- Hosted a 3-day live art workshop with Key To Crypto
- Helped organize and hosted dozen artists painting surfboards throughout the conference
- Led successful fundraiser combining physical art with NFTs
- Raised $90,000 for local children's cancer hospital through surfboard + NFT sales
- Engaged conference attendees with hands-on web3 onboarding throughout the event
- Art Basel Miami speaker and event host
- Multiple free week-long International workshops through Key to Crypto across Latin America
- Ending with onboarded artist gallery shows and sales events
- Featuring newly onboarded artists' works across diverse mediums:
- Art, fashion, music, graffiti
- Photography, poetry, skateboarding
- Creating sustainable web3 creative communities
- Regular speaker at metaverse events and virtual conferences
- Bilingual presentations serving English and Spanish-speaking communities
Early Web3 Projects
Collectors Hub (Early NFT Organization & Curation Platform)
- Served as Community Lead during early NFT marketplace era
- Collaborated with developer Rene to create innovative NFT organization tools
- Built custom tech stack utilizing OpenSea API to solve early NFT collection management challenges:
- Created curated collection viewing system
- Separated art NFTs from gaming NFTs
- Improved searchability when OpenSea lacked organization features
- Pioneered concepts later adopted by VC-funded platforms:
- NFT basket sales functionality
- Custom collection curation
- Artist-collector connection features
- Complemented platform development with artist/collector interviews and community building
Meme Force (Early Web3 Meme Community)
- Led and created one of the first web3 meme communities
- Organized meme competitions sponsored by NFT and gaming projects
- Created innovative onboarding model:
- Projects provided prizes for community meme creation
- Combined social media engagement with web3 education
- Used meme creation as pathway to project understanding
- Successfully onboarded numerous people to web3 through creative engagement
- Distributed NFTs and crypto rewards to community members
- Pioneered meme-based marketing in web3 before the recent meme culture boom
Early Web3 Conversations & Community Building
Easy Street episodes featuring early web3 pioneers:
Show History & Community Programming
- EZ's Corner: Weekly Monday show for 5 years on TokenSmart Discord
- Misfortune Mondays: Co-hosted with PageDAO
- Easy Street: Extensive series of community-focused episodes
- Regular cipher sessions in Discord and metaverse
- Consistent programming across multiple platforms and formats
Pizza DAO & Community Collaborations
Literary Community Building
As a founding member of PageDAO, I've contributed significantly to web3 literary initiatives:
- Featured interview about DAOs and on-chain literature with PageDAO (previously Libernet) and Cipher Media
- Hosted "Pass the Pen" for over a year, facilitating collaborative community creative writing workshops
- Published multiple collaborative stories as NFT books through PageDAO
- Brought together various NFT communities for creative writing projects
- Created a model for community-driven literary content in web3
Current Programming
EZ's Corner has evolved to include:
- Live music performances and artist interviews
- Security education and hack prevention awareness
- Impact concerts featuring musicians and social impact projects
- Live interviews and roundtable discussions
- Metaverse adventures and educational sessions
- Bilingual content serving both English and Spanish-speaking communities
- Gaming and literary segments
Expansion Plans
Enhanced EZ's Corner (Mondays):
- More live music integration
- Artist interviews and performances
- Security education
- Nouns ecosystem updates
- Impact project features
- Writing workshops
New Farhouse Show (Fridays):
- Bilingual focus for Latin American community
- Music-driven education and onboarding
- Cultural bridge building
- Artist collaborations
- Literary segments and collaborative writing
Community Building:
- Regular metaverse music events
- Cross-platform engagement
- Monthly writing workshops
- Gaming community development
- Collaborative projects with musicians and artists
Previous Work Examples
Content samples:
Commitment to Nounish Values
- Building bridges between music, art, literature, and web3 communities
- Creating positive impact through education and entertainment
- Making web3 accessible through creative expression
- Contributing to ecosystem growth through regular updates
- Fostering collaborative creativity across platforms
Regular Updates I Commit to Sharing:
- Bi-weekly Farcaster updates on shows and events
- Documentation of music performances and collaborations
- Community engagement metrics
- Project highlights and impact stories
- Updates on cross-platform initiatives
