Don Diablo: The Future of Music Is Fine Art | NFT Magazine at NFT NYC 2022

DJ, producer, and digital artist Don Diablo joins David Cash for NFT Magazine, recorded live in New York at Samsung 837 during NFT NYC in June 2022 and presented by Spatial, the metaverse for culture. Don goes back to the fully animated music video he made at 17, explains how the pandemic became a forced sabbatical after years of nonstop touring, and walks through Hexagonia, the world his fans have built with him. He also talks about Sotheby's, public installations in China and Hong Kong, creating a piece for one person, and why he wants sound treated like painting and sculpture. Chapters 00:00 Live from Samsung 837 for NFT Magazine 00:38 A fully animated music video at 17 03:08 Moving between mediums, and 20 aliases 06:31 Clubhouse and the NFT community 08:19 The pandemic as a forced sabbatical 13:22 Making his first NFT: physical, digital, and sound 17:10 World building and Hexagonia 20:44 Bringing fans along, and putting value on music 23:13 Public art at the scale of buildings 26:53 Creating for one person versus a crowd 29:15 Future house and the value of time 30:56 The wind at his back in the art world 33:41 Saying no to protect time to create 36:22 Sotheby's and crossing from music into fine art 40:34 A museum for listening 42:12 A universal audience 46:28 Justdiggit and NFTs for good 48:35 Where to find Don's work Key topics • Digital art in Don Diablo's career long before NFTs • The pandemic pause and creating without pressure • Hexagonia, the Hexagonians, and building a world with fans • Physical, digital, and audio components in one artwork • Making work for one collector versus a festival crowd • Crossing from music into fine art with Sotheby's • NFTs, community, and charity Speakers • Don Diablo, DJ, producer, and digital artist • David Cash, host, NFT Magazine In their words "when you start saying no, people start saying yes." (Don Diablo) "business is the finest form of art." (Don Diablo) How to cite APA: Cash, D. (2022). Don Diablo: The Future of Music Is Fine Art | NFT Magazine at NFT NYC 2022 [Video]. YouTube.    • Don Diablo: The Future of Music Is Fine Ar...   Chicago: Cash, David. "Don Diablo: The Future of Music Is Fine Art | NFT Magazine at NFT NYC 2022." Recorded June 23, 2022, at Samsung 837, New York. YouTube video, 49:22.    • Don Diablo: The Future of Music Is Fine Ar...  . About the series In June 2022, the NFT Magazine podcast broadcast live from Samsung 837 in New York's Meatpacking District during NFT NYC, presented by Spatial. David Cash hosted conversations with musicians, artists, and builders about crypto art, the metaverse, and culture. The episodes are archived on David Cash's YouTube channel. Recording details Recorded: June 23, 2022, at Samsung 837, New York Format: Live podcast recording for NFT Magazine, presented by Spatial Length: 49:22 · Language: English Hosted by David Cash About this record Presented with framing, speaker name tags, and captions added in 2026. Captions were machine-transcribed and reviewed by hand, with names checked against speaker introductions. Speaker roles are as of the recording date and may have changed since. Shared for educational, research, and archival purposes. For corrections, name spellings, or removal requests: david@cashlabs.io Links Cash Labs: https://cashlabs.io Instagram:   / davidcash888   LinkedIn:   / davidcash888   Spatial: https://spatial.io #DonDiablo #Hexagonia #NFTNYC #NFTMagazine #CryptoArt #DavidCash