9 Aug 2023/7 min/Eclectic Method
MLow X Eclectic Method ♻️
Eclectic Method answers MLow's standard questions in character as his own fictional manager Richard, roasting himself in the third person the entire time.
This episode is a put-on from the first line. "Richard, Eclectic Method's manager" explains that the artist does not do interviews because he is boring to talk to, so Richard will answer on his behalf. What follows is seven minutes of the artist insulting himself in the third person while smuggling in real answers about his career: video remixer of movies and TV shows, then dance parties, then AI art and crypto art. The transcript also preserves the show's sung theme, roughly "MLow, it's the MLow Show, talking to people about crypto."
Underneath the comedy sit genuine positions. His most recent mint went unpriced on purpose, minting as a stamp in time rather than a sale. His long term picks are three XCopy pieces he actually holds, defended with a blunt theory of value: XCopy invented a style, and you have to create something new to be worth anything. His AI prediction runs against the grain: the impact arrives from a lowbrow direction, voices and jokes and a kid somewhere making an amazing movie at home, not hyper complex work nobody's brain can handle.
The episode also doubles as a tour of the Griff District (eclecticglitch.com), the metaverse space he builds in with NeonGlitch86, Peeps, David and others: a living venue with jam sessions and live video DJ remixing rather than a gallery of JPEGs on walls. MLow plays it completely straight, running his standard question set underneath the bit and closing by thanking Richard for calling from his plane.
What this episode teaches
- Minting can be a timestamp, not a sale
Eclectic Method minted his latest piece, an AI rap noise work called roughly Give Me My Money, without listing a price. The mint records authorship and moment; selling is optional.
- Inventing a style is the durable asset
His case for holding XCopy for ten years is that XCopy created a style, actual art that will hold its value. He contrasts that with roadmap driven PFP projects promising a future that is, in his words, a bunch of bollocks.
- AI's impact arrives from below, not above
His August 2023 prediction: AI art will not land as hyper complex multidimensional work, because people's brains can't handle it. It arrives through the lowest common denominator, AI voices saying silly things and a far off kid making an amazing movie at home.
- Build venues, not walls
He dismisses metaverse galleries where you look at work on a wall and leave. The Griff District is pitched as a living, breathing space with events, jam sessions and live remixing, and silliness as a design principle.
- Underpromise at a low price, then keep delivering
The Metaverse Verified blue tick mint with NeonGlitch86 cost eight dollars, and holders got airdrops, free NFTs and free events afterward. Low promise, repeated delivery.
- A rigid question set survives any format
MLow runs his standard interview architecture (most recent mint, first sale, favorite artists, group chats, three NFTs for ten years) straight through a comedy bit, and it still produces real answers. The format flexes; the structure holds.
The conversation, topic by topic
The manager conceit
Richard opens by saying Eclectic Method does not do interviews and agrees to answer for him, then spends the episode calling his own client talentless. The insults are bit, not biography; the answers underneath are real.
Career arc
Richard describes Eclectic Method as an audiovisual artist who started as a video remixer, remixed movies and TV shows, played dance parties, then moved into AI art, drawn in by the weirdness crypto art enabled.
The unpriced mint
His most recent piece, roughly titled Give Me My Money, is an AI rap art noise work he never priced. Richard explains he is minting things to have a little stamp in time for them.
The Griff District
Typing eclecticglitch.com into a browser drops you into a metaverse space built by NeonGlitch86, Peeps, David, Eclectic Method and others. Events, interactive jam sessions, live video DJ remixing of crypto art, and planned interactivity like giant bouncy castles that make beats as you bounce.
First sale and gratitude
Asked how the first sale felt, Richard says immense gratitude to the buyers, many of whom became friends, and that the artist immediately started making remix songs about crypto artists as a way to make friends.
Favorite artists
Named favorites include Bananakin, NeonGlitch86, Peeps, David, Arthur, Mr. Richie and Everfresh, with a joke that some great artists turn out to be total dons in person.
Advice circles and group chats
Richard jokes that Larry Fink and Marc Andreessen are his advisors, then admits the artist mostly hangs out with the Griff District crew and rarely takes advice. Favorite chats: a small group of mates and an International Troublemakers WhatsApp group.
Three NFTs for ten years
XCopy's Rabble, Grifter and Max Pain, all of which he already holds. The reasoning is that XCopy created a style and made actual art that will hold its value, unlike monkey pics promising to razzle dazzle one day.
The eight dollar blue tick
Richard is instructed to plug the Metaverse Verified blue tick mint from NeonGlitch86 and Eclectic Method: eight dollars, followed by several airdrops, free NFTs and free events, with a jab at people who moan anyway.
AI in art
His serious answer inside the bit: what is coming next arrives from an unexpected, lowbrow direction. AI voices will let quiet people say silly things without caring, and soon a kid in a far off place makes an amazing movie at home. His advice is to just play.
Collaborations, clarified
MLow asks about collaborations with XCopy and Claire Silver. Richard clarifies Claire Silver made a remix of the artist's interviews and has kindly helped him rather than formally collaborating, and credits XCopy with convincing people Eclectic Method has something going.
In their words
“You actually have to create something new to be worth anything in this world.”
Eclectic Method“This is a living, breathing space with events, interactive jam sessions, live video DJ remixing crypto art stuff.”
Eclectic Method“I think the AI will still play to the lowest common denominator with the fart jokes.”
Eclectic Method“So just play and fuck around, that's what I'd say.”
Eclectic Method“Thank you so much Richard for doing the interview today. I understand you're an incredibly busy man.”
MLowCite this conversation
Eclectic Method in conversation with MLow, "MLow X Eclectic Method ♻️," The MLow Show, 9 Aug 2023. https://show.mlow.xyz/e/2023-08-09-mlow-x-eclectic-method.html. Quoted from a machine transcript.
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