Pio Vincenzo on Creating Music Videos, Discovering Bitcoin and Why You Should Never Buy a Condo

The Gabriel Haines Show

Thank you to the sponsor @SeiNetwork 0:00 Moving to Miami 1:44 Real Estate Aspirations 3:21 Growing Up in Boston Pio reflects on their Boston upbringing and its impact on their personality. 5:51 Boston's Unique Culture 9:00 College Experiences Pio recounts switching majors from architecture to engineering due to lack of passion. 12:30 Transferring to Engineering Pio shares insights on transferring majors and academic challenges. 15:39 Career Choices and Education 17:47 Entering the Music Industry Pio narrates their start in the music business, inspired by a friend's aspirations. 19:02 Ari Aster's Films 19:39 High School Video Projects 21:22 Early Comedy Writing 25:31 Filmmaking Techniques 29:03 Collaboration with Rallo 34:37 Internship Experience 35:26 Traveling for Music Videos Pio describes cutting class to shoot music videos in New York. 36:57 Dylan Cooper's Career 37:49 Working with Dylan Pio discusses collaborating with Dylan on multiple music videos. 38:00 Clients in the Underground Scene 38:14 Developing an Ego 38:34 Falling Out with Dylan 39:07 The Music Industry's Challenges Pio criticizes outdated practices in the music industry. 39:51 Tech Disruption in Music Discussion on how tech companies like Spotify have changed the music industry. 40:44 Sampling Controversies Pio talks about the pushback against hip hop sampling and its impact. 41:34 Shifts in Music Rights Recent changes allowing unlicensed music on streaming platforms. 42:10 The Struggles of Hip Hop Artists Discussion on Lil Wayne and sampling limitations in his music. 42:22 Music and Copyright Issues Gabriel discusses the impact of copyright on content creators. 42:58 Transition to LA Pio shares his move to LA and starting fresh. 45:07 Initial Impressions of LA Pio's realization that LA's scene mirrored New York's. 45:55 Meeting Talented Individuals Pio reflects on meeting interesting people in LA. 53:32 Corporate Job Experience Pio describes the miserable environment of corporate recruiting. 54:46 Creative Pursuits in Cooking Pio's idea to create cooking videos inspired by music video styles. 56:11 Impact of COVID-19 Pio discusses how the pandemic led him to learn about Bitcoin. 56:37 Discovering Bitcoin Pio shares his first experience investing in Bitcoin. 57:06 The Tesla and Bitcoin Experience Discussion on Tesla stocks and Bitcoin investments during the pandemic. 57:50 Introduction to NFTs Pio shares learning about NFTs from a podcast and Beeple's collection. 58:48 First NFT Purchase Pio recounts buying their first NFTs after a friend's purchase. 59:25 Creating NFT Videos 1:00:02 Hummus Content Creation 1:01:03 Chickpea Challenge Gabriel discusses organizing a hummus eating competition. 1:05:07 Cooking Show Dream Gabriel reveals their dream of hosting a cooking show with a crypto theme. 1:06:58 Meeting Nick Pio explains meeting Nick through a mutual crypto friend. 1:09:41 Business Venture Launch Details on raising funds and launching their NFT business. 1:12:57 NFT Business Model Discussion on the initial business model focusing on NFT analytics. 1:15:17 Market Fit in Crypto Analysis of successful crypto companies and functionalities. 1:17:15 Polkadot 1:17:31 Crypto Theory Insights 1:18:22 Comparison of Networks 1:21:50 Entrepreneurship in Crypto 1:22:36 Technical vs. Non-Technical Platforms 1:25:52 Building Efficient Platforms 1:26:27 Product Market Fit Challenges 1:29:02 Content as a Product 1:34:25 Real Estate vs. Bitcoin 1:35:54 Mindset of Crypto Traders 1:36:53 Bitcoin Investment Insights 1:37:42 Real Estate Perspectives 1:39:16 Currency Debasement and Real Estate 1:39:42 Real Estate vs. Bitcoin Opportunities 1:41:04 Appraisal and Equity 1:44:13 High Production Content in Business 1:46:09 Comedy Bit Development 1:48:48 Live Comedy Writing Session