1. Deadly Buda is your name. Making a whole animated movie about yourself is totally egotistical, right?
My name is Joel Bevacqua. Deadly Buda was a DJ name I chose. People responded strongly to the name. It would only take a year or so but it became apparent that Deadly Buda was actually a character separate from me with its own meaning for being. The character and myself were intwined to a degree that for a time it effected and took over my life for better or worse, hopefully the former. Eventually, a cartoon character was developed that could take over the job of carrying the Deadly Buda message and payload. However, until the transition is complete, I continue to DJ and engage in various enterprises using the name Deadly Buda.
2. Why are 10,000 Holo-Pack 1s available? Isn’t that large amount of packs decreasing the overall value of each card?
It is assumed that a much as 75% of all cards released in Holo-Pack 1 will be burned. There are 25 Scene Cards that must be burned if you want to complete Section 1. However, if you would like to retain the scene and sequence cards as well, you must burn a total of 50 more cards. Eventually, the Part 8 Final will be released, and require another 25 cards from Holo-Pack 1 to be burned if one wished to complete the entire set. Each Scene Card will have an approximate initial average of 1037 cards. By the time the Part 8 Final is released, only an approximate average of 259 of each Scene Card could remain after burning.
3. Why do you release these in packs, instead of individual cards?
All cards are released in packs to limit their supply. Individual cards are available on secondary markets and can be found here.
4. Why are you using the WAX blockchain, and not Ethereum?
It’s cheaper and easier for artists and collectors to utilize the WAX ecosystem. It is also easier to onboard new users with limited exposure to cryptocurrencies. The process of trading, gifting, blending, burning, selling and creating are easier on the WAX ecosystem.
5. I hate your music, why don’t you use someone else’s that’s more popular in this?
In 1991 the rave music I played was hated by many. Decades later, it was one of the most popular genres in the world. For these initial NFT releases, I wanted music that was hard, punk, uncompromising and futuristic. Maybe in 20 years people will love it like I do now. As the project rolls on I will be working with other producers, but we won’t necessarily be trying to make a pop hit of today, we will be making the spectival smashes of tomorrow.
6. How did you make this?
In the late 1990s, my friend Dave Fodel introduced me to 3D software. In 1999 I was taught 3D animation by the late, great, Lightwave Bob Anderson. I moved to Los Angeles and started doing freelance modelling and animation for Badami TV. Bob Anderson taught me a lot of tricks (he was a great amateur magician for a time, so he thought in “tricks”). Those tricks came in handy as more and more pre-made 3D animation assets became available to the public. Previously, you had to model almost everything yourself. Fast-forward to the present utilizing Bob’s techniques, I’ve been able to mix, modify, deconstruct, coordinate and composite these assets into the finalized animations you see today. I wish Bob was here to see it, hopefully he still is.
7. Will I get rich by buying these NFTs?
I hope. I need you to buy these to keep me living, eating and concentrating on making them better. I want you to buy them because you want to support the project and enjoy owning them. The only way I can influence their value is by concentrating on bettering the art. But, we never know if something will be more valuable or not. So, the main reason you should buy my NFTs is that you want to own and support the art.
8. Someone told me to get these, I can’t figure out why. Who the heck are you and why should I care?
It’s embarrassing that I have to toot my own horn at the moment. But there are times in your life where you are the only one around to do it. I’ve done a few things in life that might lead someone to think the Deadly Buda project might be a good one to be involved with.
1. I was an innovator in the world of graffiti art. You can read about that in The History of American Graffiti.
· Gastman, Roger; Neelon, Caleb (2010). The History of American Graffiti. New York: Harper Design. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-06-169878-1.
2. I was a pioneer promoter, DJ, writer and music producer in the worldwide rave movement. You can read about that in The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.
· Matos, Michaelangelo (2015). The Underground is Massive : How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America. New York, NY: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-06-227178-5.
3. I was a blockchain pioneer, making the first smart-contract enabled DJ mix. You can read that in MixMag UK. https://mixmag.net/feature/blockchain-feature/