Dear Brian, thanks for putting in the time to join me in this interview to inform our neighborhood on SolRockers. To start with, can you offer us a short intro to you? What is your story, going back as far as you want?

I am the Head of Item at Solrockers NFT and in my spare time likewise the drummer for the multi platinum band Everclear. Some may believe I live the life of a Rockstar however I’m simply a traditional type of man. With a home in the suburban areas, a white picket fence, a pet, 2.4 kids and to round all of it out a partner that drives a minivan. LOL. Truthfully I’m simply a computer system geek who plays drums in a rock band.

I went to Berklee College of music in Boston Massachusetts back in 1989–1994. While residing in Boston I invested a great 8 years having fun with bands in the Boston music scene — 1990’s Boston scene ended up some fantastic bands and I was fortunate to be a part of it. I had fun with Tracy Bonham, went off to Chicago to visit with Fig Meal, and ended back in Boston to form American Hi-Fi with my buddy Stacy Jones in 1998. We taped our record with Bob Rock in Maui, had a hit single on MTV, and visited thoroughly all around the world in the early 2000’s. Now I’m playing drums with the band Everclear. In some way I handle to earn a living doing what I enjoy — playing drums.

The computer system geek part is where crypto and video gaming can be found in. I was hooked when my action father purchased me the Apple IIe back in 1983. A 1.023MHz processor, 64KB RAM, 2 5 1/4″ floppies, bulletin board system were no match for my 300 baud modem. It played video games too, great video games like Castle Wolfenstein, Stone Dash, King’s mission and Decathlon. It put my Atari 2600 to embarassment. Then I had a brief stint with consoles consisting of ColecoVision, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, however.. then Doom was born. John Carmack and John Romero messed me up great, so great that I developed my very first PC since of their production — particularly to play Doom. That 4MB of ram was pricey too. I’ve been playing PC video games since — Battleground 1942, Call of Task, Senior citizen Scrolls video games, WOW, the list continues. Generally I originated from the exact same generation as James Vacation, him and I would have been buddies. Now it’s time to establish the Sanctuary, or a minimum of an extremely little part of it.

Why did you get associated with the cryptocurrency market, and where do you believe the market will remain in 5–ten years?

I found out about this thing called Bitcoin back in 2011. So you can utilize your video card to earn money? Truly? Seems like enjoyable. I took among my computer system rigs, equipped it with an ATI 5970, overclocked the hell out of it, signed up with a swimming pool and began mining. Then I had 2 rigs, then 3, great deals of fans, I’m talking oscillating fans, not those expensive LED case fans everybody has nowadays. I mined 23 Bitcoin and after that chose it wasn’t worth pursuing, it was costing me more in electrical power to run the rigs compared to the going Bitcoin Market price. I hung on to them for a year and wound up offering them on MT Gox for a massive $27 a piece (doh!). In hindsight I believe I ought to have hung on to them, perhaps… I painfully followed Bitcoin on the sidelines for several years, meddled Ethereum mining and lastly began seriously buying crypto once again in 2017.

Keep in mind the dot com boom in the late 1990’s early 2000’s? I simply sat there and viewed all of it take place, I didn’t economically benefit from the fastest growing market phenomena understood to guy. The web took place and all I did was utilize it to play Quake. I might have got included however I didn’t. I needed to go and concentrate on being an artist. A chance like that will never ever take place once again in my life time.

Then comes Blockchain innovation. Thank you Satoshi! Blockchain tech is the next boom, I believe. It’s being embraced 2x much faster than the web, gathering the brightest minds out there and is offering all of us the chance to establish the innovation of the future. And I suggest the innovation of whatever. Smart agreements use to a lot of various markets, consisting of financing, information analysis, and the Web of Things, let’s not ignore video gaming. Who brand-new clever agreements could be so beneficial?

I’m not going to kick back and lose out on a two times in a life time chance. So it either ways I can redeem myself or decrease in flames. I’ll either retire in Maui or welcome individuals at the regional Walmart here in Madison, I’m all in.

That’s incredible. Now can you offer us an intro to SolRockers and how it started?

Back in 2012 I wasn’t simply mining Bitcoin, I was finding out how to establish computer game utilizing the Unreal Engine and Unity. I’ve constantly wanted video game advancement however I’m not a coder by any ways. These video game engines provided me a method to equate my concepts into a practical video game without being John Carmack. I’ve considering that established 3rd individual shooters, twin stick shooters, initially individual shooters on an enthusiast level. I’d bring my video games to good friends’ LAN celebrations and play a round or 2. It’s constantly enjoyable to see good friends enjoy your production, bug devoid of course.

The development of the Play-to-Earn economy actually got my attention. I began playing video games like Lost Relics, Alien Worlds, R-planet among others. I had discussions with my bro Mike, likewise a crypto financier, about all the P2E chances and he stated “Why don’t you produce your own video game? You understand how to establish video games”. So that got me believing and investigating. I chose to integrate the 2 things I’m most enthusiastic about: video gaming and music. I chose to integrate the Rhythm video game category and the way of life of an exploring artist to produce a unique video gaming experience. I’ve had some amazing times over the previous 25 years; belonging to fantastic bands and visiting all over the world, I wish to re-create that experience for everybody who signs up with SolRockers. NFT video gaming and remaining in an effective band are everything about developing a neighborhood, all of it made good sense to me.

Early on, did you see a chance to fill a space in the market?

The marketplace is one substantial space, it’s an open slate. That’s one of the reasons I’m so ecstatic about this job and blockchain video games in basic. Similar to every brand-new innovation, it gets

embraced by enthusiasts and independents. This is the duration in blockchain video gaming when independent designer concepts can shine and make an effect on the market. I think we at SolRockers are doing simply that.

When choosing the instructions of the art work, we didn’t wish to produce a derivative of an ape and a pixel art SolRocker ran out the concern. We desired it to be initial and life-like including comprehensive instruments and clothes, however with a light hearted cartoonish feel. The fantastic rock bands of the 80’s and 90’s were over the top in their imaginative expression. The hair, makeup, tattoos and clothes provided us a lot of alternatives and we invested months developing and modifying. We had a lot of fantastic concepts. The SolRocker name is a mix of the Solana blockchain and Rockstar way of life with a minor play on words. I believe you understand.

A bottom line about our job that is very important to relay is that SolRockers Fight of the Bands is a video game that includes gamer owned NFTs, not an NFT job that guarantees a utility video game. The video game itself is our primary focus and the combination of the NFT is a crucial function. The art work will get their attention however the video game is the supreme settle. Actually.

We likewise discovered that you have your own token called $IROC, that will be utilized for your special rhythm video game. Could you inform us more about how this works?

$IROC tokens are the lifeline of the SolRockers environment and keeping the token economy well balanced is our primary concern. $IROC tokens are granted to players/stakers and are utilized to acquire products in our NFT minting and product market. We have a variety of methods our token is utilized in our video game. Likewise, we feel it’s important to “burn” tokens as users produce possessions in our video game environment. We never ever wish to water down the general worth so a deflationary aspect will be integrated into the $IROC token use.

What have been the most significant difficulties for you and SolRockers considering that you began the job?

It’s uncharted area so it’s all difficulties. I invested a great deal of time investigating all the elements and moving parts that comprise an NFT job, not to point out the video game. The artwork, NFT generation, rarity, minting procedure, discord server, site, token minting, front end video game dev, back end video game dev, media production, NFT market listing… which’s simply my task. My bro’s got more. Who understood a blockchain video game job could be so time consuming? So discovering the time to do regular household activity has actually been a difficulty.

I believe the most significant difficulty for the job is breaking through and getting observed. The NFT market is growing at breakneck speeds and has actually ended up being a bit saturated. Ethereum based NFTs are a prime example. The Opensea NFT market sure lives approximately its name. Although the bulk of the NFT market is on that blockchain we felt it wasn’t a great suitable for our job, or blockchain video gaming in basic. Solana was.

We picked Solana not even if of its performance however we saw it as the next blockchain to be embraced by NFT developers, financiers and video game designers. However with brand-new innovation comes severe difficulties. Solana NFTs and video game advancement is still in its starting phases so there are a couple of unanswered concerns with imaginative advancement required to finish a job like SolRockers. The good news is we have actually blockchain backend engineers that can innovate and pull it off, I see them as the Rockstars.

Who do you believe would be the perfect target market for SolRockers?

Initially glimpse it’s NFT collectors and players however it’s likewise music fans, instrument collectors and artists. People who take pleasure in belonging to a music and video gaming neighborhood, who enjoy to reveal themselves through music and NFT production. We desire this open up to everybody.

I believe there are a number of kinds of “players” in the P2E environment. I enjoy playing video games, I can sit there and grind all day if required. Then you have somebody like my bro who is more thinking about the defi aspect. I believe he doesn’t invest more than 20 minutes in any one video game, however he “plays” a number of. It’s important to produce a video game that’s attracting everybody.

Understood. Now what has been your biggest accomplishment so far, and what has been the most significant failure or obstacle personally or in the history of the business?

My biggest accomplishments so far would be the truth that I’m still able to support my household doing what I enjoy — playing, and revealing myself through music. The best accomplishments associated with SolRockers are still ahead of us. We simply began in November of 2021 so there’s very little history to broach. Speak to me 2 years from now and I will have a list. We have little obstacles each week however it’s absolutely nothing we can’t conquer.

What is the next action for SolRockers in the next 1–2 years?

Establish and launch an enjoyable and interesting video gaming experience where users get to roleplay that Rockstar way of life, produce a band, practice in a studio, go on trip and dip into various locations — with backstage debauchery included naturally.

A tough Rhythm video game is not total without an excellent choice of tunes. Artist cooperations will play a huge part in this. The good news is I understand a couple of. However beyond the mainstream music market are a great deal of incredible bands and artists that are worthy of attention. We have strategies to offer everybody a method to get involved and get included. Our strategies consist of offering the gamer and artist a method to produce and boost our video game. SolRockers Fight of the Bands will include the capability to include brand-new tunes and produce brand-new tune patterns. And we desire our neighborhood to be rewarded for their imaginative efforts. It being a blockchain video game provides us the ways to do so. The neighborhood will constantly precede.

Where can individuals support your organization? Besides that, thank you for your time, Brian — any last words?

Assistance our organization by visiting our socials like twitter, facebook , joining our discord neighborhood, and naturally check out our site.

Site: https://www.solrockers.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolRockersNFT

Discord: https://dsc.gg/SolRockers

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SolRockers-104379062257709

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcq8s8kElrxwKXJtYjkP7rw

Brian’s Twitter BrianNolan (@BamBamBNolan) / Twitter

And if you discover yourself at an Everclear program in the future, come by the merch 10 and state hi.