Color Commentary made a name for itself as one of the Art Community's go-to Weekly Spaces in 2024 🎙️ As we chart our course into 2025, let's take a look back at the show's ambitious debut year and preview what's on the horizon! 👀

Explore the Color Commentary Year Zero Rewind ⬇️

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𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐓

Going into 2024, I wanted to hit the ground running with a new show that was driven by a single purpose - Elevating Tokenized Art - but that's not to suggest we didn't have to tinker with things early on. After all, it took until Episode 6 for us to officially shift the show branding to 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮. 😅

The vision for how we would fulfill our purpose only took a few episodes to really iron out. It was five-fold by design, but it conveniently fit the number of colors on the artist's palette emoji we decided to use as part of the branding for each episode. We fulfilled our guiding purpose by taking the following actions each and every week:

🟣  Vocalize Stories for All Experience Levels
🔵  Accommodate Artist & Collector Viewpoints
🟢  Lionize Featured Guests from the Get-Go
🟡  Unite the Tokenized Art Community
🔴  Explore Art Beyond Your Comfort Zone

+ when you put it all together, the show's statement of intent is to...

🎨  Bring value to All Art Patrons + Artists by shining a light on remarkable art from every corner of the Tokenized Art World and contextualizing that art in a way that amplifies the artist's underlying message, conveys the story behind the work, and challenges perspectives.

In my opinion, I think we have lived up to our original mission and even managed to exceed expectations on a number of occasions — a trend I plan on continuing into the New Year & Beyond. 

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𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 — 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒

Color Commentary put up some impressive numbers during its First Year... 👀 

Across 49 Episodes, the show featured 136 Guest Appearances - that's 2.78 Guests per Show! Most weeks, roughly 367 Listeners tuned in, which generated 178,716 Total Impressions [~3,647/show] and 13,663 Unique Engagements [~279/show]. That's an exceptional start for a weekly program, but ultimately, these new benchmarks will inform the show's Performance Goals as we make our way into 2025.

Over the course of the year, we were also fortunate that 18 Unique Releases shared ~250 Allowlist Spots with Color Commentary Listeners. Of these releases, 33.3% performed exceptionally well for the Listeners. Among those Top Performers were...

🖼️  𝟲𝟰-𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: @tylerxhobbs
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: @iconic__culture 

🖼️  𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: Rutherford Chang
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: @sovrnart 

🖼️  𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙗
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: @nurorealm

🖼️  𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙁𝙐𝙆𝙍
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: Harvey Rayner
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Magic Eden

🖼️  𝙁𝙐𝙎𝙄𝙊𝙉
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: Billy Restey x @GabrielJWeis 
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: ME + Ordinals Bot

🖼️  𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙐𝙀𝙎
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: Delta Sauce
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: @8NAP_ART

🖼️  𝙊𝙨
〰️ 🧑‍🎨 Artist: @wage_du
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma

I'd like to extend my sincerest thanks to the Artists & Project Founders who blessed our growing community with these opportunities. 🫂 If you'd like to offer Allowlist Spots for an upcoming release to Color Commentary Listeners in 2025, feel free to DM me or leave a reply on this Post.

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𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 + 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 

Now that we've seen the view from 10,000 feet, let's zoom in to take a closer look at a few of the show's Notable Firsts, some Season Zero Superlatives, and the Top Performing Episodes that helped make Color Commentary's year so successful.

🏅 𝙉𝙊𝙏𝘼𝘽𝙇𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏𝙎 + 𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙎 🏅

🎤  𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
〰️ akasteveyyy [𝐸𝑃.2]

🏘️  𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
〰️ Jared Poz / Elmo Saves / Astam Cloud [𝐸𝑃.15]

🔂  𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁
〰️ Matt Medved [𝐸𝑃.16 +𝐸𝑃.18]

👨‍🎨  𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
〰️ Harvey Rayner [𝐸𝑃.7]

🍻  𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿
〰️ @The_Daily_Alpha [𝐸𝑃.7]
〰️ Color Commentary was proud to be a part of The Daily Alpha's Partner Network of Spaces in 2024. You can catch TDA's Daily Spaces Monday through Friday @ 11:15am ET on X.

🫠  𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗵
〰️ Blutoshi + Rebecca Rose 

😈  𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
〰️ Knox556 + OrdinalPizzaOG 

💸  𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗱-𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄
〰️ Blondie + Donny 

🤜🤛  𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀
〰️ RogerDickerman / Troy Caylak / Flame 

🎧 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝟱 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒𝙎 𝘽𝙔 𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙋 🎧

5️⃣  Disrupt & Disobey [𝐸𝑃.18]
〰️ w/ Amadon + @disruptive_art_

4️⃣  Collecting Art [𝐸𝑃.35]
〰️ w/ OG Crookedwest + Blondie

3️⃣  The BTC Halving Special [𝐸𝑃.16]
〰️ w/ Sabet, Whitters, DrCrypto + Travis Leroy Southworth

2️⃣  From Inscribing to Ephemera [𝐸𝑃.27] 
〰️ w/ Erin Redwing + POSTWOOK

1️⃣  Bitcoin's First Art Wave [𝐸𝑃.12]
〰️ w/ @BitcoinArtHouse, BitGod, Lyndoco, Rare Scrilla, Arrogant Kei + Nurorealm

💟 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝟱 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒𝙎 𝘽𝙔 𝘼𝙐𝘿𝙄𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙀𝙉𝙂𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 💟

5️⃣  no 0rdinary kind of Issues [𝐸𝑃.30]
〰️ w/ Delta Sauce, Jared Poz, Sovereign + Violetta Zironi

4️⃣  Exploring Collectibility [𝐸𝑃.15]
〰️ w/ Jared Poz, Elmo Saves + Astam Cloud

3️⃣  Collecting Art [𝐸𝑃.35]
〰️ w/ OG Crookedwest + Blondie

2️⃣  An Iconic Art Basel [𝐸𝑃.47]
〰️ w/ Chris Cummings, ICONIC, Leap + MLow

1️⃣  Bitcoin's First Art Wave [𝐸𝑃.12]
〰️ w/ Bitcoin Art House, BitGod, Lyndoco, Rare Scrilla, Arrogant Kei + Nurorealm

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑, 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒

Throughout this next section, I've detailed each of Color Commentary's 2025 Goals. These goals are split into a Qualitative Category - 'Three Elevated Aspirations' - and then a Quantitative Category - 'High-Level Performance Goals.' 

📈 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙑𝘼𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝘼𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 📈

📝  𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 1 [Harvey Rayner]
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 4
〰️  ℹ️ More Info: In the show's 2nd Year, I'd like to host a series of Quarterly Spotlight Interviews to profile at least 4 Artists [s/o to @ClaireSilver12,  @josiebellini, @mayaonthenet, @aylaelmoussa, @laurenleemack, @kimasendorf, @SamSpratt, @ArtOnBlockchain, @toadswiback, @lphaCentauriKid - It'd be an honor to host you!]

📝  𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁-𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 1 Show Partner [TDA]
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 2
〰️  ℹ️ More Info: It was a great privilege getting to collaborate with The Daily Alpha Team in 2024. While our formal partnership may be coming to a close, it laid a foundation for what I hope to foster in 2025 - a tightly knit, cooperative, mutually supportive and art-centric Partner Network of Spaces on X. The ideal shows for this Partner Network would be weekly recurring programs that are complimentary to one another and are able to both coexist and cross promote.

📝  𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘀
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 2 [Details Below]
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 4
〰️  ℹ️ More Info: In 2024, I was approached on multiple occasions by peers who wanted my help, but I only said yes to @jared_poz who went on to launch 'Art Pulse Weekly' [Fridays @ 4pm Eastern] and @iamstevenmorse who has been testing the waters recently with 'ART' [Mondays @ 2pm ET]. In the new year, I want to see art content all over Spaces and X Video Broadcasts from Monday through Friday, so I'm going to step up and do my part to make that happen [as long as the Hosts are good people and they're not interested in Color Commentary's time slot 😜].

📊 𝙃𝙄𝙂𝙃-𝙇𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙇 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙂𝙊𝘼𝙇𝙎 📊

📝  𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 17,980
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 22,500

📝  𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 367
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 450

📝  𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 178,716
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 215,000

📝  𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 13,663
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 16,500

📝  𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 279
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 335

📝  𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 76%
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 80%

📝  𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 2.77
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 3

📝  𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
〰️ 📍 Benchmark: 18 [249 Spots]
〰️  🎯 '25 Target: ≥ 24 [≥ 375 Spots]

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𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃?

Whether talking about next year or the course of the next ten, I can say one thing with 100% Certainty: 𝐈'𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

I believe we've built something really special this year, and I wrote this enormous threaded post because I don't take the journey for granted. Over the course of the coming year, I'll be cranking the dials all the way up - that means more incredible art, brand new perspectives, perhaps a few institutional guests, and who knows...we might even host a Live Show! 🤪

I'm fired up and ready to get back in the saddle, so that just leaves one question unanswered...

When is the 1st Color Commentary of 2025? 🤔⬇️