For Episode 3 of The Visual Cast we have Matt Mendez AKA ZIP Visuals , for the first time on the podcast our "set" segment is a live audio visual set and a deep dive into Matts @Resolume workflow. Matt is a multi talented VJ and Visual Artist! He has played in massive venues and headlined festivals throughout the country, been on multiple sold out tours and even slinged visuals for the Grateful dead, He's Collaborated and Created for some of the best music producers in the bass scene, and continues to excel in 3d visual creation and the performance art of VJing. Matt’s such a lovely guy to talk to, we chat about him growing up in NJ (NOT LOUISIANA) , picking up #aftereffects early on, falling in love with 3d and getting deeper into real-time workflows, hitting goals and dreams within his scene and throughout his career and playing at @Boom 2022 together. Matt crushes social media with tons of BTS content and sick swag on his site - zipvisuals.com/youtube.com / @zipvisuals8713  instagram.com/zip_visualsfacebook.com/zipvisuals Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Matts Journey to following his dreams 13:23 Growing up in an artistic family & Pulling memories from childhood into art 22:26 Making your own content 27:20 Stibbling, Artistic Inspiration & being inspired by the people around you 35:34 Navigating Freelancing and Family Life 41:30 Benefits of Real-Time vs Non-Real-Time Workflows 54:56 Hardware - Midi Fighter, APC - Mini 57:10 SET - #liveset #resolume Music by Mickman - https://mickman.bandcamp.com/music 01:37:00 Playing Boom 2022 & Collaborating with other VJs 01:47:43 Challenges and Successes in VJing (01:50:00) Rolling with the punches, not being a dick at FOH & VJing being a serious profession Please like and subscribe and join us next week for another episode! Also follow us on social media (@thevisualcast) to find out who the next guest is! We also have an audio version on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so head on over and give us a review!! The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekley, recorded live visual podcast, were we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world! We break up the interview with the "set", a interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a live audio/visual set and breakdown. Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Matt for coming on! Intro/outro music by Mantismash facebook.com/Mantismash Follow the Cast facebook.com/thevisualcastinstagram.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM facebook.com/REMvisualartinstagram.com/REMvisualartremvisuals.com