The former data scientist and music industry nerd in me does a happy dance every time I read one of Cherie Hu’s articles on music & tech. This week’s conversation is such a treat for me, but even if you’re not a techie or in the music industry, you’ll appreciate her insights on the importance of cultural context in business strategy, seeking out nuanced perspectives, and creating a niche for yourself.
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GUEST BIO
Cherie Hu is the founder of the music-tech research organization Water & Music. Water & Music’s mission is to make the music industry more innovative, cooperative, and transparent, by building a collaborative data and education hub that consistently beats the market on identifying trends in music, technology, and culture. Previously, Cherie penned hundreds of articles on music and tech as a freelance writer for publications including Billboard, Forbes, Pitchfork, and Variety. She has spoken as an expert commentator on CNBC and SiriusXM Volume; as a guest lecturer at institutions like Harvard University, New York University, and Northeastern University; and as a moderator, panelist or keynoter at over 30 conferences around the world..
DEFINITIONS
- Merch: merchandise sold by music artists, eg. t-shirts.
- Bear market: market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling.
- Beat (journalism): area of specialization for reporters where their newsgathering efforts are focussed on specific subjects or locations.
- IRL: in real life (as opposed to virtually)
- AI: artificial intelligence
- ChatGPT: AI chatbot notable for its ability to adapt to desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language used
- Midjourney: Ai tool that generates pictures based on text prompts.
- Deepfake: synthetic media that has been digitally manipulated to impersonate one person’s likeness convincingly.
- DAW: digital audio workstation, software used to record & process sounds.
- Splice: cloud-based music creation platform mostly known for its sample library.
- Blockchain/Crypto/NFTs
MENTIONED
TAKEAWAYS
- Understand what you are committing to before picking a career and make sure it works for you.
- Being unapologetically yourself can help you stand out and carve out a niche for yourself.
- Partner with peers to create win-win situations that help you both grow.
- When trying to understand trends, it’s helpful to ask whose perspective is being left out, and whether that information could move the conversation forward.
- AI will likely transform most jobs in some way, but the key is to find out what human skills are still irreplaceable.
- A company’s incentives will dictate its policies on AI usage to automate tasks.
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