00:46:27 · Brian Singerman, Molly O'Shea
[00:46:27] S0: I do not want to start a band, but I hope my kids are in one if they want to. Really like this whole going to a world where business is kind of AI dominated. The reason I built this music studio was I don't care if a machine can make music better than me, who cares? I love doing it. And so, I like humans figuring out and using this next gen, you know, using whatever comes next as a way to figure out like, well, how can we be truly happy and how do we focus on the things that make us truly happy and truly who we are? And so, for instance, if my kids are super into music, which they might be, and they want to start a band, hell yeah. I'm as bullish on them being involved in anything creative arts as I am academics. I would almost say that having an awesome music department or an awesome art department is even more important than having an awesome math program right now. [00:47:31] S1: That's really cool. I went to college for studio art. I transitioned to business and all that kind of stuff, so I got it in my genes. But there was a really interesting moment in time. I think it was when Studio Ghibli launched on ChatGPT and there was this existential crisis of, oh, artists are over. This is over. I think we did a segment on this. I was on Pirate Wires at the time and it was a podcast. We did a segment on this and I was like, guys, I went to art school. You can't stop artists. Artists are always going to create. In their blood. It's what wakes them up every day. I can get lost in a drawing for literally eight hours and not want to eat. And that
00:48:12 · Brian Singerman, Molly O'Shea
[00:48:12] S0: is totally irreplaceable by a machine. What you get out of that, what you get out of doing your art, what you get out of doing something that you truly love, is crazy theories, know, but that is going to be what defines us. More than like, Oh, well, I need to do this pie chart. No, a machine's going be able to do that better than you. If you're getting that kind of emotional reaction from doing your art, who's going to replace that? I'm a tech optimist, and so I've actually made a lot of money betting against the end of the world. With some pretty famous people. The way that I see it, it's just like, I'm going to be an optimist because who cares about the other side of that In the world where it's like, oh, we're all dead or zombie apocalypse world, who cares if I lost a bet on that regard? I'm much more of a tech optimist and an optimist that will figure it out. And so, a tech optimist perspective, I think that we'll eventually, I have no idea when this will be, have some basic needs met and people can try and focus on what they actually love. [00:49:20] S1: That's amazing. Well, to wrap it up, what are you most looking forward to in the next twelve months?
00:49:20 · Molly O'Shea, Brian Singerman
[00:49:20] S1: That's amazing. Well, to wrap it up, what are you most looking forward to in the next twelve months? [00:49:27] S0: Well, I'm looking forward to a few things. My daughter is starting kindergarten, I'm sure I'll get Teri for that. Spending more time in Hawaii and this music studio actually opening up. Filming this podcast in here, this is the first time other people have been in here, but my intention is to have bands and artists that are doing something that I love get to come in and they get to use the studio for free. I'll even create a label for them and they get to own all the IP and I'll pay all the money to have them distribute their stuff and they get to use everything for free and own all of it because I don't care about making money off of this. I get to be a fly on the wall. So that's how I drive my happiness here from this is like, I love being just a part of the creative process. And so I look forward to putting that into reality. It's like having some band or artists can do something awesome here where the win win for them is they don't have to pay a cent for it. I don't have to take any sort of ownership of their IP, of their stuff at all. They get to own it all, but I get to be a fly on the wall. So, I'm looking forward to that also. [00:50:37] S1: That's amazing. Well, that's a great place to end. Thanks. Thank you so much, Brian. [00:50:41] S0: All
00:50:41 · Brian Singerman, Molly O'Shea
[00:50:41] S0: All [00:50:41] S1: right. Thanks, Molly. Appreciate it. Hey, it's Molly. If you enjoy our interviews, check out our newsletter, sorcery.vc, where we deliver a once a week top deals and tech headlines email, and also go deeper on our podcast interviews. Subscribe to Sorcery today, and don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen. Link in description to sign up.