Episode 50 The Future of Songwriting

Episode 50: The Future of Songwriting

Episode 50

The Future of Songwriting

Jay Stolar is a musician, songwriter, and producer. We cover his songwriting process, the challenge of monetizing your IP in the music industry, and the creation of virtual pop star angelbaby.

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[00:02:20] - [First question] - His background and what it’s been like to live the life of an artist 

[00:06:52] - How good the songs are that he tries to write every single day 

[00:08:52] - When you know you have a hit on your hands 

[00:10:58] - Persevering through writer’s block and the origin of the word genius

[00:14:27] - How he went from being a musician to writing for Selena Gomez and pop stars

[00:22:47] - Starting from a position of opportunity not disrupting an existing industry [00:25:40] - What a virtual artist or metastar is and how to create one

[00:27:30] - Transitioning from a digital project to Web3

[00:29:55] - Overview of Angelbaby their origin story

[00:33:52] - How the mechanics of Angelbaby as an artist works 

[00:37:02] - Organizing and engaging with a community that has influence over the project

[00:40:10] - How community voting impacts songwriting 

[00:43:01] - Visions for HUME as a platform and label

[00:45:56] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years

The Future of Songwriting

Introduction

Eric
This is Eric Golden. And my guest today is Jay Stolar. Jay is a musician, songwriter and producer whose songs have been streamed over 200 million times and recorded by artists ranging from Selena Gomez to John Legend. Jay is also the co-founder of Hume Collective, a Web3 record label that creates music and virtual artists in the metaverse. We discuss Jay's songwriting process and music career, the challenges he faced as a songwriter in the existing music industry, the creation of a virtual popstar Angelbaby and what Web3 will do for songwriters in the future. Please enjoy this conversation with Jay Stolar.

Eric
Jay, thank you for joining me today.

Jay
Thank you, man. It's good to be here.

The Creative Process

Eric
So in preparation for this, we've talked before, and you have a really interesting background. When I talk to Web3 founders, I don't usually get to talk to successful artists and musicians. So I thought maybe a fun place to start would just be your background musically, what it's been like to be an artist.

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