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Will Pop Music of the Future Rely on Actual Musicians, or Avatars?

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Avatars are working harder than ever, and perhaps making a blueprint for how the pop stars of the future will handle the work of fame.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your Fit Picket the Drive Through of Music News and Criticism.

0:08.0

I'm your host, John Carra Monica. Yeah. I'm going to use.

0:23.0

If I'm backing up, is it fast enough?

0:27.0

When I throw it back, it's fast enough.

0:29.0

If I sweepen up, think you handle that,

0:32.0

I'm going to be ready for the squirt now, watching me, throw it,

0:36.0

back, throw it back.

0:37.0

Before we get into the topic this week,

0:40.0

I actually have a question, and I kind of hope that people will jump on the group and express opinions or email, whatever's easiest.

0:50.0

I've had a few comments recently that people would prefer to not be on Facebook, not to not

0:57.4

be on the Facebook group that we have, just on Facebook in general.

1:01.6

And I wonder, are people wanting to be on discord or something else? No idea how to do that, etc. But I would love to hear broader opinions about that because I do get the sense that there has been some resistance to being on Facebook for the for the group and so I would like to be in a setup where everybody feels comfortable and we can still keep the same kind of conversations going.

1:30.0

My original resistance to Discord is maybe there's like a little bit too fast-paced and chatty and less post-driven, less topic driven, but maybe that's what folks want.

1:42.0

Anyway, I'd love to hear more, Maybe someone can start a threat about it or feel free to drop an email if you don't want to publicly post anything send us an email popgas and my times. John. Yeah. I vote for something other than Facebook since I've been off of

1:55.4

Facebook for two years now. Okay, well there's one vote. I would join in a

2:00.1

heartbeat. Pedro. Are you on heartbeat. Are you on discord?

2:03.0

Are you on discord?

2:04.0

I am on discord.

2:05.0

What?

2:06.0

Yes.

2:07.0

Oh my God.

2:08.0

I am on discord.

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