#146 - How Is TikTok Changing Music? | How About NFTs? | “Guess the Guest”

Halsey is not happy that her label is holding back her new single because it wants to come up with a viral TikTok video to release alongside. This disgusts Jay, but further digging into how TikTok has become a viable platform to launch a music career (or at least attract some major labels), led him to a bigger question. How is TikTok changing music & what does that mean for musicians?Song: Little Barrie - “Why Don’t You Do It?”Nick found Jay’s topic so interesting that he jumped at the opportunity to discuss a new article titled “How NFTs Are Shaping the Way Music Sounds” [Pitchfork]. Much like TikTok has become a viable model for attracting major label attention, NFTs are quickly becoming a viable income for the marketing minded musician. This all led, as these roads so often do, back to whether NFTs can serve any useful purpose in the long run. (We get much further along in the discussion this time.)Song: The Smile - “Thin Thing”Greg brings us yet another new bit. It’s so simple, but possibly the purest, most perfect YSCIO bit to date. “Guess the Guest” someone plays a song that features a guest artist & asks if anyone can name the guest artist. No points are allotted, but each right answer yields a solid “Attaboy” (and let’s be honest, those feel great)! :-)Songs:David Bowie - “Let’s Dance”Deftones - “Passenger”Roger Waters - “What God Wants Part 3”