EPISODE 108- From Bytes to Beats: Vice President of SoundCloud, Hazel Savage, Charts the AI Waves that are Transforming the Sonic Landscape

Interview with VP of SoundCloud and Co-founder of Musiio - Hazel Savage Hazel Savage, a tech expert, guitarist, and former CEO and co-founder of Musiio, brings over 15 years of experience in the music industry. Her journey led her from Shazam to Pandora, Universal Music Group, and HMV before launching Musiio in 2018. Following the acquisition of Musiio by SoundCloud in May, Hazel now holds the position of VP of Music Intelligence at SoundCloud. Get ready for Hazel's enlightening insights into the powerful synergy between artificial intelligence and music, shaping a future of boundless innovation and creativity, with this episode of Marketer of the Month. On the Menu: 1. The role of AI in music: Exploring possibilities and paradigm shifts 2. Challenges of building a music search engine: Scale, efficiency, and algorithms 3. The acquisition of Musiio by Soundcloud: Challenges and impact 4. AI’s potential to create new musical forms: Visual vs. Audio-based AI 5. Striking a balance: Algorithms and human curation in music 6. Music classification with convolutional neural networks