Lies About Flossing, Anybody Can DJ & AI Music Has Us Conflicted ft. Aaron Coyoca | Ep. 60

This week, we’re joined by Jeff’s childhood friend Aaron, a dentist, producer, DJ, gamer and newly converted soccer fan who fits perfectly into the energy of the pod. Aaron takes us inside the world of dentistry, including whether dentists secretly judge your teeth, how to tell when a patient is lying about flossing and why flossing might be doing far more work than brushing. We also get into his unexpected journey from dental school rap parodies to producing EDM, DJing and using a reversed dental drill as a producer tag, SICK! That leads us into a deeper conversation about sampling, Splice, the pressure musicians face to become full-time content creators and whether AI-generated music can still count as creativity when the person prompting it clearly understands songwriting and composition. We also officially settle our World Cup bet, spoiler alert, Adrian wins! From there, we get into UFC 250, what we’ve been watching and playing, the disappearance of physical video games, shared childhood experiences and the importance of keeping a little bit of your inner child alive. Finally, we close with a few takes and observations including; gratitude for boys’ trips, why anybody can become a DJ (but not necessarily a good one) and why the process of making something still matters even when everyone else seems to be doing it too.