SPENCER PEARSON | Building The DeMu App, Finding Podcasting 2.0 & A Go-Getter/Idiot Mentality

Spencer Pearson (also known as Sir Spencer) is the host of multiple podcast (Bowl After Bowl, AbleKraft), developer of a decentralised music app (DeMu) and at the forefront of running with scissors in Podcasting 2.0. In Conversation #75, Spencer and I discuss: what attracted him to Podcasting 2.0, why the music industry is screwing over musicians, how the combination of Bitcoin/RSS/V4V can make this better, the plans he has for his decentralised music app, his unique blend of being a whizz kid yet feeling like an idiot and his mindset to try things out and get shit done. I really hope you enjoy this conversation with Spencer, Kyrin out! Timeline: (0:00) - Intro to Sir Spencer (0:42) - How would life be different without a break from podcasting? (4:11) - Finding Podcasting 2.0 (8:04) - The pitch for Decentralised Music (11:08) - Names: Music 2.0 vs DeMu (16:11) - What's wrong with the music industry? (24:36) - V4V helps artists and listeners (28:49) - Value is subjective (33:16) - Creating a music app (39:27) - It's early days, everything is still hard (47:19) - Complexities of app building (50:28) - Musicians already earning Bitcoin (55:20) - We're done with killer apps (1:03:46) - Lazy stoner yet gun go-getter (1:07:51) - Don't convince, do & showcase (1:14:57) - Importance of the long term outlook (1:18:35) - Self hosting and jury rigging RSS (1:26:44) - Command line should be taught in school (1:34:09) - Coding brain vs artist brain (1:37:54) - Moods & goals (1:43:00) - Self critique and hypotheticals (1:52:40) - Where to find Spencer Connect with Spencer: Website: https://bowlafterbowl.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bowl_After_Bowl Mastodon: https://noagendasocial.com/@SirSpencer Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/ Support the show