Tal Kamara & Jocelyn Motley of SoundFynd

SoundFynd is a music discovery platform putting their own spin on the meaning of new media. Founder Tal Kamara and community leader Jocelyn Motley join us to talk about the platform and the broader digital landscape in music coverage of emerging artists. We dig into whether modern-day payola for social media placements is making or breaking the business model, corporate music power structures monopolizing the game, and community building IRL. We also chat about New York indie rock outfit Geese—their not-so-sudden impact and how they stack up against some of the indie rock buzz bands of the blog era. To wrap things up, the SoundFynd gang share their Top 5 songs of the moment, featuring tracks by Jim Legxacy, Mannequin Pussy, Dijon, Sly and The Family Stone, and Cleo Reed.