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- 0:00Like,
- 0:01you
- 0:01all
- 0:01need
- 0:02to
- 0:02really
- 0:02think
- 0:02about
- 0:03how
- 0:03you
- 0:03sound.
- 0:04This
- 0:04is
- 0:04very
- 0:04important
- 0:05and
- 0:05it's
- 0:05often
- 0:06working
- 0:07at
- 0:07a
- 0:07subconscious
- 0:08level,
- 0:08meaning
- 0:09you're
- 0:10not
- 0:10really
- 0:10thinking
- 0:10about
- 0:10it
- 0:11and
- 0:11people
- 0:11aren't
- 0:11really
- 0:12thinking
- 0:12about
- 0:12it,
- 0:12but
- 0:12it's
- 0:13affecting
- 0:13them.
- 0:14Because
- 0:15hearing
- 0:15is
- 0:16our
- 0:16most
- 0:16visceral
- 0:17sense.
- 0:17Right.
- 0:17It's
- 0:17the
- 0:18very
- 0:18first
- 0:19sense
- 0:19that
- 0:19we
- 0:20develop
- 0:20in
- 0:20the
- 0:20womb
- 0:21before
- 0:21we
- 0:21even
- 0:21see.
- 0:22So
- 0:22as
- 0:23humanity,
- 0:24we
- 0:24have
- 0:24a
- 0:24profound,
- 0:25really
- 0:25deep
- 0:26relationship
- 0:27with.
- 0:27With
- 0:27sound.
- 0:28True.
- 0:28Going
- 0:28back
- 0:29to
- 0:29thousands
- 0:29of
- 0:30years,
- 0:30millions
- 0:31of
- 0:31years,
- 0:31with
- 0:32cavemen
- 0:33and
- 0:33cave
- 0:33women,
- 0:33you
- 0:34know,
- 0:34sitting
- 0:34around
- 0:34a
- 0:34fire.
- 0:36By
- 0:37the
- 0:37time
- 0:37they.
- 0:38They
- 0:38see
- 0:38danger,
- 0:39it's
- 0:39too
- 0:39late,
- 0:40there's
- 0:40someone's
- 0:40dinner,
- 0:41but
- 0:41they
- 0:41can
- 0:41hear
- 0:42danger,
- 0:43fight
- 0:43or
- 0:43flight.
- 0:43They
- 0:44can
- 0:44do
- 0:44something
- 0:44about
- 0:44it.
- 0:45Right.
- 0:45Or,
- 0:46you
- 0:46know,
- 0:46historians
- 0:47say
- 0:47that
- 0:47when
- 0:48cave
- 0:48people
- 0:49started
- 0:49communicating
- 0:50and
- 0:50forming
- 0:51languages,
- 0:52it
- 0:52was
- 0:52done
- 0:52through
- 0:53music
- 0:53and
- 0:54melody.
- 0:55And
- 0:56that's
- 0:56because
- 0:56music
- 0:57is
- 0:58emotional
- 0:58and
- 0:58emotions
- 0:59are
- 0:59where
- 0:59memories
- 1:00are
- 1:00encoded
- 1:00and
- 1:01formed.
- 1:01And
- 1:01that's
- 1:01why
- 1:02we
- 1:02still
- 1:03teach
- 1:03our
- 1:03kids
- 1:04the
- 1:04ABCs,
- 1:04not
- 1:05by
- 1:05reading
- 1:05them,
- 1:05but
- 1:05by
- 1:06singing
- 1:06them.
- 1:07Right.
- 1:07And
- 1:07like
- 1:07Twinkle
- 1:08Star,
- 1:09Baba,
- 1:09Black
- 1:10Sheep
- 1:10and
- 1:10ABCs
- 1:11are.
- 1:11They're
- 1:11the
- 1:11same
- 1:12song.
- 1:12So
- 1:13the
- 1:13verbiage
- 1:14might
- 1:14change,
- 1:14but
- 1:14like
- 1:15the
- 1:15melody
- 1:15is.
- 1:15The
- 1:15exact
- 1:16notation
- 1:16is
- 1:16the
- 1:17same.
- 1:17So
- 1:18leading
- 1:18into
- 1:18all
- 1:19of
- 1:19this,
- 1:19I
- 1:19was
- 1:19just
- 1:20going
- 1:20to
- 1:20the
- 1:20brands
- 1:21and
- 1:21saying,
- 1:21look,
- 1:21like
- 1:23this
- 1:23is
- 1:23actually
- 1:23nothing
- 1:24new
- 1:25that
- 1:25I'm
- 1:25saying.
- 1:26It's
- 1:26just
- 1:26as
- 1:27an
- 1:27industry,
- 1:27for
- 1:27some
- 1:28reason,
- 1:28you
- 1:28are
- 1:28overlooking
- 1:29something
- 1:30that
- 1:30other
- 1:30industries
- 1:31like
- 1:31Hollywood
- 1:32really
- 1:32understand.
- 1:33Like,
- 1:33you
- 1:33know,
- 1:33look
- 1:33at
- 1:34Jaws
- 1:34or
- 1:34James,
- 1:35James
- 1:35Bond
- 1:36or
- 1:37Disney
- 1:37films.
- 1:38They
- 1:38treat
- 1:38their
- 1:39audio
- 1:39and
- 1:40visual
- 1:40creative
- 1:40as
- 1:415050
- 1:41equals.
- 1:42That's
- 1:42true.
- 1:42Whereby
- 1:43advertising
- 1:44was
- 1:44treating
- 1:45it
- 1:45as
- 1:45like
- 1:459010
- 1:46at
- 1:46best.
- 1:47So
- 1:48I
- 1:48was
- 1:48really
- 1:48just
- 1:48saying,
- 1:49look,
- 1:49there
- 1:50is
- 1:50a
- 1:50really
- 1:50big
- 1:51opportunity
- 1:52here
- 1:52and
- 1:52it's
- 1:53nothing
- 1:53new.
- 1:53This
- 1:53is
- 1:54leaning
- 1:54into
- 1:55here.
- 1:55Human
- 1:55truths.
- 1:56Yeah,
- 1:56true.
- 1:56That
- 1:57are
- 1:57as
- 1:57old
- 1:57as
- 1:58time.
- 1:58Right.
- 1:59And,
- 1:59and
- 2:00bringing
- 2:00them
- 2:00up
- 2:00to
- 2:00speed.
- 2:01And
- 2:01also
- 2:01the
- 2:01nature
- 2:02by
- 2:02which
- 2:03we
- 2:03consume
- 2:03information
- 2:04today
- 2:04is
- 2:04very
- 2:05different
- 2:05than
- 2:06when
- 2:06the
- 2:07advertising
- 2:07industry
- 2:08in
- 2:08the
- 2:08traditional
- 2:08sense
- 2:09was
- 2:09really
- 2:09founded.
- 2:10Talking
- 2:10about,
- 2:11you
- 2:11know,
- 2:11back
- 2:11in
- 2:11the
- 2:11day
- 2:12with
- 2:12David
- 2:12Ogilvy
- 2:13and,
- 2:13And
- 2:13all
- 2:14these
- 2:14JWT
- 2:15kind
- 2:15of
- 2:15forming
- 2:16back
- 2:16then
- 2:16in
- 2:16the
- 2:1650s,
- 2:1760s,
- 2:18think
- 2:19about
- 2:19it,
- 2:19people
- 2:19would
- 2:20sit
- 2:21around
- 2:21a
- 2:21television
- 2:22set
- 2:22as
- 2:22a
- 2:23family
- 2:23and.
- 2:24And
- 2:24like
- 2:24in
- 2:24a
- 2:25binary
- 2:25way,
- 2:26consume
- 2:26that
- 2:26information.
- 2:27Right,
- 2:27right.
- 2:28JFK
- 2:28would
- 2:28be
- 2:29speaking.
- 2:29Yes.
- 2:29You'd
- 2:30all
- 2:30be
- 2:30watching.
- 2:31They'd
- 2:31go
- 2:31to
- 2:31commercials
- 2:32and
- 2:32then
- 2:32like
- 2:33the
- 2:33Wheaties
- 2:34jingle
- 2:34or
- 2:34the
- 2:35co
- 2:35commercial
- 2:36or
- 2:36whatever
- 2:36would
- 2:36come
- 2:36on.
- 2:37Yeah.
- 2:37And
- 2:37that's
- 2:37how
- 2:38you
- 2:38consume
- 2:38the
- 2:38information
- 2:39today.
- 2:40Very
- 2:40true.
- 2:40Not
- 2:40only
- 2:41are
- 2:41we
- 2:41watching
- 2:41TV,
- 2:42we're
- 2:42on
- 2:42Twitter,
- 2:42we're
- 2:43on
- 2:43IG,
- 2:43there's
- 2:44LinkedIn.
- 2:44There's
- 2:44like
- 2:45such
- 2:45a
- 2:46fragmented
- 2:47in,
- 2:47you
- 2:48know,
- 2:48ecosystem
- 2:49of
- 2:49how
- 2:49we
- 2:49consume
- 2:50information.
- 2:50It's
- 2:51not
- 2:51binary
- 2:51by
- 2:51any
- 2:52means.
- 2:52Yeah.
- 2:52And
- 2:53so
- 2:54what
- 2:54used
- 2:54to
- 2:54work
- 2:55back
- 2:55then,
- 2:55and
- 2:56their
- 2:56approach
- 2:57and
- 2:58treatment
- 2:58to
- 2:59jingles
- 2:59or
- 2:59music
- 3:00back
- 3:00then
- 3:01doesn't
- 3:02apply
- 3:02today.
- 3:03And
- 3:03today
- 3:03it's
- 3:03like,
- 3:04if
- 3:04you're
- 3:04gonna
- 3:04spend
- 3:05millions
- 3:05of
- 3:05dollars
- 3:06in
- 3:07strategy
- 3:07and
- 3:07creative
- 3:08and
- 3:08production
- 3:08and
- 3:09a
- 3:09media
- 3:09buy
- 3:09to
- 3:09air
- 3:10a
- 3:10TV
- 3:10spot.
- 3:10Right.
- 3:11But
- 3:11everyone's
- 3:12eyes
- 3:12are
- 3:12on
- 3:12their
- 3:13phone
- 3:13when
- 3:13it
- 3:13airs.
- 3:14Like,
- 3:15how
- 3:15do
- 3:15you
- 3:15peel
- 3:16people's
- 3:17eyes
- 3:17off
- 3:17their
- 3:17second
- 3:18screen
- 3:18and
- 3:19them
- 3:19to
- 3:19the
- 3:19one
- 3:19that
- 3:19you've
- 3:20planned
- 3:20for,
- 3:21invested
- 3:21in,
- 3:22and
- 3:22bought
- 3:22airtime
- 3:23for?
- 3:23Right.
- 3:24So
- 3:24those
- 3:25are
- 3:25the
- 3:25questions
- 3:25that
- 3:25I
- 3:26started
- 3:26really
- 3:26asking
- 3:27these
- 3:27brands,
- 3:28their
- 3:28advertising
- 3:29agencies,
- 3:29their
- 3:30marketing,
- 3:30communication
- 3:31agencies
- 3:31of
- 3:31record.
- 3:33And
- 3:33that's
- 3:34really
- 3:34how
- 3:34it
- 3:34began.
- 3:34It
- 3:35just.
- 3:35It
- 3:35seemed
- 3:35so
- 3:36obvious
- 3:36to
- 3:36me,
- 3:37especially
- 3:37having
- 3:38gone
- 3:38through
- 3:38what
- 3:38I
- 3:38had
- 3:39gone
- 3:39through
- 3:39as
- 3:39a
- 3:39dj,
- 3:41because,
- 3:41you
- 3:41know,
- 3:42all
- 3:42these
- 3:42brands
- 3:43want
- 3:43to
- 3:43form
- 3:44emotional
- 3:44connections
- 3:45with
- 3:45human
- 3:46beings
- 3:46so
- 3:47that
- 3:47they're
- 3:47top
- 3:47of
- 3:47mind
- 3:48and
- 3:48they
- 3:48can
- 3:48cut
- 3:48through
- 3:49to
- 3:49their
- 3:49heart
- 3:49and
- 3:50mind
- 3:50and
- 3:50ideally
- 3:51get
- 3:51them
- 3:51to
- 3:51part
- 3:52ways
- 3:52with
- 3:52their
- 3:52dollars.
- 3:53Yes.
- 3:53And,
- 3:54you
- 3:55know,
- 3:55what
- 3:55I
- 3:56was
- 3:56doing
- 3:56as
- 3:56a
- 3:56DJ
- 3:57was
- 3:58not
- 3:58very
- 3:58different.
- 3:58I
- 3:59was
- 3:59literally
- 3:59puppeteering
- 4:00the
- 4:00energy
- 4:01in
- 4:01these
- 4:01rooms,
- 4:02in
- 4:02these
- 4:02spaces
- 4:03to
- 4:04influence
- 4:05human
- 4:05psychology,
- 4:06physiology,
- 4:07physical
- 4:08behavior.
- 4:09Right.
- 4:09And
- 4:10I
- 4:10thought,
- 4:12why
- 4:12aren't
- 4:12brands
- 4:13thinking
- 4:13about
- 4:13using
- 4:14a
- 4:14universal
- 4:15truth
- 4:16like
- 4:16music
- 4:16and
- 4:16sound.
- 4:17Yeah.
- 4:17To
- 4:18puppeteer
- 4:18the
- 4:18energy
- 4:19off
- 4:20these
- 4:20people.
- 4:20They
- 4:20want
- 4:20to,
- 4:21you
- 4:21know,
- 4:21connect
- 4:22with,
- 4:22build
- 4:22affinity
- 4:23and
- 4:23salience
- 4:24with
- 4:24and
- 4:24all
- 4:24these
- 4:24fancy
- 4:25terms
- 4:25that
- 4:25marketers
- 4:26use.
- 4:26Yeah.
- 4:26It
- 4:27just
- 4:27was
- 4:27very
- 4:27clear
- 4:28in
- 4:28my
- 4:28mind.
- 4:28So
- 4:28that's
- 4:29when
- 4:29I
- 4:29started
- 4:29really
- 4:29just
- 4:30saying,
- 4:30you
- 4:30know
- 4:31what?
- 4:31This
- 4:32needs
- 4:32to
- 4:32be
- 4:32addressed.
- 4:32It
- 4:32needs
- 4:33to
- 4:33be
- 4:33fixed.
- 4:33Let
- 4:33me.
- 4:34Let
- 4:34me
- 4:34hone
- 4:34in
- 4:34on
- 4:34this
- 4:35space
- 4:35and
- 4:35give
- 4:35it
- 4:36my
- 4:36best.
- 4:36Wow.
- 4:36Yeah.
- 4:37That's
- 4:37amazing,
- 4:38man.
- 4:38That.
- 4:38That's
- 4:38really
- 4:38cool.
- 4:39And
- 4:39then,
- 4:39like
- 4:39I
- 4:40said,
- 4:40the
- 4:40transition
- 4:41just
- 4:41kind
- 4:41of
- 4:41seemed.
- 4:42I
- 4:42mean,
- 4:43in
- 4:43your.
- 4:43In
- 4:43you
- 4:43telling
- 4:44the
- 4:44story,
- 4:44the
- 4:44transition
- 4:45kind
- 4:45of
- 4:45just
- 4:45seems
- 4:45natural
- 4:46for
- 4:46you
- 4:46to
- 4:46then
- 4:48get
- 4:49into
- 4:49your
- 4:50work
- 4:50with
- 4:50Song
- 4:50Trader.
- 4:51I
- 4:51have
- 4:51a
- 4:51couple
- 4:51of
- 4:52questions
- 4:52about
- 4:52that.
- 4:53Sure.
- 4:54First,
- 4:54when
- 4:54was
- 4:55it
- 4:55founded?
- 4:55Song
- 4:56Trader?
- 4:56I
- 4:57believe
- 4:57it
- 4:57was
- 4:57founded
- 4:58in
- 4:582014.
- 4:59Okay.
- 4:59So
- 5:00I
- 5:00joined.
- 5:02I've
- 5:02joined
- 5:02Massive
- 5:03Music,
- 5:03which
- 5:04is
- 5:04one
- 5:04off
- 5:05Song
- 5:06Trader
- 5:06subsidiaries,
- 5:07a
- 5:07Song
- 5:07Trader.
- 5:08Like
- 5:08I
- 5:08mentioned,
- 5:08we
- 5:08bought
- 5:09a
- 5:09lot
- 5:09of
- 5:09companies
- 5:09because
- 5:10we
- 5:10have
- 5:10this
- 5:10thesis
- 5:11that
- 5:11there
- 5:11is
- 5:12a
- 5:12picture
- 5:12that
- 5:13should
- 5:13exist
- 5:13that
- 5:14doesn't
- 5:14exist.
- 5:15And
- 5:15we're
- 5:15gonna
- 5:15get
- 5:16all
- 5:16of
- 5:16the
- 5:16pieces
- 5:17off
- 5:18this
- 5:18picture
- 5:18together
- 5:18so
- 5:19we
- 5:19can
- 5:19start
- 5:19building
- 5:20it.
- 5:20And
- 5:21we're
- 5:21well
- 5:21on
- 5:21our
- 5:21way.
- 5:22But
- 5:22one
- 5:22of
- 5:22the
- 5:22Things
- 5:22that
- 5:23we
- 5:23acquired
- 5:23was
- 5:24a
- 5:24best
- 5:24in
- 5:24class
- 5:25creative
- 5:25services
- 5:26music
- 5:26agency
- 5:27called
- 5:27Massive
- 5:27Music.
- 5:28Right.
- 5:28So
- 5:29I
- 5:29originally
- 5:29joined
- 5:29Massive
- 5:30September
- 5:31of
- 5:31last
- 5:31year
- 5:32after
- 5:32having
- 5:32run
- 5:33my
- 5:33own
- 5:33consultancy
- 5:34in
- 5:34Toronto.
- 5:35Have
- 5:35a
- 5:35few
- 5:35other
- 5:35music
- 5:35related
- 5:36ventures
- 5:36that
- 5:36I
- 5:37had
- 5:37built.
- 5:39And
- 5:39yeah,
- 5:39it
- 5:40was
- 5:40just
- 5:40natural
- 5:40fit.
- 5:41You
- 5:41know,
- 5:41we
- 5:41kept
- 5:42Massive
- 5:42and
- 5:42I
- 5:43kept
- 5:43bumping
- 5:43heads.
- 5:44Okay.
- 5:44We
- 5:44were
- 5:44competitors
- 5:45and
- 5:46we
- 5:46just
- 5:46had
- 5:47a
- 5:47series
- 5:47of
- 5:47conversations
- 5:48and
- 5:48it
- 5:49just
- 5:49made
- 5:49sense
- 5:49to
- 5:50go
- 5:50down
- 5:50this
- 5:50path
- 5:50together.
- 5:51So
- 5:52I
- 5:52joined
- 5:52Massive
- 5:53and
- 5:53then
- 5:54about
- 5:54three,
- 5:54four
- 5:55months
- 5:55into
- 5:55being
- 5:56at
- 5:56Massive,
- 5:57you
- 5:58know,
- 5:58I
- 5:58started
- 5:59digging
- 5:59a
- 5:59little
- 5:59bit
- 5:59deeper
- 6:00into
- 6:00our
- 6:01parent
- 6:01company.
- 6:01Being
- 6:02Song
- 6:02Trader
- 6:02got
- 6:03you
- 6:03and,
- 6:04and
- 6:04working
- 6:04with
- 6:04a
- 6:05leadership
- 6:05team
- 6:05there
- 6:06to
- 6:06help
- 6:07sort
- 6:07of
- 6:07iterate
- 6:08and
- 6:08build
- 6:08and
- 6:08figure
- 6:08out
- 6:09our
- 6:09go
- 6:09to
- 6:09market
- 6:09strategy.
- 6:10So
- 6:10yeah,
- 6:10yeah,
- 6:10it's
- 6:11been
- 6:11a
- 6:11really,
- 6:11it's
- 6:11been
- 6:11a
- 6:11really
- 6:12like
- 6:12natural
- 6:14journey.
- 6:15Yeah.
- 6:16And
- 6:16you
- 6:16know,
- 6:16to,
- 6:17to
- 6:17many,
- 6:18in
- 6:18many
- 6:18ways
- 6:18I
- 6:19still
- 6:19feel
- 6:20like
- 6:21I
- 6:21am
- 6:22DJing
- 6:22today,
- 6:23but
- 6:23now
- 6:23it's
- 6:23at
- 6:24scale.
- 6:24I'm
- 6:24not
- 6:24stuck
- 6:24in
- 6:25a,
- 6:25in
- 6:25one
- 6:26booth,
- 6:26in
- 6:26one
- 6:26city
- 6:26at
- 6:27one
- 6:27time.
- 6:27Yeah.
- 6:28It's
- 6:28like,
- 6:28you
- 6:29know,
- 6:29the
- 6:29notion
- 6:29of
- 6:29using
- 6:30sound
- 6:30and
- 6:30music
- 6:30to
- 6:31make
- 6:32someone's
- 6:32day
- 6:32better
- 6:32when
- 6:33they're
- 6:33checking
- 6:33into
- 6:33a
- 6:33hotel,
- 6:34when
- 6:34they're
- 6:34eating
- 6:34a
- 6:34meal,
- 6:35when
- 6:35they're
- 6:35grabbing
- 6:35a
- 6:36coffee,
- 6:36all
- 6:37of
- 6:37those
- 6:37instances
- 6:38to
- 6:38when,
- 6:38like
- 6:38I
- 6:38said,
- 6:38when
- 6:39they're
- 6:39using
- 6:39an
- 6:40app
- 6:40to
- 6:40send
- 6:40or
- 6:41receive
- 6:41money
- 6:41or
- 6:42whatever
- 6:42it
- 6:42might
- 6:42be.
- 6:43Yeah,
- 6:43this,
- 6:44this
- 6:44is
- 6:44now
- 6:44like
- 6:45an
- 6:45invisible
- 6:45hand
- 6:46where
- 6:46we're
- 6:46controlling
- 6:47their
- 6:47sonic
- 6:48experience
- 6:49in
- 6:49all
- 6:49of
- 6:49these
- 6:50moments
- 6:50of
- 6:50their
- 6:51day.
- 6:51Right?
- 6:51Yeah.
- 6:51When
- 6:52they're
- 6:52interacting
- 6:52with
- 6:52technology,
- 6:53consuming
- 6:54information,
- 6:55you
- 6:55know,
- 6:55all
- 6:56of
- 6:56these
- 6:56things
- 6:56going
- 6:57to
- 6:57an
- 6:57event.
- 6:57Right.
- 6:58And
- 6:58they're
- 6:59not
- 6:59necessarily
- 7:00thinking
- 7:00about
- 7:00these
- 7:01things
- 7:02blatantly.
- 7:02Right.
- 7:03But
- 7:03we,
- 7:04we
- 7:04are
- 7:04quite
- 7:05literally
- 7:05like
- 7:05guiding
- 7:06all
- 7:06of
- 7:06that
- 7:07from
- 7:07a
- 7:07sonic
- 7:08perspective.
- 7:08And
- 7:09so
- 7:09now
- 7:09it's,
- 7:10you
- 7:10know,
- 7:10it's
- 7:10DJing
- 7:11at
- 7:11scale.
- 7:11It's
- 7:11the
- 7:12same
- 7:12sentiment.
- 7:12I
- 7:13like
- 7:13that.
- 7:13But
- 7:13shaping,
- 7:14shaping
- 7:14the
- 7:14narrative
- 7:15on
- 7:15a
- 7:15global
- 7:16level
- 7:16really.
- 7:16Music
- 7:17is
- 7:17powerful.