Special guests on this week's episode are my great friends and musical collaborators Justin Vasquez (who you will find on my albums Live at the 55bar, It Only Happens Once, and Found) and Gabriel Santiago who is a phenomenal Brazilian guitarist and composer I've worked with for many years, and appears on "Night Watch" as a vocalist.

Check out Gabriel's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@GabrielSantiago⁩ 

Stream Justin's music: https://open.spotify.com/album/4TKrrFy4Ga39ugWx1ZObOI?si=StqQEUpmQCyHNESD-RH47Q

🎧 In this episode, we dive deep into the future of music, technology, and legacy. The conversation explores what it means to create art in a rapidly changing world—where analog gave way to digital, and digital is now colliding with AI.

We discuss:

🎶 AI in music: from remixing classic tracks to generating entire albums in the style of legendary artists. Is this innovation, sacrilege, or simply inevitable?

📀 Shifting mediums: the journey from vinyl to CDs to streaming, and what happens to music when platforms like Spotify or Apple Music may not exist 100 years from now.

⏳ Time capsules & legacy: the idea of preserving music on titanium, planning “future releases” for anniversaries, and confronting the question of how long art truly lasts.

🧑‍🎤 The human element: why feel and imperfection still matter more than ever in a world of modeling amps, auto-generated songs, and algorithm-driven content.

🎭 Audience & authenticity: from being “canceled” online for offhand comments to the rise of “organic music” labels in the future—how will listeners define what’s real?

This is a raw, thought-provoking conversation about creativity, disruption, and why the best artists will always find a way to leave their mark, no matter how technology evolves.

Before we hit record I had no idea we would get so deep into all of this, so if you’ve ever wondered about the next 50 years of music, art, and storytelling, this could be just the thing for your commute or workout today!

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More soon,

Janek

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