The Boost VC Podcast - Ep. 64: Using AI to Redefine the Way We Experience Music with Ryan Groves of Melodrive

Ep. 64: Using AI to Redefine the Way We Experience Music with Ryan Groves of Melodrive

06/14/18 • 18 min

Imagine having a private band or orchestra talented enough to extemporaneously compose, orchestrate and perform the soundtrack to your life, adjusting to the environment or your emotions in real time? Better yet, what if YOU had the ability to create audio content that would adapt to any given situation in an immersive space?

Ryan Groves is an award-winning music researcher and veteran developer of intelligent music systems. He also serves as the President and CPO of Melodrive, an adaptive music generation mechanism that uses artificial intelligence to create and integrate original music on any digital platform, be it a video game, virtual world or augmented reality system.

Today, Ryan sits down with us at Boost VC to offer his insight on the future of music and explain how Melodrive is working to change the way we consume it. He also explains the concept of ‘uncanny valley’ and shares his take on how long we have before AI takes over the world. Listen in to understand how Melodrive allows users to create audio content that adapts to its interactive environment in real time and learn how this technology might redefine the way we experience music.

Connect with Ryan

Melodrive http://melodrive.com/
Melodrive on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Melodrive-1002985873155277/?view_public_for=1002985873155277
Melodrive on Twitter https://twitter.com/melodrivemusic
Ryan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-groves-0540b08/

Resources

Roblox https://www.roblox.com/
ToeJam & Earl https://www.giantbomb.com/toejam-and-earl/3030-13306/
The Battle of Polytopia https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-battle-of-polytopia/id1006393168?ls=1&mt=8
Ryan in WhiteSnake LA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JD8SsNEHUI

Connect with Boost VC

Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/
Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/
Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

Connect with Ryan

Melodrive http://melodrive.com/
Melodrive on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Melodrive-1002985873155277/?view_public_for=1002985873155277
Melodrive on Twitter https://twitter.com/melodrivemusic
Ryan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-groves-0540b08/

Resources

Roblox https://www.roblox.com/
ToeJam & Earl https://www.giantbomb.com/toejam-and-earl/3030-13306/
The Battle of Polytopia https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-battle-of-polytopia/id1006393168?ls=1&mt=8
Ryan in WhiteSnake LA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JD8SsNEHUI

Connect with Boost VC

Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/
Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/
Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

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Ep. 63: Launching a Successful Career by Way of the Third Door with Alex Banayan

How did the top icons in science, technology, entrepreneurship, entertainment, literature, and business launch their careers? What qualities do people like Maya Angelou, Warren Buffet and Pitbull have in common that helped them overcome immense challenges and rise to the top of their respective fields? The answer lies in gaining access through ‘the third door.’

As a freshman in college, Alex Banayan was searching for a book that would explain how high achievers got past rejection and obstacles to reach the upper echelons of success. When he couldn’t find one, Alex set out on a quest to interview several of his heroes and write the book himself. Though it took a little longer than expected, Alex did succeed in scoring interviews with a number of celebrated icons and publishing The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers. Along the way, Alex has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and contributed to major publications including Fast Company, The Washington Post, and TechCrunch.

Today, Alex joins us on the Boost VC podcast to share his journey to becoming a published author, discussing the highly unconventional way he funded the writing of his book. Alex offers insight around what he learned in the process of interviewing the highly successful, how the idea of ‘the third door’ plays into all their stories, and why his personal priorities have changed as a result of recent experience. Listen in for his epic story of chasing Larry King through Whole Foods and learn how Alex’s definition of success has evolved—with a little help from Steve Wozniak.

Connect with Alex

The Third Door http://thirddoorbook.com/
Alex on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AlexBanayan/
Alex on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alexbanayan/
Alex on Twitter https://twitter.com/AlexBanayan
Alex on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/alexbanayan

Resources

The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers by Alex Banayan https://www.amazon.com/Third-Door-Successful-Launched-TheirCareers-ebook/dp/B076NS2JSW

Connect with Boost VC

Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/
Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/
Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

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Ep. 65: Princesses Who Smash Computers & Women in VC with Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures

‘I wanted to play with Barbies, but I also loved smashing up a computer and learning about silicon chips.’

Despite growing up in a tech savvy, entrepreneurial family, Jesse Draper didn’t see herself as a venture capitalist for a long time because ‘that’s not what women do.’ So, how do we level the playing field and get girls to see themselves in roles as startup founders, investors and board members?

Jesse is the founding partner of Halogen Ventures, a VC firm focused on early-stage investing in female-founded consumer technology startups. Her portfolio includes Laurel & Wolf, Carbon38, the Skimm, HopSkipDrive and Sugarfina, among many others. Jesse is also the creator and host of 2015 Emmy-nominated series The Valley Girl Show, producing and distributing 500 interviews with some of the greatest minds in technology and entrepreneurship. She has been a contributor to Marie Claire, Mashable and Forbes, and Jesse serves on the board of Werk, SurfAir and nonprofit Bizworld.

Today, Jesse joins us at Boost to share her path to becoming a venture capitalist and offer insight around women in VC. She explains the impetus behind The Valley Girl Show, discussing the hustle required to launch and sustain a long-running tech talk show in the broken media industry. Listen in to understand how Jesse eventually came to see herself as a capable VC and learn how to raise girls who aren’t afraid to build jetpacks or take apart computers.

Connect with Jesse