TED GIOIA: The history of music innovation, Silicon Valley vs. Hollywood | EP 68

Published 2022-07-23
Ted Gioia is a leading music historian and author of 11 books including “The History of Jazz” and “Music: A Subversive History”. He combines his cultural expertise with an extensive business background as a strategy consultant and Stanford MBA.

He also writes an incredibly insightful Substack: tedgioia.substack.com/

You can find him on Twitter: @TedGioia

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Intro + Ted’s Background
(00:03:16) - Why Culture Is Looking Backwards
(00:09:08) - Financialization Of Entertainment
(00:11:52) - Music And The Lindy Effect
(00:16:12) - How To Foster A Counterculture
(00:20:01) - Why Music Innovation Comes From Outsiders
(00:25:58) - How Music Changes Your Body Chemistry
(00:34:47) - The Downside Of The “Four Chords” Pop Music Formula
(00:40:32) - How To Do Compounding Work
(00:45:55) - How To Pursue A Creative Career
(00:49:40) - Ted’s Thoughts On Rene Girard
(00:55:22) - Rene Girard And Rock Music
(01:02:35) - Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley

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All Comments (11)
  • @fermil
    total respect for the views of this Ser, may he live long
  • @kioyom
    Wake up mom, surprise episode from NIA
  • @drgif
    that was pure gold 👏 more of that please
  • @ssbrks
    This is a great interview! Terrific questions by the host and it's clear he did his research. I love Ted's writing and came across this video from HackerNews.
  • @JoostShao
    personal trust in chinese commercial env, and no one will protect the copyright, haha, that is true. chinese have our indie music , pop music ,but no jazz music widely. nice talk , thank you!