What happens when the person investing in the future of music technology nearly cries listening to a song he made himself?

Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Yusuke “Scott” Sugino, President and CEO of Yamaha Music Innovations, home to a $50 million fund focused on music, media, audio, and creative technology. This is Don’t Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands.

They talk about the gap between wanting to create and actually creating, Scott’s honest experience with his four year old son’s screen time, why AI has not fundamentally changed music yet, and the song Scott wrote while moving from Germany to the United States.

The conversation eventually reaches a larger question: if machines take more of our work, what will human beings live for? Scott’s answer is simple. Action, action, action. Not swiping.

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Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou

Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr.

Production design by Teresa Guerrero C.

Color corrected by Shira Chait

Post production by Amarte Labs

This is a podcast about being human in the future that came.

In the premiere: stop motion animator Ben Treat of Frantic Frames, who built one of the most distinctive creative brands on social media through pure craft and patience.

Marco and Ben make things out of clay while they talk about committing to craft in an age of instant content, the 50-hour video, escaping the algorithm, the trick that finally beat doomscrolling, and what the human hand is worth when AI can fake the look of anything in seconds.

Get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com

Watch and follow Don't Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us

Follow Marco Palou: https://instagram.com/marcopalou

Follow Ben: @franticframes