Marcel Patillo is a music artist and producer whose style is influenced by NF, Skrillex, and Jay Z. He comes from a storied family of music history, as his dad was a lead singer for Santana and the first solo black artist in early Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Marcel shares his story, a bit about his family, and we talk AI, technology, music and the need for being human for connection in today's plugged-in world.

I give my assessment of what's happening with AI coding tools and how they're changing software development. I'm a longtime designer and product manager and I'm finding that they are powerful, but you still have to know software engineering as the models can still write code that isn't appropriate for the scenario. Designers and developers are now having overlapping duties with AI being able to do each others' jobs. The tech industry may see a shift towards smaller development teams, as a result. It's clear these tools will be changing software development significantly. Have you tried any yet? Let me know in the comments how these tools work for you and which ones you've tried.

Chapters

00:00 The Rise of AI Coding Tools

03:17 Low-Code Revolution and Its Implications

06:11 Navigating the Complexities of AI-Assisted Coding

07:37 The Future of Software Development Teams

Gabriel Patillo is not a newcomer to the entertainment industry. He began honing his skills at the young age of 10, dancing for multi-GRAMMY winning and multi-Platinum selling act DCTalk. In addition, Gabriel also performed in multiple videos for Brentwood Music, as well as working as a theater kid at Opryland, in Nashville, TN, in their Christmas productions all before his 15th birthday. With his father in the entertainment industry, Gabriel continued to have the desire to perform and make others smile while being part of the greater team. He’s filled out his adult career with award-winning artist TobyMac as part of Diverse City singing background vocals, choreographing, dancing, and co-producing tours. He’s appeared on national shows like ABC’s The View as well as a live performance in Times Square. Most recently and naturally, he’s taken his talents into the voiceover world working with powerhouses like Square Inc., Budweiser, ESPN, and Under Armour. It’s with these voiceover jobs that he is able to scratch that acting and creative itch in a new way.

C.Y. Lee is an entrepreneur, and tech product manager who has worked for Microsoft, Amazon, and RealNetworks. His current effort musicnerd.xyz is creating a "Yahoo!" style directory of artists and collectors of music NFTs to help jumpstart the ecosystem. We cover a wide range of topics including how music artists should approach NFTs, what companies in the music tech space are doing interesting web3 products, and how we as collectors and fans can help support artists directly.

Vibecoding is a fun and powerful way of creating apps, games, and SaaS products very quickly. However, AI is not perfect, and there are a lot of AI models to choose from while coding. None of them are perfect... yet. In the meantime we have to deal with bugs that they create. Here are the 5 types of bugs that I've run into while vibecoding and some basic coping strategies.

Zach Norman is a music producer and designer based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Seen on stage as a backing member of the Passion worship band, and collaborating with the ground-breaking pop and hip-hop producer GAWVI, Zach Z Norman’s musical and producing abilities cross many genres, including chill music through his o-jaī collective. Norman’s home turf is writing mainstream pop, but he’s also done innovative initiatives, like offering NFT’s with breakout Los Angeles visual artist Daniel Allen Cohen. Norman cares passionately about mental and spiritual health. Currently launching his own non-profit Wave Initiative Worldwide, he is dedicated to supporting artists’ mental health needs and serves as the organization’s Founder & Executive Director. Wave Initiative will focus on serving artists through certified brain health coaching & artist development. Serving as Wave’s first artist ambassador, Norman is utilizing his own ZZN Collection; an immersive NFT collection of music, art & design, showing people what is possible for artists when being mentored & thriving in this ecosystem.

With a wealth of diversity in influences & outlets such as alternative, punk, hardcore, CCM, R&B & hip hop, Norman’s influences has served his collaborations well. From the start of Norman's career, he has achieved both breadth & depth in the realm of artistry, performance, writing, & music production.

From 2018-2021, based out of Los Angeles, Norman continued to travel, consult, and perform for various events across most of the U.S.; Sacramento, San Francisco, Orange County, Indianapolis, New York, Knoxville, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando & more. He has partnerships, song placements, or production credits with artists such as international Latin artist Evan Craft (holds #1CCM single ‘Be Alright’), GAWVI (Award-Winning hip-hop Artist/Producer), Pat Barrett (#1 song artist in CCM ‘Good Good Father’), & Daniel Allen Cohen (ABC, Malibu Times, Hypebeast, Forbes) with whom he released a cutting-edge NFT, featured in Forbes alongside one of hip hop’s top producers, Scott Storch. Through Atrium Music Licensing, Norman has placed music on TV & film, such as USA Network. As a singer with Tim Davis Vocals, he has done various work as a principle actor/singer such as the prime time show ‘The Goldbergs’. As a leader, creative director, artist, & music producer, it is raw passion, a desire for excellence & determination that pours love & creativity into all of Norman's work.

Michelle and Natalie Smith are the hosts of the Force of Light Entertainment YouTube channel that covers movies and pop culture. Michelle has a Ph.D. in Theology from Regent University. Michelle and her sister's approach to commentary is light and friendly and highly interactive, as they regularly interact with fans on livestreams and Twitter. I catch up with Michelle about why she launched the channel and we talk Star Wars and the genius of Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni.