Over Coffee® is on holiday-weekend hiatus. Please enjoy this reposting of one of our top episodes of 2023!

Meloscene Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Chad Gerber says he had a “ridiculous fantasy”.

As a platinum-selling recording artist, Chad found himself daydreaming about not having to travel.

“How can I be in more places at once, and not have to go anywhere at the same time?” he thought.

But then–affordable headsets put virtual reality within reach. For Chad, VR was a game-changer.

A patented futurist, he created Meloscene. This is the world’s first metaverse designed for musicians. Meloscene debuted at CES® 2023 in Las Vegas in January.

And Chad will be speaking at the “Voice and AI 2023” conference in Washington, DC this week! His topic, according to his LinkedIn profile: “AI in Music and Metaverse Applications: Advancements in Research and Development”.

“I’ve been using, and toying with, AI, for a couple of years now,” Chad commented during this interview, recorded in March, 2023.

Meanwhile, here is the link to sign up for updates as Chad and his team continue work on the beta!

And here’s where you can hear Chad’s latest music.

Chad talked about his background, shared the story of Meloscene and explained the different ways it could facilitate artists’ career paths in the future.

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• How Chad first became interested in music:

• One of the considerations which has made a crucial difference for him, as a working musician;

• The story of Meloscene;

• How Meloscene works for musicians at different career stages, and in various aspects of the music industry;

• Chad’s own best experience so far, collaborating in a real-time session in his virtual environment;

• His current musical projects;

• How he’s planning to use virtual reality and AI to augment his compositions;

• Chad’s creative process, as a musician;

• Why his music appears under the moniker “Woodrow Gerber”;

• His recollections of his experience, debuting Meloscene at CES® 2023