Due to the Southern California fires, we’re running a backup show this week. Please enjoy this reposting of our 2023 conversation with Meloscene Founder/Chief Visionary Officer Chad Gerber, as we congratulate him on the upcoming Spring launch of his unique metaverse for musicians!

The world’s first metaverse for musicians, Meloscene, is counting down to launch!

Meloscene’s beta launch is scheduled for Spring, 2025. Currently, the platform is accepting sign-ups, with the question,”What’s your Meloscene?”

This is about creative collaboration, and community-building, all over the world.

And behind the vision: platinum-selling artist and futurist Chad Gerber.

Chad’s inspiration for Meloscene came from his experiences as a professional musician.

Long travel hours traveling, expensive venues and geographical distance between potential collaborators all had him dreaming of a better way to present his creative work.

The result: Meloscene, of which he shared the story in our 2023 interview!

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;

• Some of his 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, when he debuted Meloscene at CES® 2023