In My 30s Episode #8: Charles Alexander | AI, Music & ViNIL

In My 30s Season 2 is here! A singer-songwriter turned bioinformaticist turned music industry disruptor, Charles has spent his career at the intersection of data science and creativity. After contributing to research related to the Human Genome Project, he brought that analytical precision to the music industry, pioneering streaming marketing and playlisting strategies. He helped independent artist Keeley Valentino generate over 12 million Spotify streams in the early days of the platform. A nearly unheard of achievement for an indie artist at the time.

Now as co-founder of ViNIL alongside Jeremy Brook and Sada Garba, Charles is on a mission to defeat digital deception and restore trust in the age of AI. ViNIL is a Nashville-based content authentication platform that verifies, fingerprints, and tracks digital content. Protecting creators’ Voice, Identity, Name, Image, and Likeness from increasingly sophisticated deepfakes and unauthorized AI-generated media. Think of it as a certificate of authenticity for your digital self.

In this episode, Charles breaks down how AI is reshaping the entertainment industry, shares tools and platforms worth exploring for those just getting started with AI, and explains why content authentication and verification at the source matters now more than ever. If you want to understand where AI and the creative world are headed, this is the episode for you.

CHARLES LINKS:
► Follow Charles on instagram: @songsponge

ViNIL LINKS:
► Website: https://vinil.me/
► Follow ViNIL on Instagram: @vinil.me

EMMA LINKS:

► Follow Emma on instagram: @emmawhitemusic

► Website: https://EmmaWhite.com