Introducing AMA Hangs — Music + Conversation = Connection
🎧 Introducing AMA Hangs — Music + Conversation = Connection
By Joseph Perla, Founder & CEO of Hangout.fm
"The best mixtapes weren't just songs. They were confessions, inside jokes, invitations. That’s the vibe I want to bring back — but live, and with friends."
We’ve lost something in the streaming era.
Music used to be more than something we consumed alone in our headphones. It was something we shared — at parties, over dorm-room speakers, scribbled in Sharpie on burned CDs. We passed around songs like notes in class. We made each other tapes, playlists, and memories.
Streaming changed everything.
The stories behind our mixes, our "liner notes" got lost.
It made music more available, more personalized, more optimized. But somewhere in the rise of the algorithm, the connections got left behind.
That’s why I created Hangout.fm — and now, why we're launching a new kind of social experience called the AMA Hang.
🎙️ What’s an AMA Hang?
AMA Hangs are live, collaborative music sessions where we blend conversation, Q&A, and personal storytelling — all soundtracked in real-time.
Think of them as Ask Me Anything meets a mixtape session meets a listening party.
It’s me, and a guest — artists, business leaders, creatives, thinkers — hanging out in a virtual club, picking and playing songs for each other and for you. We're chatting about music, memories, the business, creativity, and whatever else comes up. And we're inviting you to ask questions, suggest songs, and even come up on the virtual DJ stage with us.
It’s intimate.
It’s real-time.
And it’s something you can’t do on Spotify, TikTok, or anywhere else.
🎧 Why We’re Doing This
We're building a new kind of social — one that's rooted in joy, not outrage.
Music is the ultimate connector. It bypasses the hot takes and speaks straight to the heart. And yet no one’s built a platform that lets us talk through music, together, live.
That's what AMA Hangs are for:
- To bring back, and reimagine, the lost arts of liner notes and mix tapes
- To let fans inside the music in a way that feels authentic and real
- To create new spaces for emerging artists, podcasters, music lovers — anyone who wants to connect through song
🚀 Want to Do an AMA Hang with Me?
If you’re a band, creator, podcaster, exec, or just someone who lives and breathes music — I want to do an AMA Hang with you.
It’s as easy as:
🎶 Picking your favorite tracks
💬 Sharing a few lines on your connection with these songs, why they matter
🎙️ Joining me for a live session where we chat, spin, and connect with the audience
DM me on X (Twitter) or reach out via Hangout.fm — and let’s make something unforgettable.
This is just the beginning.
Let’s build the future of music sharing — together.
- AMA Hang with Lars Murray (Executive at Pandora, Columbia, and Sony records)
- AMA Hang with Kerry Brown (Multi-platinum musician and producer, and Licorice Pizza Owner)
- AMA Hang with Stefan Heinrich (TikTok Global Head of Marketing, and Founder of Covers.AI)
- AMA Hang with Rob Reid (Founder of Rhapsody, Listen.com, Sci-Fi best-selling author)
- AMA Hang with Lars Rasmussen (Founder of Google Maps, Google Wave, Canva investor, and Panathēnea)