New technologies, like music streaming services, and social media, are helping a lot of musicians to reach people all over the world.

It is helping, but it's not without its drawbacks. I'd say it's a necessary evil. There's a lot of beautiful things that come with it for sure, and using them has helped me a lot in my career. I do post whenever I can, but at the same time, I am very, very wary of it. Anything you say online can be used against you. And that puts all public figures, regardless of how big or small they are, under constant siege. I've seen too many false accusations destroying the lives of so many people that all I can think to myself sometimes is "I'm next".

Have you seen "Follow This" on Netflix? Watch the episode "The Future of Fakes," and you'll see what I'm talking about. Information is out of control. Social media has given EVERYONE the capacity to write whatever comes out of their minds and post it online without anyone else curating it. It is very empowering, but potentially very dangerous, because it also allows for the spread of very extremist ideas. That's why you now have this catastrophic rise of Neonazis, toxic feminists, terrorist groups, and "fake news". I don't even know what's real or what's fake anymore. And that is extremely terrifying. So, I try to share mostly positive experiences, just me in the studio, at a show, pictures with fans, pictures of fan art, I keep it very safe these days.

How do you use social media?

I just recently did a mass unfollow on Twitter, because even if you don't follow anyone who talks about politics, now Twitter is forcing on you all the content from people who are followed by people you follow. So, I can't even follow a label or brand I like because there's probably some tweet of a guy calling someone else names because he's not in the same political party. I probably shouldn't worry about this, but I do, and it is inevitable. This is why I choose to ignore it, because I know it's all the result of manipulation. If you wanna know why someone votes Republican, or Democrat, or Conservative, or Liberal, or Right or Left or Libertarian or any of this nonsense, well, do this experiment for a while: follow exclusively people who follow a certain train of thought. Choose any one. Go for the most extremist one. Read what they say, and what the people they follow will say. Every single political religion (because that's all it is in the end) has one thing in common: their candidates are the heroes, and the rest are the devil. And they will fabricate all sorts of news to prove their point. Don't believe me? Go ahead and follow exclusively Boris Johnson or Donald Trump and the people who support them. You will see how they show themselves as great people, and everyone else is evil, clowns or not worthy of attention. You'd think people would be smart enough not to fall for certain things, but there's even a Flat Earth Society now. You tell me if anything has any credibility.

And make no mistake if you're a lefty instead. The left-wing media does the exact same thing. I despise it just as much because I experienced it in Venezuela. I saw the National Guard shooting unarmed people in the face because they were protesting. I've seen what happens when you force people against each other. A great read about it, which explains some of the most extremist things that have happened in history, is "The Lucifer Effect". I've seen enough of the topic to know what to do for myself. Now my problem is to give up trying to convince other people of what I've seen, because I still need to remind myself that everyone has their own path, and they make their own decisions. Thankfully the world is still big enough for all of us to live in and think differently, but as the great J. F. Kennedy said, "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to Mankind."