Tjeerd is a songwriter/producer from Amsterdam, dividing his time between artist projects, collaborating with other artists, and commissioned work for film and television. He is also fascinated with the business side and specifically with the challenges of being a creator in a big, and at times imperfect, music industry. These concerns led to him co-found the Dutch songwriting society BAM! (now BAM! Popauteurs) and to launch a tech start-up called FXR (‘fixer’). FXR helps creators and rights holders get an overview of, and find inconsistencies in, their music royalty payments. As part of the EU’s MusicAIRE project FXR worked on a white paper about the challenges surrounding music data, https://fixingmusicdata.com/