Many artists/songwriters are working on their creative craft, but they are weary when it comes to their business skills, like attending to their legal affairs. It is daunting to most people. The language is weird, the agreements are complicated and lawyers are a necessary nuisance sometimes. I'd like to see us lawyers and creatives working more as part of the same engine. To build a sustainable career in the music industry both the creative and business pillars need to stand tall. You will build everything else on top of it. You can imagine what happens if one pillar is underrepresented....no balance, no carrying structure.

I hope it makes legal subjects more tangible and more accessible. Just like picking the correct guitar, with the right strings, pickups and sounds...law is a tool at your disposal to make your music rights work for you. If you do it well, that will continue to pay you back over the duration of your intellectual property rights, and that can be financially rewarding too, not just artistically.

The future has a lot of question marks for creatives. Having a conversation about the uncertainty is necessary to gain a better understanding on how to prepare better for a career in music.

Putting the value and admiration back into music. Music has been commoditized too much. AI CEO's claiming making music is not fun don't understand the essence of the creative process, from learning an instrument, mastering it and using that instrument to express your emotions. There is nothing else like it: you start with nothing and then there is this song you wrote. How magical is that? It is a shame it has been reduced to a carrier for social media attention, IPO's and profits. They could be selling shoelaces for all they care...but we care about music, don't we? So why can it not be both: commercially interesting while at the same time ensuring creators can earn a proper living?

I love catching up with old friends, meeting new friends, feeling the vibe of the industry and seeing where we are heading next.