Writing

Notes on the operating record.

Essays on music rights, verification, provenance, catalog diligence, and the systems that make ownership readable.

The Forgery Is Free

AI is collapsing the cost of manufacturing plausible music claims. The operating record was not built to defend itself.

Catalog diligence is what happens when a buyer has to price the record behind the revenue.

What six months of building settlement infrastructure taught me about $4 billion catalogs, 175 percent split claims, and why payouts are not proof.

Why modern music collaborations keep breaking, and what’s missing between permission, lineage and proof.