It’s after 1 AM on a week night and I’m not even close to wanting to stop the flow. I’m in “the zone.” That familiar zone I’ve been in many times in the past when I built SongBank, TuneRegistry (acquired), RoyaltyClaim (acquired), and the award-winning DURP for The Mechanical Licensing Collective.

I’m in that zone where the energy of working from sun down to sun up bringing an idea to life is fueled by my belief that this new data analytics and research platform will positively impact the lives of thousands of independent music creators around the world. I’m in that zone where sketches become models, models become plans, and plans become implementations.

It’s a feeling that my fellow serial entrepreneurs and passionate data nerds understand all too well. When you’re this excited—not for the launch itself, but rather for the first group of artists to be empowered by your resource—sleep nearly becomes impossible (although, I’ll force myself to stop and rest because high productivity requires it). But nevertheless, I’m excited.

In 2025, we’re putting more global independent songwriters on the RADAR.