Our Mission

Music is one of the most powerful forces in the world. It brings people together, tears them apart, heals individually and collectively. It shapes culture, moves emotion, transforms lives.

But when the industry that creates it is broken, the people within it suffer.

That's why this exists. We want to build and participate in a healthy music industry.

We're building alongside others who believe the industry can be better. A landscape where creators know their rights before they even press record. Where escalation paths are clear when things go wrong. Where royalties and licensing fees are transparent across every platform. Where session provenance and origin tracking are built in. Where accountability is visible and enforceable.

We're intelligent enough to know we can't bulldoze the powers that be. But we're more than equipped to build something beside them — and become a force of our own.

I'm Mickey Shiloh — nearly 20 years in the music business as a songwriter, artist, and founder, working at the highest levels of the industry.

That means deep relationships and history throughout this space. It also means I'm not neutral — I'm transparently biased.

I've witnessed and experienced the systemic issues people within our industry face — unfair contracts, exploitation, discrimination, being ignored, going unpaid. And I've made decisions that may have negatively impacted people, too. I'm aware of this, and I'm also not above it.

So if I'm involved in reviewing complaints about the music industry, my relationships and personal experiences could cloud my judgment. This platform was built with safeguards precisely because of that.

A small, unaffiliated team: Mickey plus three other advocates with no label, publisher, distributor, or major industry company ties.

No one here answers to the industry we're documenting.