Been listneing to a lot of musical demos from new composers and one thing I've seemed to notice is that the songs seem to lack an "ear worm" componenet.

They are nice, and melodic, but the songs don't seem to go anywhere or have a discreet beginning, middle and end or a hook that sticks in my head. They all seem very patter-like.

Which gets me wonderign if mine are too "song like" in their structure, being self-contained with hooks to stick in your head. Makes me worry I really wrote a concept album not a musical.

I’m recently out of a C-level marketing role and starting to seriously explore building something of my own.

I’m looking for a technical co-founder, but I haven’t settled on the startup idea yet.

I actually think that’s a feature, not a bug. I’d rather find the right person first, then figure out what we should build together.

For transparency, I’m in my late 40s. I’ve been doing this for a while, and I’m looking for someone who is interested in building a company with an experienced founder, not necessarily someone at the same point in their career.

My background sits at the intersection of marketing, product, innovation, and creativity. I’ve spent 15+ years building products, brands, and growth strategies for technology companies and startups, including working with startups when they were literally one- or two-person operations that eventually became unicorns.

I’ve held C-level and executive roles, led large marketing and product teams, launched software and mobile products, and have five US patents from my work in mHealth and wireless technology.

Before all of that, I worked in entertainment, including writing for a hugely successful TV show. That creative background has shaped the way I approach products as much as anything else: I tend to obsess over why people behave the way they do, what makes an idea compelling, and how to turn an abstract concept into something people actually want.

I’m not an engineer.

I can vibe-code, prototype, understand technical architecture and product conversations, and get pretty far on my own. But I know where the line is between “I can hack together an MVP” and “I can build the actual technology.” I’m looking for someone who can genuinely own that side of the company.

I also have relationships in the startup and VC ecosystem, so I can bring a lot of the product, customer, positioning, marketing, fundraising and business side of the equation.

What I’m looking for is another founder, not a technical employee.

Someone who likes building things, is intellectually curious, has strong opinions but isn't married to them, and is interested in exploring problems rather than showing up with a predetermined solution.

Maybe you already have an idea. Maybe you don't.

I'm much more interested in whether we think well together.

If you're a technical builder who is thinking about starting something and this sounds like a potentially interesting combination, shoot me a DM. Tell me what you've built, what you're interested in, and what kind of company you'd like to build.

First it was flagging music I wrote using Suno. Then public domain classical music, last straw was when it flagged a song I wrote and played on the piano.

The upload function is useless for me. Anyone else having issues?

The way I work is I start out with a simple piano "sketch" of the song, then evolve it and add layers until I have the completed piece.

Was wondering if others do the same and I'd love to hear people's original "sketch" and then what became of it...

I am not in the musical theatre community, thought I have my MFA in theater and film it was long time ago, and I focused on the Film side working in LA for years in TV production and music for film/TV and have since moved on to working as an ad executive. So TLDR I have no theater connections.

Recently I wrote a musical ("Glitch" about an Engineer who falls in love with the AI he's building) and instead of trying to get it made by creating a demo (I wouldn't know where to start) I am planning on trying to produce and polish the music myself and then releasing it on TikTok and YouTube as as an animated production - think "Epic, The musical". Not expecting it to get millions of views, but hopefully enough to show it's value to a potential producer. One of the things I learned in the entertainment industry was it is a lot easier to get interest if you can "prove" there will be an audience...

Am I crazy?