Why I Built Lyricsmit

I've been writing songs for years, and it's taken me into rooms I never thought I'd be in — studios in the U.S. and around the world, sometimes with people I grew up listening to.

What stayed with me wasn't the glamour. It was how easy it was for someone to bring something real into a room — a line, a melody, a flow, an idea — and for that contribution to disappear into the bigger picture.

What I saw didn't just feel off. I saw ideas taken in plain sight — while people in the room, happy just to be around the greats, weren't getting credit for their intellectual property. And I realised this happens all the time. It's only later that people kick up a stink — and by then there's nothing solid to stand on. No record. Just “I was in the studio,” maybe a photo. Nothing that proves the work was theirs.

That's where Lyricsmit came from.

It started with music, but the idea applies to every kind of creative work.

• A writer with a manuscript.
• A designer with a concept.
• A photographer with an image.
• A filmmaker with a treatment or cut.
• A researcher with a draft.
• A developer with a build.

Anyone creating something they may later share, pitch, submit, collaborate on, or hand over.

Nothing complicated. Nothing pretending to decide ownership or copyright.

Just a simple way to make a record of the version that matters before it leaves your hands.

Create. Record. Share.

I think that creates trust on both sides. Creators can share more freely, collaborators have a clearer starting point, and people can feel safer bringing good ideas into the room.

If that helps more people get recognised for what they bring — and makes the creative industry a little more open, fair and inclusive — then Lyricsmit is doing what I built it to do.