Conversations worth having.
Interview and speaking topics drawn from the work: creator rights, music, AI agents, and building independent businesses.
Who owns the work when everyone can create?
Explore the gap between making media and documenting authorship, consent, and licensing. A conversation for musicians, publishers, creative businesses, and the people building their tools.
AI agents as customers and collaborators
What changes when software can find a service, pay for it, and use the result? Discuss agent commerce, tool design, and the practical work of making a product useful to agents.
The independent founder’s workshop
How project instructions, reusable skills, isolated workspaces, and verification fit into an AI development workflow. A practical session for builders and small teams.
How machines learn who you are
A discussion of search visibility, source quality, and the public record behind an AI answer. Drawing on the essays and research published through Suede SEO.
The musician behind the software
Guitar practice, creative habits, and building tools from a musician’s perspective. How the Johnny Suede writing and music connect to the company’s creator ownership thesis.
A story, a conversation,
or something to build.
Interviews, speaking, and company inquiries.
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