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More Questions Than Answers.
Ron’s newsletter on Substack. Honest takes on creativity, reinvention and community, from inside the music industry. For artists, founders and anyone asking better questions instead of chasing perfect answers.
Latest posts
2 November 2026Is Putting a Music Career on Hold the Same as Giving Up?Hustle for your rent. Hustle for your head.
28 October 2026Let’s Talk About Tall Poppy SyndromeI ran to the comment section so you don’t have to. It exists, and every creative needs to figure out how to move on from it.
26 October 2026Happy Birthday, Studios 301100 years in, the biggest legacy a brand can build is still people.
23 October 2026You Have to ParticipateWhy Are Young Artists Sitting on So Much Music?
7 September 2026In conversation with Marcia Hines: 50 Years In, Still Not Slowing DownQueen of Pop. ARIA Hall of Fame. And the real, no BS conversation only a decade on the road together gets you.
16 July 2026The Questions Worth KeepingSome takeaways and questions from our recent fireside chat at JMC South Melbourne
8 July 2026Michelle Grace Hunder: The Photographer Behind Australia's Biggest Album Covers, and the Story She'd Never Told Out LoudMore Questions Than Answers Podcast. Episode 3
2 June 2026The Most Famous Voice in Australia That Nobody Knows - MQTA EP:2DJ KCB. Multi-ACRA winner. The voice behind Kyle and Jackie O. And now Warner Bros is on the phone. The Kacey Baker story.
12 May 2026It Started With Me Paying a Friend for Advice Over Coffee.Mentor Academy 1:1 sessions with industry experts are now live.
28 April 2026More Questions Than Answers Podcast EP 1Timomatic: Identity, Reinvention, the Tim Omaji Era, and Everything In Between
20 April 2026The Music Industry Is Just Pro Wrestling in Disguise (No, Really. Sort of.)If wrestling is fake and the music industry is real, why do they keep running the same plays?
14 April 2026Art is Made by Humans: What I Took Home from ARIA's Innovator Conference 2026My personal hot takes, quotables and takeaways from the day.
1 April 2026The Parent Trap.Parenthood in the creative industry vs Career and Identity.
25 March 2026Nashville Rules… Until It Isn’t.What I’ve learned the hard way about songwriting, splits, and everything in between
18 March 2026What It Was Really Like Running the Largest Recording Studio in the Southern HemisphereWhat running Australia's most iconic recording studio actually looked like. Spoiler: Get Him to the Greek.
15 January 2026Exciting news! I’ll be your host for the 2026 MPEG AwardsSee you in February
13 January 2026People With Less Are Doing Much MoreA note to myself, shared out loud
17 December 2025The ARIA Producers BBQ Reminded Me Why Community Still WinsMy recap of the ARIA Awards 2025 Producers BBQ
2 December 2025Hot Take: Why Real Mentors Matter More Than Ever(Stop listening to everyone) Everyone has advice.Everyone means well.But let’s be real…Only take advice from people who’ve actually done what you’re trying to do.
22 August 2025From Rebuilding a Legacy to Designing a New OneBuilding Mentor Academy... An Origin Story