I'm Hilaire. And yeah — I know what you're thinking. Meöwhead? Hear me out.

I spent years in the music business, starting behind a mic at KUCI college radio and eventually landing as the West Coast promotional marketing guy for the rock department at Arista Records and beyond. I toured with Metallica. I worked with AC/DC. I watched Sarah McLachlan make arenas cry. Music wasn't just my career — it was my oxygen.

But here's the thing nobody tells you about being a rock industry guy: I've always been a cat person.