What is the true first step in succession planning? Perhaps it is first running a peaceful household. For families with businesses, there is an empirical need to keep the peace at home and in the office.

The topic of succession planning promises a long and difficult conversation. For some sons and daughters, it is their first serious discussion about how life will go on without their parents.

Back in 2014, King Puentespina was just a college student. The idea of CRWN was tucked away in his bedroom, where he experimented with different sounds and samples. Eventually, King, under the moniker of CRWN, released "New Yorker"—a jazzy, messy beat, fast and slow at the same time; bound together by the principle of experimentation. It was the reflection of a musician, fresh into his 20s with a whole new sound to explore. As more music was released on CRWN’s SoundCloud page, thousands of liste

I don’t really get K-Pop. But my girlfriend Sam does.

She’s a big SHINee fan—or Shawol, as they call themselves—and she’s always tried to get me into them. We send each other music recommendations a lot, and she would constantly send over songs from her favorite group. She’d send me other songs, as well: music from Korea, Japan, or Indonesia that she liked or found interesting.

I skipped over most of them, put off every time I had to listen to something that wasn’t in English or Filipino. The