Derk de Geus

Derk de Geus is a Dutch singer-songwriter, music producer, author and speaker, working at the cross-section of technology, spirituality and creativity - in songs, in a book written by an AI, and in conversations on podcasts and stages.

For nearly two decades he built and ran Paladin Studios, an award-winning game studio grown to 55 people, before turning to music in 2024. He now writes and produces music for the road back home - intimate acoustic songs and modern mantras - and performs from living rooms to ceremonial gatherings of 500+, alongside the singing circles he leads across Europe.

In 2026 he gave the most powerful AI then available one instruction - write a book that guides a person toward enlightenment - and shaped what came back into The Thread, a short book on truth, love and God, published under his name. It's free to read at thethreadbook.com.

He now speaks and joins podcasts on creativity, AI and being human - drawing on all of it: games, music, the book, a daily practice with AI, and years with the inner life. More at the booking page.