You don't make it out to anyone. A cashier's check is a bearer instrument issued by the bank against its own funds.

"The payee's name, the written and numeric amount to be tendered, the remitter's information, and other tracking information (such as the branch of issue), are printed on the front of the check." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashier%27s_check

"A bearer instrument is a document that indicates that the owner of the document has title to property, such as shares or bonds. Bearer instruments differ from normal registered instruments, in that no records are kept of who owns the underlying property, or of the transactions involving transfer of ownership. Whoever physically holds the bearer bond papers is assumed to be the owner of the property. This is useful for investors and corporate officers who wish to retain anonymity, but ownership is extremely difficult to recover in event of loss or theft." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearer_instrument

If someone wants 16k, they can wait the 30min it takes me to go to the bank and get a cashiers check.

I woud just keep it in the bank.

Was he just going to go find someone and give them 16k for a music video company? 16k in cash just makes very little sense to me.