July 2018 – Page 2 – THE MUSIC INDUSTRY BLOG

17 Jul, 2018

Yes they will go on pictures!

Personal, pictures

No, don’t take a friend that makes great Instagram pictures to take your band photos! No, don’t be damn artistic that you can’t know what the pictures are portraying! And for f**k sake, if you don’t know how to work with colors

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16 Jul, 2018

This is how you make it hard for people!

name, peronal, stupid

Make it simple, don’t go and overdo things. Do be too artistic either. I can see it all the time it’s the same artists that do these mistakes and they are complaining that it’s hard and nothing never works, well, in

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13 Jul, 2018

The death of the rockstar!

Personal, rock star, Social Media

I don’t know if this is just for Sweden? I guess it could be applied to the whole world. Many of the older A&R:s (read old grumpy men) is blaming the social media to kill the rock star. Many of

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12 Jul, 2018

It’s cool when you are there.

cool, Ramones

It’s funny to hear artists bitching around certain things but then change opinion in a second. I saw a poster about some band doing an anti Summerfest gig in Milwaukee. And as long they are not playing they will be

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11 Jul, 2018

The impossible criteria.

Criteria, impossible

I’m looking for an artist with these criteria. Under 25 years of age. Open to form their career and find the things that work, meaning not doing a style where you have to look or act a certain way. Ready

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10 Jul, 2018

Take the decision!

Decision, instrument, Personal

I feel more and more that people are afraid to make decisions. Playing with all doors open and a big fear of Fomo (fear of missing out). In the end, there are no commitments done and everything is kind of

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9 Jul, 2018

A leader or a dead fish?

Fish, leader, Personal, pinball, Ramones

Yes, you find inspiration in people, but try to copy their career is not that smart. I get quite much that this person played on this festival was on this radio show etc. Just because of that we should do

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6 Jul, 2018

A showcase is not a gig.

gig, Personal, Showcase, work

I just saw one of my friend’s bands, they were posting on Facebook about a gig they had done. I checked out and they were still doing the same old gigs as they did five years ago when I meet

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5 Jul, 2018

Make more with the spending money.

Money, Personal, Social Media

People love to spend money. Spending them on content on social media is often like throwing money in the fire. People record songs in expensive studios make costly photoshoots and videos. But the quality is not the reason why people

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4 Jul, 2018

It is about what is comming,

bio, biography

I have just been through many biographies while we are booking the festival. It strikes me that they bios is often very badly done. I guess you really don’t know what to write so I will give you a trick. Write about

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