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    31 Oct, 2018
    The record deal make it go backwards.
    backwards, deal, record, recordlabel

    We should get a record deal! Said the band. Oboy here we go again was my first thought. I usually ask back what should the record labels do? So far I really never got a good answer. The myth is

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    30 Oct, 2018
    Genre shitmusic. We are not a genre, we play what we like!
    genre, music, shitgenre, special

    Well, when people say that I put in them in the undefined shit genre. There you have the artists that are just artsy fartsy and think it’s a good reason to be in their own genre. In fact, when you

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    29 Oct, 2018
    Don’t make it harder then it is.
    Artist

    I got a call from an artist friend the other day. – Hey, Peter, I was thinking of something. You never hear any longer songs on the radio. The longest song I have heard was around 4:30. I have recorded

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    26 Oct, 2018
    The small details
    Detail, Showcase

    The small details that give it all away. So many think they have the perfect show when these things give it away on a showcase that you aren’t ready. First, you think you would have the perfect sound and keep

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    25 Oct, 2018
    The rules of export.
    export

    So you gonna export your music? Here are some things to have in mind when you calculate a export success. First of all export is about coming back. Doing a trip once to a country is like thinking your career

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    23 Oct, 2018
    Reise, Reise…
    Exciting, new world

    I’m on a plane to Japan, yesterday I was in Canada a week before that in the USA. It’s my third year with heavy traveling. My third year of heavy investment to build a network to be able to promote

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    22 Oct, 2018
    The export offices are usually not export ready
    export, music export offices

    A thing that usually is true is that real export successes never had anything with that country’s export office. I have done quite many follow-ups on bands that had success versus bands that have been hard promoted by export offices

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    19 Oct, 2018
    Don’t do surgery on yourself.
    knowledge, Surgery

    If you buy a new car would you learn all about it? I mean I hardly read the manual (witch just prove I’m a damn stupid stubborn white guy). Or if you buy a brand new Nord keyboard would the

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    18 Oct, 2018
    Unlikable cunts
    Crap, mom, songs

    One of the memes I saw a couple a days ago was: I think a lot of folks assume they are hated for their sexuality/race/gender when they, in reality, is just unlikable cunts. You can easily translate this to the

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    17 Oct, 2018
    Don’t trust old people.
    favours, Old people

    And here we go again. Some old dude that worked on a record label during early 2000 finds a totally hopeless case and can’t stop nagging about it. What is it with these people? It seems they missed a lot

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