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    24 Aug, 2023
    How not to seek out a showcase festival.
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    I don’t know but many times I just see people throwing in applications to play that is not really an application it’s just good reason for the festival to throw your application away. Showcase festival need artists that are going

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    16 Aug, 2023
    Sorry I have to leave you and move on!
    blog #future, gossip, recordlabel

    Presently, we find ourselves amidst a significant transformation within the music industry, a cycle that tends to repeat approximately every decade. These shifts stem from both a necessity for change and technological advancements that reshape the landscape. The 1990s brought

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    11 Aug, 2023
    Better to do something wrong than nothing at all.
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    Better to do something wrong than nothing at all. The line is from a band that I worked with several years ago. And they always get nothing done and were very progressive.  And they are saying is so very true,

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    9 Aug, 2023
    1000 fans are all you need.
    blog fans, gossip, socialmedia

    In 2008, Kevin Kelly, then editor of Wired, wrote the 1,000 True Fans essay, which suggested that an artist on the internet only needs 1,000 superfans to earn a living from their art. The number was recalculated in 2020 by

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    9 Aug, 2023
    You need to know when you hear a good song!
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    I was speaking to some friends in the music industry and a kind of big problem is starting to arise in the music industry right now. The problem is that quite many people in the music industry don’t have the

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    9 Aug, 2023
    Are you ready to Showcase?
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    I have run some of the biggest showcase festivals in Scandinavia. Showcasing has become much bigger in the last fifteen years. Still, I feel that many artists don’t really understand what a showcase does and how to get something out

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    9 Aug, 2023
    Showcase Festivals for Dummies
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    I am still amazed about the fact that so many people in important positions really don’t understand how a showcase festival works? By now people that work in the industry should be aware of how it works. I even lecture

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    9 Aug, 2023
    Don’t Surround Yourself With Yes-Men!
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    “My mom thinks the song is great!” Most moms are proud when their babies fart so that source is not that reliable. Sure, you want people to like what you are doing. When you do the hard work and put

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    9 Aug, 2023
    38 Million Songs That No One Listened To Last Year
    blog PR, song, statistics

    If you read the report that was released by Luminate and reported by Music Business World Wide the spring of 2023. The numbers from Luminate, a company that monitors several streaming sites were that of the 158 million songs they

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    8 Aug, 2023
    Welcome to the blog
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    Here we go again, a new forum for the blog. Every time you change platforms you are a bit unsure who will follow. At the same time, the reach expands by 10 000%. So yes I’m really excited. Here we

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