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    19 Dec, 2024
    The noobs water out the showcasefestivalpanels
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    I recently came across a message from a showcase festival boasting about the number of ‘professionals’ in attendance. The issue is that this particular event operates in a highly niche field where genuine professionals are scarce. Instead, it’s oversaturated with

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    23 Aug, 2024
    Showcases that pay some artists and others must pay!
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    I just got an invitation to showcase the festival on Facebook, I won’t attend. In this case, there are four much bigger ones with important people out there, so I’m not interested in hanging around a bunch of local people who pretend

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    7 Jun, 2024
    Why don’t I get paid on a showcase festival?
    Showcase, Showcases, showcasing, Uncategorized

      I am still flabbergasted over that many people in quite high places really don’t understand how a showcase festival works? By now people that work in the industry should know that. I even lecture on Universities for new students

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    4 Feb, 2020
    A festival needs curation! Bigger is not better!
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    I just got an mail from a band that has played one of the bigger showcase festivals in Europe. Before playing at that festival it was a mark that this artist was going somewhere. I meet the booker from that

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    19 Nov, 2019
    How to curate something if you do not see anything?
    curate, Showcase

    When I’m invited to a festival as the booker of my festival I feel obligated to see as much as possible of the lineup that is presented. They actually make my job as a curator of my lineup easier. Suddenly

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    14 Nov, 2019
    Music Showcase Greece and others
    greece, music showcase greece, Showcase

    Okay, I’m on my way to quite many festivals in the next weeks. First Swiss music in Bern tomorrow where I’m the judge of their competition, will be great. The week after that is Monkey week in Spain and we

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    12 Nov, 2019
    Sorry USA you ain’t cool any longer!
    cool, Showcase, USA

    Have you ever gone to a high school reunion? If you have I bet you have experienced that the cool kid suddenly has become an average Joe and the geek or the silent kid is doing amazing stuff. The worst

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    4 Jul, 2019
    Here you find the people that has your audience
    audience, Showcase

    You won’t meet your audience on a showcase festival. You meet the people that have an audience for you. Your job is to persuade them to present you to their audience. That is why I hate when idiots measure their

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    3 Jun, 2019
    The errors you do on showcase festivals!
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    Here are the most common errors I see artists do when they get to a showcase festival. Taking it as a gig. The artist just shows up and play their gig. Then leave for the hotel and then head out.

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    7 Feb, 2019
    Pearls for swine.
    mistake, Showcase

    Do you want to play at a showcase festival and get paid for doing so, even if it is just a small amount? If I add accommodation and food? And The chance to be seen by industry people? If no,

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