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    30 Jun, 2017
    You know it’s perfect when old people say you can’t do it.
    Old people, opportunities, Whining

    I was listening on a speech from a very famous old label guy from Japan the other day. He was very pessimistic about where the musicindustry where going. The sales where down. The digital in Japan didn’t work and the

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    12 Apr, 2017
    What we need is a…
    Tips for artists, Whining

    What we need is a , then you choose these three, Record company, Booker, Manager ( funny they never ask for a publisher, maybe they really don’t know what they are doing, well takes that another time). If I have

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    27 Mar, 2017
    What is the next level?
    Tips for artists, Whining

    I just saw a radio promotor in LA put out the worst line everyday in his email inbox. So much of it is things that I have written here. I guess it’s all over the world. Some of the topics

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    21 Mar, 2017
    A catch 22 for artists.
    Whining

    I just saw some stupid online competition that you could get on a stage on a bigger festicval in UK. They also promised that “Also guarantee that ALL the artists who perform have the opportunity to play in front of

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    16 Mar, 2017
    Imaginary walls
    Tips for artists, Whining

    Sometimes I bump into artists that put up imaginary walls in certain ways. Usually they put in some barrier because of something. For example if they play folk music they just aim for small labels (and I mean super small),

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    14 Mar, 2017
    You don’t put songwriter to build a bridge!
    Whining

    No you wouldn’t put a songwriter to build a professional road bridge (a bridge in a song is another story) because they don’t have the education to do it. To put it around you don’t put an engineer to write

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    8 Mar, 2017
    We can fix everything!
    Gossip, Whining

    I’m really tired of the service companies that treat the artists like cattle. It’s so many of them, like Sonicbids, Band Camp, Reverb nation etc. They might offer a small thing for you as an artist. Usually that you can

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    20 Feb, 2017
    It’s not hard to release music!
    Tips for artists, Whining

    This will maybe not be the nicest post I have done. Still it needs to be told. I was on a talent competition a couple of years ago (read in the age of CD). We were hanging in the green

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    15 Feb, 2017
    Old people and labels.
    Whining

    I just got a message from an older person in the industry. A tip off seeing a band that plays in Stockholm next week. The whole message end though with that the band is signed to a label like asign

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    9 Feb, 2017
    Keep one project.
    Tips för artister, Whining

    You see it too often. Artists that has a band, but put everything before that band, usually other projects. One thing I’m usually very suspicious by taking in us artist that has other careers. You ask them the question what

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