I’m shit tired to explain how showcasing works for booking agents that send me totally useless bands that have no value whatsoever and still think I would pay more than our headliners. We really really need new educations around the

Continue ReadingCome on booking agents you not in game any longer!

I had a friend that runs a music company. It’s not a record label it’s more a company that takes care of recordings and stuff. But we meet during a festival and he was speaking of a band that had

Continue ReadingMaking favours. Or really don’t do it.

I get from time to time artists that think their music is enough. They always answer the music should speak for it self. It’s a nice thought but with the new media, the story is soon more important than the

Continue ReadingNope good music is not enough!

If I told you that you can get a gig where 40 of the most influential festivals will see you. But that gig is on the same day as you have a gig in the local venue. The local venue is

Continue ReadingWhat is best?

Don’t close doors just because you are on your way to open a new one. In the new music industry, you rely on many teams doing things at the same time. I get the feeling though that many artists want

Continue ReadingClosing doors

Never fails, in June you get all the artist that ask how to get a festival gig this summer. A lot of the failure by the artists is that they more or less do things on the spot there is

Continue ReadingYou need to know the cycles

I got the 100 emails about how do you get your video on Spotify. Or how you make your account official on Instagram or how you get a small blue blip on Twitter. The answer is pretty easy: GET A

Continue ReadingIt’s about fans not look.

Stop saying from the stage that you can find your music on all sites! Yes, we are not stupid. We actually calculate that we will find your music online on Spotify, Deezer and Youtube. Only amateurs do this. I never

Continue ReadingStop doing this live!

Would you pay 100 Euro for a meal at Mc Donalds? Or do you think its cheap prices on food at airports? My guess is that many artists actually think that. My guess now is that you don’t agree. Its

Continue ReadingOverpricing from the beginning

Most careers are abruptly ended by very poor decisions. When your ball is rolling you just keep on going.  I guess during touring you get to much time to think. I know my self I spend a lot of time

Continue ReadingDon’t ponder to much!