The past year after COVID-19 everything should be back to normal? Of course, that is not what is going on. Covid put everything on hold, the world developed and changed anyway and now we must adapt to the new world.

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Spotify changing their payout systems is kind of interesting. It’s reported in both Music Business Worldwide and Billboard. Of course, the three majors put pressure on the payment should go to the catalog that they own. Also, a good way

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Sometimes things are just the same. A car is a car at the same time there is a huge difference between a Rolls Royce and a Fiat Punto. Here we now have a problem is a showcase always a showcase,

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Among the latest statements that have come through is that the latest artist that trends on the top charts is not really artists, it’s influencers that are doing some music. In this focus on social media, it’s totally right. The

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It comes from the Swedish music industry researcher Daniel Johansson in an article in a big Swedish newspaper. I said the same in 2004 that Eminem was one of the last big stars. We were already back then heading for

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Right now, or should I write today there was a release of 125 000 songs online. If we calculate that the mid-length of these songs is three minutes, some are longer some are shorter. To listen to all straight through

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Is there a dress code in the music industry? Yes, of course, in all social gatherings, there is a dress code. In the music industry, it might not be spoken out but it’s there. Also, a reason why certain people

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I was writing about how the showcase festivals must shape up. I was mainly talking about the speakers. This time the lights go on the lineup. It’s called a showcase since you are showing something new. If you just book

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I guess everyone that is an intake in some way always gets these hopeless people. We actually speak about them when we meet and have always fun stories about the weirdest ones. I’m talking about send-outs. As a former radio

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It’s not easy to run a showcase festival. It looks easy on the surface; you get some people from the music industry to speak and get some artists to play and you are home. Nothing can be far from the

Continue ReadingWe need to shape up the showcase industry or we will become useless