Test new things, don't wait

Today im invited to watch a live show on the new site Strumlive. It's a cool new site. I think it's important to try out new services, not wait until they explode. I remember when I got Spotify and started talking to artists about it. No one wanted to join. Yesterday I got a mail from one of these artists who asked me how to contact Spotify in the best way.

Well a bit to late. If the artist had jumped on the train when we where it should not have been a problem. But doing it today is nearly impossible. So supporting new things is really really important.

So even if Strumlive is just starting, yes i'm on it and hope all luck for them.

Todays band Passion Bel Canon

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Passion Bel Canon. Check them out!

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3 tips for artists, Peter Schwinge

I meet so many good people from the music indutry and i give them the question, give 3 tips for artist.
Here is Peter Schwinge from New Music Seminar, one of the best places to learn about new music also one of the oldest music conferances.

Todays band The Stone Foxes

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is The Stone Foxes. I saw them on SXSW a couple years ago. Check them out!

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How to get a job as an A&R?

I got the question from a person that went into the blog. I guess we make a post out of that. To start with myself it all started when I put up my record label Dead frog records over 25 years ago. In the beginning I was alone in the company so yes I had to be the A&R. Later on while developing the label we got more people working around us. I don’t know if we were kind of unique, but we let all people that worked in the company had something to say. We gathered and all put in their finds in the demo pile and we discussed witch bands that got to be signed. Still I was the head A&R.

Today I’m alone on the post. Sure the rest of the office will hear new acts that I play. Also comes along and look on new acts to sign when they play live.

I guess this is the normal way to get to be an A&R. You start your own label and develop from that. On the big companies then? Usually the A&R work them self’s up to that position. It’s very rare that you see a record label seeking out an A&R. It’s more that you start on a lower position in the company and by working there understand their procedures and in the end get to the A&R position.

If the label seeks an A&R they probably would headhunt a person that they want on that spot. It’s such a specialized work for a label that it’s nothing you just put someone there. You grow into the work or have done it very successfully before.

Then today you also have firms that acts like a satellite A&R outside the office. There is several of these firms.

Sometimes also the job comes with a pressure to be successful. The company needs to see results on what you sign. So if the artist that you sign doesn’t get anywhere it’s not unusual that you can get fired.

It’s not so much sitting and listening to music that many thinks (you really don't have the time atht you would like, to do that). You work close with the artists and takes many decisions around their career. A lot of times also how successful the artists will be is around the A&R: s network of people to get the artists opportunities. Some A&R:s are very involved in the process of the music some is not.

These factors is why many A&R:s are very protective and very slow on signing new artists. At the same time they also wants to get on the artist that are hot for the moment. In those cases they can be very “on” to get to the artist they want.

So this also means that there is no A&R schools. If you want to be an A&R start on the PR department. If you get lucky you get in as a trainee and be part of the A&R team of a bigger company. In a smaller company its usual the owner that hold the A&R position but still they work with the team so you will be close to the decisions.

Todays band Bronze Radio Returns

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Bronze Radio Return. I saw them on SXSW a couple years ago. Check them out!

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Toadys band The April Tears

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is The April Tears. Yes i gave out their collection. But the album Cunsume Desire is one of the best albums ever. To bad they are not playing any longer. Check them out!

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Todays band Flora Cash

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Flora Cash from Sweden. Check them out!

Last day in Taiwan

Here is short message from my last day in Taiwan.

Make a deal?

I got this letter from a band witch I will go through in my Vlog. So you will see it a couple of times. It will have the word letter to it on the right side.

This is part 4 is a sepacial on the word "make a deal".

Business model - as follows...
Part 1
• Continual flow of single package/EP releases.
o Plugging
o Gigs
o Music Video
o Press imagery
o All new release artwork will feature as the backdrop for the website along with
corresponding banners and ‘click-throughs’ to iTunes and/or Spotify – this will
be consistent across all public facing platforms.

Part 2
• Build ‘banked tracks’ – Currently 12 unreleased.
The intention is that if we keep a consistent flow of releases whilst scaling up our investment
(and therefore exposure), we should start to make equivalent ‘noise’ in the industry.
Hopefully this will make the act more attractive to booking agents, labels and/or publishers

Part 3
so that as soon as we are deemed ‘ready’, we will be prepared with:
• more than an albums worth of tracks;
• a solid release campaign template ;
• and a release history with a track record of achievements (sales, venues played, radio

Part 4 
The ultimate aims are to secure an agent, an industry immersed co-manager and sign a
deal by the end of 2016/early 2017.

Todays band 23 Till

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is 23 Till one of the reasons I started in this business. Really gonna see them this summer. Check them out!
This is a cover of a old progg song. and it was banned on radio!

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Todays band Ramones

Well since it's my birthday I will just play Ramones...so here is Ramones!

My Birthday!

Yes it's my Birthday! The day I will see how many people that i barley know saying Happy Birthday on Facebook. But if everything is going ok I will be in Taiwan by now. See if how my Wifi things would be and how much I can update. I hope to have done some special updates.

So yes this is written beforehand. Also I think it is Midsummerseve in Sweden today so i guess my facebook feed might be slower or more. More because more peopel get online just for Midsummer ( to damn many pioctures of kids dancing around an upside down penis) or less since people are actually meeting people in real life and that is cool.

To be ready?

I got this letter from a band witch I will go through in my Vlog. So you will see it a couple of times. It will have the word letter to it on the right side.

This is part 3

Business model - as follows...
Part 1
• Continual flow of single package/EP releases.
o Plugging
o Gigs
o Music Video
o Press imagery
o All new release artwork will feature as the backdrop for the website along with
corresponding banners and ‘click-throughs’ to iTunes and/or Spotify – this will
be consistent across all public facing platforms.

Part 2
• Build ‘banked tracks’ – Currently 12 unreleased.
The intention is that if we keep a consistent flow of releases whilst scaling up our investment
(and therefore exposure), we should start to make equivalent ‘noise’ in the industry.
Hopefully this will make the act more attractive to booking agents, labels and/or publishers

Part 3
so that as soon as we are deemed ‘ready’, we will be prepared with:
• more than an albums worth of tracks;
• a solid release campaign template ;
• and a release history with a track record of achievements (sales, venues played, radio
The ultimate aims are to secure an agent, an industry immersed co-manager and sign a
deal by the end of 2016/early 2017.

Todays band Osten Af

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Osten Af. Swedish hip-hop, still the best in Sweden for a long time. Check him out!

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Update from Taiwan

Here is an update from Taiwan

3 tips for artists, Jorge

When i meet really great people in the musicindustry around the world I try to get 3 tip off for artists here on the Vblog.

Here is Jorge from Faro Latino who is specialist on Youtube and other streaming services. He has also been a musician for many many years.

Well Jorge work with digital solutions so it's not an easy question.

Todays band Browsing Collection

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Browsing Collection from Sweden. Check them out!

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Tracks and make noise in the industry

I got this letter from a band witch I will go through in my Vlog. So you will see it a couple of times. It will have the word letter to it on the right side.

This is part 2

Business model - as follows...
Part 1
• Continual flow of single package/EP releases.
o Plugging
o Gigs
o Music Video
o Press imagery
o All new release artwork will feature as the backdrop for the website along with
corresponding banners and ‘click-throughs’ to iTunes and/or Spotify – this will
be consistent across all public facing platforms.

Part 2
• Build ‘banked tracks’ – Currently 12 unreleased.
The intention is that if we keep a consistent flow of releases whilst scaling up our investment
(and therefore exposure), we should start to make equivalent ‘noise’ in the industry.
Hopefully this will make the act more attractive to booking agents, labels and/or publishers

Part 3
so that as soon as we are deemed ‘ready’, we will be prepared with:
• more than an albums worth of tracks;
• a solid release campaign template ;
• and a release history with a track record of achievements (sales, venues played, radio
The ultimate aims are to secure an agent, an industry immersed co-manager and sign a
deal by the end of 2016/early 2017.

Todays band Twin Kennedy

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Twin Kennedy. The past days has been much Candian since a lot of good music comes from that area. Here is the country duo Twin Kennedy  Check them out!

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Hurray 10 000 views!

YES i just passed 10 000 views on the blog. Well in internet figures is not that much. Still I have proven a point.

I started this blogg beacause I wanted to prove for the artists that I work with that not everything just happens. And you have to be precistant.

So who wants to read about a middelage guy whining about his A&R job. Well someone but it's rather obscure, not like when you have good music to spread. Still the blog got 10 000 views. 200 posts almost took it to get to this amount. I have run 3 or 4 diffrent strategys how to lure people in. And also imagine that 180 of the post was just in Swedish witch limited the blog quite much.

Yes you can do it to collect fans. You just have to hang on to it, and keep it going. If I had my music out I would now had 10000 chanses that people would have been listening. I know not all of them would but lets say 50% that is 5000 listnings. Well maybe it's some that is the same poeple. So let's take the half 2500. It's 2500 people i could have turned into fans if I had music.
Today to be an artist you really have to do this. And there is so many tools to help you out, videos, blogs, sound, images.

So will I stop now, hell no, there is more things to prove and more to whine about.

So here is some more fact

Most read post, is the post when I tell that the Swedish acadamy for music is a bunch of noobs. This got a very big spread. It's in swedish though.
http://ihuvudetpaenar.blogspot.se/2016/05/kungl-musikaliska-akademien-ar-helt.html

The strange part, no one had anything to comment on it. Not even an comment on Facbook where it got the most readers from. And yes with 200 posts, I only have 2 comments. I thought I would have some comments when I wrote that artists are cattle. But nope, the comments are on my April fools joke (witch was my second biggest read post, and yes that one got ALOT of comments on Facebook) and one from a friend that is sarcastic when I shoot down a russian artists.

Witch countrys are reading:

Sverige
USA
Kanada
Frankrike
Portugal
Tyskland
Irland
Storbritannien
Australien
Indien

Well India just have one reading. I wonder who that was? Sweden got over 65%. Well it has been most written in Swedish so I hope to have other figures when i reach 20 000.

Well I'm off to Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. I hope to get more Video logs and artist tip offs and new music during the week.

Lyrics will be more important!

Yes i just read that Lyricfind got a deal with Tratore in Brazil.

http://www.lyricfind.com/index.php?id=223

We are heading with giant leaps that a new market is ongoing. Not Brasil, China or India thoiugh they are intresting as well. Noi'm talking about lyrics and the possibility to get them translated while you are playing.

Suddenly we understand the rapper from Brazil that sings in portugese, or the folksong from Sweden. This opens so many oppertunitys for new artists that we before just didn't count on since they where stuck to a market becuse of translation.

I'm going to these new markets and are going on this wave right now. So yes i will introduce some Swedish music to Todays band on my site. Lyrics is not the limitation anymore.

Musiker har nästan alltid guds gåva till människan.

Såg det här på en kanal för musikbransch jobb. Den är dock så jäkla karakteristisk att man blir full i skratt.

Hej alla!
Jag söker tips på person/bolag som är har seriös koll på marknadsföring av musik/musikvideo framför allt via sociala medier, bloggar osv – gärna med egna kanaler, men annars bara med kunnandet. Helst om ni vet att de faktiskt JOBBAR och FÅR RESULTAT och inte bara svänger sig med diverse buzzwords… Jag har en kul och övertygande pryl som inte liknar något annat och kan bli riktigt stor, men det gäller ju att få fyr på brasan också. Budget finns.
Vore även högst tacksam för alla slags tips om hur man kan nå ut med en låt till en massa dj’s, i första hand i Sverige.

Det som är grejen är att han pratar om att "jobbar och får resultat". samtidigt som han har en kul och övertygande grej som kan bli riktigt stor.

Jag vet inte hur många gånger i veckan jag hör det här.
- Vi har årets sommarhit. Det här är det bästa vi gjort. Liknar inget annat. Vår video borde bli viral, kan bli skitstor etc etc etc.

Tyvärr brukar deras ord inte stämma överens med verkligheten. De som säger sådana saker brukar ofta ha mediokra saker som inte brukar kunna synas. Det är också det man räknar med i PR branschen. Klart gör du marknadsföring för nya Kent plattan behöver du bara sitta och svara nej på allt, för Kent säger nej till allt. dessutom allt du föreslår media får du ett ja på. Jobbar du för Pernilla Wahlgren/ Laila Bagge kan kan du hitta de mest obskyra småtidningar som "Du och din kolonilott" och vinkla det eftersom Pernilla/Laila är så jävla mediakåta. Fast det brukar inte bli någon större buzz för det.

Sen kommer det till alla helt okända. Där vet man att det är otroligt svårt att få något alls, inte ens "Du och din kolonilott" vill ha ett reportage, spelar ingen roll hur bra sakerna är, det är storyn som räknas.

Så när en total nobody  så handlar det inte om att PR firman inte jobbar. De kan nog lägga trippla tiden än vad de gjorde på Pernilla och Laila men bara komma fram med en tiondel. Just för att Pernilla och Laila har ett varumärke (smutsigt varumärke men ändå). Det är också varför de större PR firmorna har råd att tacka nej till mängder med smålirare som har den perfekta låten/videon.
Det brukar också vara så att dessa små lirare inte heller har det andra som krävs. Plötsligen ska det finnas koder, bios, foton i viss kvalité något som de inte alls tänkt på utan mest levererat den där videon som ska bli så stor.

Sen budget finns. Jo man tackar. Undrar just om den budgeten övergår ett sex siffrigt belopp. Det är vad en marknadsbudget brukar gå över om man ska ha de resultaten som den här personer tror sig kunna få. Gissar dock att budgeten är under den normala som en pr agent tar runt 30 000 kr.

Allt för ofta är det inte alls PR sidans fel utan det är fel på produkten. 99% av fallen är det just där felet sitter alternativt för höga förväntningar. Trots allt det är otroligt sällan en PR firma lyckas få något viralt. Det händer men de som jobbar med det här vet att det är så många faktorer som ska komma ihop att det är lite slump om det händer. Det handlar inte om hur mycket man jobbar.

Få ut den till en massa DJ:s i Sverige...Öhh om du gör en hit så kommer de nog spela den ska du se. De letar nog sin musik på Spotify så du lär väl komma in på DJ listorna. Inget en PR agent sysslar med. Inte i Sverige i alla fall.

I slutändan ingen seriös skulle plocka upp det här. Så han kommer få någon desperat och inte få det han behöver (som egentligen inte går att få). Sen kommer han skylla sitt misslyckande på att PR:n var fel. Här är ytterligare ett skäl till varför jag inte tar vad artister säger så seriöst.

Business model?

I got this letter from a band witch I will go through in my Vlog. So you will see it a couple of times. It will have the word letter to it on the right side.

This is part 1

Business model - as follows...
Part 1
• Continual flow of single package/EP releases.
o Plugging
o Gigs
o Music Video
o Press imagery
o All new release artwork will feature as the backdrop for the website along with
corresponding banners and ‘click-throughs’ to iTunes and/or Spotify – this will
be consistent across all public facing platforms.

Part 2
• Build ‘banked tracks’ – Currently 12 unreleased.
The intention is that if we keep a consistent flow of releases whilst scaling up our investment
(and therefore exposure), we should start to make equivalent ‘noise’ in the industry.
Hopefully this will make the act more attractive to booking agents, labels and/or publishers

Part 3
so that as soon as we are deemed ‘ready’, we will be prepared with:
• more than an albums worth of tracks;
• a solid release campaign template ;
• and a release history with a track record of achievements (sales, venues played, radio
The ultimate aims are to secure an agent, an industry immersed co-manager and sign a
deal by the end of 2016/early 2017.

Todays band: Johnny McCuaig Band

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Johnny McCuaig Band, another Canadian band comes to Sweden in September. Check them out!

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Todays band: Sunrise and good people

Everyday I try to introduce a new artist. I get so much good music in my system and I can't react on all. Still it is nice to share music so other also can find it out.

Todays band is Sunrise and Good People. Canadian band I saw during Midem. Check them out!

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3 tips for artists, Preetam

When i meet really great people in the musicindustry around the world I try to get 3 tip off for artists here on the Vblog.

Here is Preetam that i meet during Youbloom on Ireland. He has his own company Letting Artist make Art (LAMA) in Canada. But he is also an artist,

3 tips for artists, Delphine

When i meet really great people in the musicindustry around the world I try to get 3 tip off for artists here on the Vblog.

I meet Delphine during Midem in Cannes. She works with Midem Artist Accelerator program and has worked with many great artists this year.

How to get kicked from the label

Yes, just beacuse you signed a paper dosen't mean everything goes good. Here is the three most common things why it dosen't work out

3 tips for artists, Bosse

When i meet really great people in the musicindustry around the world I try to get 3 tip off for artists here on the Vblog.

Here is Bosse Nicolausson. He is running the goverment founded program Talent Coach in Sweden getting great artists on the market. He also played professionally in the hard rock band Charizma for many years around the world.

I guess the tip might be work hard (I guess we have seen that one before).

DIY can it be done?

One my Artists got this letter.

Hey!

My name is P***** and I'm the Artist & Label Rep at *****Disttibution***. We are a digital music distributor and independent music services provider based out of USA.

First off, congratulations on all your recent success! I think it's so cool that you landed a gig recently at SXSW. It takes a lot of hard work and determination to grow your fan base like you have. We too are an independent company that has grown very organically, so we really appreciate seeing the same hard work in the scene. In fact, we'll be celebrating our 10 year anniversary in December. 

But I’d love to learn more about where you stand on the distribution front because we can assist in getting your music to retailers like: iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Shazam, Pandora, and the list goes on. If you already have distribution in place, I'd also like to extend our non-exclusive services to you guys, such as: Publishing Administration, Neighboring Rights, YouTube & Soundcloud Monetization, Sync Licensing, Piracy Protection, and even Graphic Design & Marketing services.

If there is any way I can personally help out, don’t hesitate to reach out. I would love to be able to support. 

Appreciate your time and look forward to linking up.
Cheers, 

Sounds ok, well maybe not. I will get more into things in my Video log under here. I also get something in the text here.
1, The compnay is not in the big citys of music, NYC, Los Angels, Nashville or Chicago. They are in a very small state.
2. Seeking out distribution on an artist that played on SXSW. Well, I guess if you played there you have distribution.
3.The extra stuff...well that is just a bad publishingdeal. Since they are not in the big areas and I never heard of the company the sync side will not be that good. Also there are several companies doing that pretty good that you can upload for yourself. I wonder what these Marketing services would be? Usually it's that they hire a pr company and take a cut between. Most of this you can get for free at your PRS without paying or give away procentage.

There is hunderds of these compnaies out there. And I don't think any of them has ever broken an artist.

Well it's what i'm discussing a bit in my Vlog today.


And here is the post i'm talking about in the clip
http://ihuvudetpaenar.blogspot.se/2016/06/switching-to-english-and-stupid-demos.html

Vacation, well at least two days

Yes I had a short vacation over the weekend. Has some bigger decisions to fill out in my head. So I did a bunch of stuff that was fun like going to auctions ( yes one favourite tv serie is Antique Roadtrip). So it left me with hell a lot of work today.

So I hope to give a better video thing tomorrow I got in some rellay intresting stuff in the mail.

I usually just nagg about how artist does it wrong. Okey here is one doing it right. Got this in my mail:

Hi Peter,

It's Deborah Byrne from harmonic alt-pop duo Hvmmingbyrd. It was great to meet you last week in YouBloom - thanks for sharing your time and insight with me. I've been thinking a lot since you said how important our story is - we hope to come up with something more interesting soon!

I thought I'd follow up by sending you some of our music if you were interested in hearing it:

Upcoming single 'If Love Was Enough' (unreleased for now so not for public sharing):  ****taken off *****
Live video a Madonna/Massive Attack mash up:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2f965g5q1E
Track from debut album 'Honeymoon':  https://soundcloud.com/hvmmingbyrd/honeymoon
Recent single 'Out of My Head':  https://open.spotify.com/track/0w0eElEbIDqCpVZqxL3rDe

Hope you had good travels on to your next exotic destination! I applied for Live at Heart so maybe we'll meet in Sweden some day :)

Kind regards,

Deborah
***phonenumber***


This is so perfect it's not to long, she reminds me where we meet (I remember her, she had some really intresting stories, and was very proffessional, still I do several conventions so it's sometimes good to remind me).
Here links is good. And go a head the band has really great sound a really good hidden gem. Sadly I never saw them live during Youbloom.
All info is here like phone.

Yes I actually took my time to get through these links, and she got my ears. You really don't need more then this,

3 tips for artists, Suzanne

When i meet really great people in the musicindustry around the world I try to get 3 tip off for artists here on the Vblog.

I meet Suzanne in a jury during Youbloom in Ireland. Suzanne work with TV programs and programming them with artists. She has also worked on MTV and with the band U2.

The Office Pinball

Yes it's not an office if you don't have a Pinball. And we have a "Who Dunnit" from 1995.
I actually play better with two hands.

Whats is Pitbull doing on CMT?

Laughing my ass off that they had Pitbull on CMT awards this time. Also funny that ist is FOX news that reports on this. Specially that you should see this event with your family.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/06/09/fans-bewildered-by-lack-country-music-at-cmt-awards.html

Well, I guess Country is the only genre that we consider not so serious music here in europe (the other ones is Classical, Jazz and Folkmusic), that has moved forward to become popular again. Maybe they should lift up boring unserious events like Jazzahead, Classical Next, Womex with a performance of Pitbull? Or why not take in Dr Alban maybe these genres could be big again. No wait...where is Vanilla Ice!

Well at least CMT and Country tried to be cool. It reminds me a bit about this:

Tjabo the office dog

Well, yes we have a office dog named Tjabo.

3 tips for artists, Laura

When i meet really great people in the musicindustry around the world I try to get 3 tip off for artists here on the Vblog.

Here is Laura from Aztec records in London who is bringing the great artist NINA into the musicmarket. So here is Lauras three tip for artists.

So the hottest tip: WORK, no sleep.

Switching to english and stupid demos

Thank you all for reading my blogg in Swedish. Still when i'm out speaking in the world I get the question to write in english. So i will start to do some stuff in english. It will not be all posts but hey. But look for the tag english and you get them.

Also new vill be the video log. I will get videos as diffrent things.

Well we start of with the lastest, people who seeks you out on Linked In. I used to keep my Linked in clean until the damn thing went ballistik and added all in my gmail friends. So i started to accept everyone, before i took off musicans, producers and songwriters if I didn't knew them.

This of course got me alot of people sending demos through Linked In. Well if I meet you and asked for it that way, sure, but just befriend me and send demos is really not ok. I just decided to answer the truth to people on Linked In. It will be all fun conversations.

First out the Russian composer. And with that said....

5:40 PM

Good afternoon Peter!   

My name is Stanley. I am singer-songwriter, composer and producer from Russia, Saint-Petersburg.   Please listen to my new track here https://soundcloud.com/stanley_oss/stanley-storm-is-coming   Other tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/stanley_oss   I am looking for licensing, promo, booking. Can we collaborate?  Best regards,  Stanley  Saint-Petersburg  Russia 

At 6:56 PM, Peter Åstedt said the following:

How much do you pay? Seems like a lot of work to be done.

At 6:56 PM, Stanley Oss said the following:

I did18 tracks for today :)

I paid for studio time and mixing :)) and mastering

a lot of money for me I paid :)

but now I am looking for someone who is looking for talent

At 7:04 PM, Peter Åstedt said the following:

Well if all 18 tracks are shit, then you are in a bad situation. Bill Gates once said if i had 2 dollar left i would put 1 dollar on marketing. I'm looking for someone that has a audience.

 At 7:04 PM, Stanley Oss said the following:

My music is not shit...

At 7:09 PM, Peter Åstedt said the following:

Depends who is listening. As long as you have an audience it dosen't matter though. So it all cook down to, do you have an audience?

At 7:12 PM, Stanley Oss said the following:

what the fuck the audience? sorry for my English  If you want to get from me money now - it is not with me  I need a person or company who invest money in me and make me a promo and concerts

At 7:21 PM, Peter Åstedt said the following:

So I should work for free?

At 7:24 PM, Stanley Oss said the following:

I'm sorry I'm not ready to continue the conversation with a man who did not know my music called her shit.....fuckn marketolog

you not A&R!!!

At 7:41 PM, Peter Åstedt said the following:

I never said it was shit! I said IF, it's a totally diffrent thing. they could be bad, could be good.  

Still you want me to invest money into your career and you call me names. Adds my LinkIn even though we don't know each other and send stuff without asking.  You really think someone would invest after doing that? A real A&R would never do that. They would block you with the first mail, so I guess you are right when you say I'm not an A&R. Well at least not your normal one.   

So what you tell me is that you are a random guy with 18 recorded tracks. And you have stuffed your last money into these 18 tracks not even consider that you need marketing?   

Just that proves that you are not worth working with, even how good the songs are. You have already put yourself in the trashbin by just writing.   

I will give you an advice, do your reseach, invest in PR and for god sake have manner when you talk to people.  If the 18 tracks are like the one on soundcloud, well don't quit your dayjob.

Vlogg 2 leaving Dublin

Meningslösa uppgifter.

Det finns många ordstäv för att göra meningslösa saker. Sminka en gris är min favorit. Just nu är det en hel del sminkning som pågår. Lite som att gräva en grop i ett par timmar för att sen fylla igen den.
Visst de som vill ha uppgiften gjord tror ju att man gör dem en tjänst. Men det är mest för att de inte förstår vad som krävs i det stora hela. T.ex skicka ut förfrågningar till festivaler en vecka innan festivalen känns väldigt meningslöst. Men det är lite som Adée säger i slutet av sin show. Hoppet är det sista som lämnar människan.
Frågan är om jag ska sätta mig och skriva det där mailet. Det kommer säkert ta 20 min. Det kommer med 99.9% säkerhet inte leda någonstans. Jag vet att jag skulle kunna göra något bättre och mer produktivt för artisten istället. Samtidigt kommer artisten alltid tänka om vi skickade det där mailet så kanske jag var en av de där 0,1% som bara hände.