Music business, I think more than any other business has managed to perfect the importance of the middleman. The artist used to travel from town to town to perform for the people and got paid in money, accommodation for the…
Life is such a complicated mess of complexity, hardship, joy, love, loss, dreams and disappointments. Many of us are brought up in what we consider as a “normal” family. We are born innocent, but as soon as we start to…
It is ok to pay for something, and it is ok to charge for something. But if we give away something in a good faith that the universe will return the favor some day, we are instantly told that we…
The darkest moment of the night, is just before the dawn. It is important to remember this. If you are a musician, a startup company, artist, writer, blogger… You work long hours for a very little money, if any, and…
From time to time we all dream about new beginnings. We wonder how our life got to the state it is in right now, how did we get stuck with our job, relationships, social circles, commitments… And from time to…
In the past decade and a half, us musicians have become to embrace online shopping. In the beginning we were hesitant. But when the prices became so competitive, we realised the purchases of electronic and mechanical equipment online made a…
Art for many of us is a lifeline, it’s what make our mundane everyday life’s just that little bit easier to deal with. Good art can let us escape, make us feel things through the art, we might not be…
The regular readers of my blog know I like to keep things quite positive around here, but once in a while something gets up my nose. Music journalism is a funny field, good journalist in my mind is someone who…
I can be critical. I can even express my opinions on other people’s work, if cornered, or among friends. Even more so I can be extremely critical of my own work. And let’s face it, people talk. We talk about…
When I was a kid in school, I was a silent rebel. Every subject we had, I asked my self what is the point of this? Will this be useful for me in the future. Quite arrogant coming from a…
