OK I’ll apologise in advance for the rant… But I’ve just been through about 200 WordPress themes aimed at blogs. I have a problem with every one of them… I run what I would call reasonably successful blog. I also…
Ever heard the expression “fake it until you make it?” This is something you should forget about in the music business. Trying to bluff it won’t get you far. People in the business have seen it all over and over…
In the past few months I have learned an important lesson that I would like to share with you. This is something so obvious, but still most of us don’t think about it at all. It has made me more…
Just so you don’t think it’s all fun and games, I decided to touch on a subject that often gets forgotten about. When you are on tour with a band, there are a lot of highs along the way. Playing…
My weeks don’t really get much wilder than during the Sliotar tours. I started the week with a long and sweaty trip from Italy to the Czech republic, where we have been playing shows all week. It has been a…
I am writing this blog post from the Czech republic. We are with Sliotar at the Keltska Noc festival in Plumlov, in Moravia. I am listening a a wonderful Czech celtic band Poitin playing their set in the background, my…
Some friends of mine just finished an album, that took them one year to record and cost somewhere in the region of €10000. It was what I would call a labour of love. The album sounds great and it will…
Here is a thing most artist don’t bother to figure out, and at the same time it is one of the most important things you should do. Who are you as an artist? What do you represent? How do you…
I am writing this weeks blog update from the beautiful country side in the Ferrara region in Italy. When you are reading this, Sliotar’s show here will be done already, but as I write this, I’m still adjusting to the…
So you tell me you want to record a great album and release it to the world, build a fan base and tour the world. But you want to do it “right.” You want to be professional, you want to…
