26th July Blog update
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…
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Quick tip 139 Record levels in DAW
Through advising Melosity I lately had to have more detailed look into the input metering of a DAW. My early experience with recording was on an eight track Tascam tape machine, in a small studio back in Finland. It was…
Camaraderie over competition
Sometimes it seems like the competition in the music market is so fierce, that most of us feel like we are on a battle field. It might feel tempting to hold on to your secrets to success with your dear…
War stories from the road
In the past few days I have got a serious beating by the hay fever season here in Ireland, while still trying to keep working as much as I possibly can. Singing becomes a real chore when you feel the…
Quick tip 126 Professionalism is part of everything you do
If you are a working musician, you run a business. Act like it! Learn how to write a professional emails. Build yourself a professional online press pack (eliminate as much paper waste as possible. it is 2015, we need to…
Quick tip 122 Sunny day
It is a glorious day here in Dublin, and as much as I like to remind you all about the importance of working hard, there are times you just need to either uproot your office outdoors, or just take the…
Self-made critics
How can you criticise something, if you were not there. In the past I have been hesitant to post video of Sliotar’s live shows, as what does not come through in the video, is the energy of the live experience,…
Sharing the art
I have had this plan growing at the back of my head for a while, there is a room somewhere at the back of my head hidden where there is a constant board meeting going on without me knowing anything…
Quick tip 111 Twitter Quotes
By now it is no secret that I am a big fan of Twitter and how you can use it to promote your music in a kind of organic way. For a long time Twitter kept things quite stagnant, when…
Quick tip 106 Let people fall in love
There is a concept in the independent music business that I think has huge potential. This concept is the basis for how I operate in the music business. And I cannot tell you how often people question me on this…
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