Mange Schmidt, the one Razzia artist you don't see mentioned on any indie music blogs, has just gone platinum in Sweden with his single "Giftig".
Tag: Industry
Pirate Bay once again clowns the powers-that-be by purchasing the domain IFPI.com.
Millencolin will be going into Sound Lab Studios in Örebro on October 26 to begin work on their next album. Lou Giordano, the same guy who produced "Home from home" is once again on-board to help with the proceedings. In other Millencolin news, the band is now managed by Kimmo Kirvesmäki at Big Mouth Productions.
There's a new festival happening in Tampere, Finland called Lost in Music to coincide with the upcoming industry event Musiikki & Media event on October 18-21.
Musikindustrin reports that Scandinavian distributors Border Music (SWE), A:larm (DK), Indie (NOR) and Supersounds (FIN) met at Popkomm and worked out a collaboration agreement going under the banner of Nordic Alliance. They aim to help eachother by promoting each company's local talent in neighboring countries.
MIC Norway reports that Norwegian music download service musiconline has finally switched from wma to mp3 and dropped all DRM protection: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007092712383973775234
Swedish booking agency/show promoter Luger has started doing direct ticket sales: https://www.luger.se/biljetter
Can anyone tell me if they still charge the horrible so-called "service fees" that are endemic in this industry?
Hybris on the scam of CMJ and Sonicbids: https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2007/09/sonicbids-and-cmj-cashes-in.html
Check the Ghost Media link for more dirt. Nothing that should surprise most folks, but worth reading nonetheless.
MIC Norway gives a short preview to this year's by:Larm Festival, the first time the annual industry event will take place in the capital of Oslo: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007092516094014439917
I'm too busy to attend this year, but Export Music Sweden and the Consulate General of Sweden will be holding another Swedish Music Seminar at Union Square Ballroom in NYC on October 18. I went to last year's event and found the discussions to be quite interesting, not to mention the fact that I met a ton of great people. For more details and registration info, go here: https://ebiz1.exfoundry.com/members/response.asp?ID=910038554245152
Pirate Bay is turning the tables on the majors and filing their own charges as a result of various revelations made public by the recent MediaDefender leaks: https://thepiratebay.org/blog/86