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It’s a tricky subject and cause for common misunderstandings that platforms that are essentially advertising publishers should not be used as such by self-managed music creators who want to reach their audiences. Since I am frequently being asked by artists why they cannot get any decent traction on social media, I’ve made this short myth-buster […]
For his brilliant JazzFuel website, Matt Fripp has conducted insightful Q&As with a number of successful and forward thinking professionals from the Jazz community. He is focusing on the business behind the music and the huge demand for help to self promote and navigate the tricky and overwhelming straights of social media, digital communications, agency […]
A moving statement from someone who I hugely admire: former German Foreign Secretary Joschka Fischer, who knows the EU’s ideology, strengths and weaknesses from the inside like almost no other. I couldn’t find an English subtitled version of this long interview, but half way through he comments on the threat of a Brexit with what […]
An unavoidable personal comment Last night, House of Commons representatives voted against military intervention in Syria. I am sure this is not the last debate on this subject – possibly not even the last vote. I am glad and relieved that the Prime Minister and war mongers on both sides of the house lost their […]
When I first listened to Diana Krall in February 2001 on a beautiful penthouse balcony in Mumbai, India, I knew I was captured by something special and – more importantly – music that felt more true and unpretentious than anything I have ever heard before. You can tell when an artist is in their element […]
