I met Todd Mitsuda of Countdown Media on the bus from Nice airport to Cannes the night before Midem started. We bumped into each other at various points during the next few days, so I hit him up for a quick interview in the Countdown Media booth. Todd works in the ever-burgeoning field of sync … Continue reading »
Recently I attended Midem, the big European music/tech trade fair that takes over the posh French Riviera town of Cannes each January. It’s four days of mad networking, industry discussion and frenetic searching for the Next Big Music/Tech/Branding Thing. It’s also four days in the company of some of the most interesting people you’ll ever … Continue reading »
Everyone I know in the music industry does more than one thing – multitasking is the norm. But few do it as well as Tatjana Rüegsegger. At the tender age of 23, Tatjana has been living and breathing music since her early teens, and is now in the enviable position of occupying two very desirable … Continue reading »
Welcome, dear readers, to another (hopefully relevant) instalment in the Left of Centre series, in which I put the delightful Lukas Keller, music journalist, event organiser, concert/festival-goer, man-about-town, and all round good sort under the microscope. With his indefatigably excellent taste in music and finely honed cultural and aesthetic sensibilities, Lukas is the Editor-in-Chief of … Continue reading »
When I first started this site back in late 2009 I didn’t know how the music industry worked from the inside – I’d only ever experienced it from outside, as a fan (even now I don’t fully understand all the arcane workings of it – one of the reasons why I’m doing this series). But … Continue reading »
Do you remember your first obsession? Mine was David Bowie. I collected everything about him I could get my hands on, every album/bootleg recording and magazine, nicked books from the library, recorded (on cassette!) snippets of songs and interviews on the radio, stayed up all night watching Rage in the hope that they would play … Continue reading »
A couple of weeks ago I was accosted, plied with free drinks and interviewed by Bewegungsmelder Zürich, the monthly entertainment guide (there are also Bern, Basel and Romandie editions). They asked me all sorts of sordid questions, such as why I like going to concerts, and why I started going in the first place. Oh … Continue reading »
She has performed, toured, recorded and worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, both commercial and indie, and is also a well-respected writer, producer and orchestral arranger in her own right. Yep, we’re talking about the lovely, gracious Fiona Brice. A classically trained musician (she is a graduate of both Kings … Continue reading »
Patrick Wolf‘s fifth album Lupercalia has just been released to critical acclaim, he’s played to an adoring crowd at Glastonbury, and he’s engaged to be married later this year – life is good right now for this one-time lone Wolf. Back in April I sat down with Patrick a few hours before his Zurich gig … Continue reading »
First up in the Left of Centre series is digital whizz and online maven, Anthony Crook, of Riverman Management (Placebo, Evaline, Expatriate). Here he talks about developing a thick skin, his career highlights, and why retaining an element of mystery is a good thing. Oh and his glamorous lifestyle… Continue reading »
