With a shining sun above the city of Aarhus, SPOT Festival showcased a promising amount of Danish talent reaching for the stars. And with SPOT 2022 done, we’ve entered a season of concerts and fully packed calendars on both big and small stages all over Denmark.
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During this year’s SPOT+ conference, film composers Jonas Struck and Jenny Rossander, aka. Lydmor, found their way to Aarhus for a talk about their work as film composers.
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At one of Saturday’s last SPOT+ conferences there was still plenty of laughs to be had and questions to be asked as we were invited to nothing less than a good ol’ “sync-off”. The contestants were Halfan E. (BFM), Andreas Mølbak Henriksen (Upright Music), Mette Zähringer (Iceberg Music Group), Yebo (Crunchy Frog), and Laura Littauer (Sundance Music).
By Simon Skovhus
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Technology is always moving forward, and the music industry is attempting to follow technological advances, where many see great potential in NFT’s.
By Henriette Szocska
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Moderator and head of Autor, Anna Lidel, began today’s session by reflecting on how difficult it is for women and gender minorities to exist in the music industry. She pointed out that we’ve come a long way, but there’s still a long way to go before we reach an equal and balanced music industry.
By Henriette Szocska
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Three individuals, who each represented different perspectives on the industry, were present to discuss how to build a sustainable future for the music industry. Despite their differences, they nodded in agreement to each other’s suggestions and hopes for sustainable music. In particular, they all agreed that people in positions of power must be held accountable and react before their initiatives can have any effect.
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Just about everyone has access to streaming services. That also means that just about everyone has access to just about all music. And as a musician, you earn very little from having your music available on streaming services. To discuss new ways of monetizing music, SPOT+ had gathered a panel consisting of director of Digidi, Henrik Leschly, founder of Hun Solo and former lead singer of Blue Foundation, Kirstine Stubbe Teglbjærg, as well as crypto artist Jonas Kasper Jensen. Henrik Leschly began the discussion by listing some quite outrageous facts about musicians’ income sources.
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Niels Mosumgaard, director of the Music Industry’s Network, found his way to this year’s SPOT+ conference to present the trade network’s outline for a collective export strategy for the Danish music industry. The plan was created in the shadow of two recently released rapports on the Danish and European music export strategy that both call for wide-spread changes to our understanding of music as an export product.
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Artist manager Rasmus Damsholt had invited four panelists to talk about facilitating and executing concerts. Present was singer Jenny Rossander, better known as Lydmor, drummer from Nephew, Kristian Riis, artist manager Morten Riis, and project head at Det Turkise Telt, Camilla Aneto. Each one of them has experience exploring more alternative and creative approaches to concerts.
By: Simon Skovhus // Photo: Line Svindt
Sport and music can seem like two different worlds, yet the music industry is currently seeking inspiration from the world of sport. Particularly with regards to development of talents, the music industry is increasingly looking toward elite sports.
