I got dumped
I was in the middle of setting up my new releases with cover art, date and the unavoidable paperwork, when they pulled the plug. More than 100'000 streams in 2023 didn't prevent them from doing so.
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What’s up:
Thursday, March 7th 2024 - Restaurant Europa in Zurich / Switzerland (trio)
Saturday, March 30th 2024 - Hotel Schloss Ragaz in Bad Ragaz / Switzerland (solo)
Friday, June 14th 2024 - Tramhüsli Bistro & Bar in Emmen / Switzerland (duo)
Thursday, July 18th 2024 - Hotel Restaurant Jakob in Rapperswil / Switzerland (solo)
Friday, July 19th 2024 - Casanova Wein Pur in Walenstadt / Switzerland (trio)
There’s more #livemusic to come, so check frequently for further details on my website here.
Here’s a clip from last Thursday’s office at the Restaurant Europa in Zurich with Germano Cantore on bass & vocals and Kaspar Rast - drums (Brandi Carlile - The Joke). We’ll be back on March 7th - hope to see you there!
My Catalog: 2 Albums & 3 Singles released
I got dumped
I was in the middle of setting up my new releases with cover art, date and the unavoidable paperwork, when iGroove pulled the plug. More than 100'000 streams in 2023 didn't prevent them from doing so.
I was an iGroove customer for more than six years and I re-released my two albums online and added three new singles on their distribution platform. It’s not really charming to do a deep dive to find a new Online Distributor when your mind would rather play them strings. But c’est la vie!
While shopping around for a new distributor I noticed quite big differences and yes you have to read a lot of stuff, especially when you’re about to release original music and covers.
So my recording schedule got a delay but I’ll have a word with my boss ;o)
I decided to go with Distrokid, because with them you can release original songs and covers without having to apply for a licence separately. They do it for you directly.
Well, I remastered my first album ‘That Was Then… This Is Now!’, re-released it on Distrokid and within 48hrs I had more than 5000 streams just on YouTube Music. OHÄ!!! Which algo-rhythm made that happen?
Thank you very much for listening and in 2024 there’s more to come.
My Substack Starters
In this section I exclusively release sounds and tales on Substack from my artistic life. I hope it will grow organically and improve with every new edition.
This section is still not where I want it to be. But bear with me I got some ideas coming up.
What do you think about livestreams and podcasts? Nowadays everybody and his cousin are producing them. But I’m only able to listen to them while I’m on the road. They are great to keep me awake at the wheel. When and where are you listening to podcasts?
My YouTube Channel Views
Here are the songs from my repertoire released on my YouTube channel playlist ‘Start Your Day With A Song’
Since I’m busy recording new tracks for my single series, there are no new YouTube-songs for you this time. But how about browsing through the 444 songs already uploaded. Pick your favourite and enjoy!
So far, I uploaded in January following three songs from my repertoire - enjoy!
On my Youtube channel you can also view ‘shorts’ videos, where I post raw clips of daily encounters and old concert footage that are quite hilarious when you see them again after a long time
ClickASnap Picture Book
In this section I feature a picture from my ClickASnap photo gallery and the corresponding story
After investing so much time in uploading and cataloging almost 500 photos on ClickASnap I paused my activities because the new software update and the new online shop (Merchr) contain so many bugs and other problems on the website that I wait until I see a light at the end of this tunnel.
This was one of the most clicked and seen photos yet. I took it while I was playing a gig in Minusio-Locarno in Ticino, Switzerland.
Spotify Song Section
Songs from my Spotify playlist ‘My Songs & Stories’
I heard ‘Circus’ the first time when they aired the Eric Clapton MTV-Unplugged Special back in 1992. Right there I knew I wanted to add this great song to my repertoire. I waited for the MTV-Unplugged album to be released, but when I saw it at the record store (remember those) I checked the song list on the album and Circus was not on it.
It took six more years until I discovered it on his Pilgrim album in 1998. Enjoy!