SPOT celebrates the reopening by presenting 10 new names

01/02/2022 by Max Bülow Lassenin Ikke-kategoriseret

The restrictions regarding Covid-19 in Denmark are officially gone, January is finally over and we’re looking towards brighter times – not only literally, but in general. The absolute best way to celebrate all of this must be adding more buzzing names to the poster and start getting excited about the festival season that lies ahead. We’ve already announced 15 names, and we’ve got hundreds more to come – today we’re adding 10 thrilling acts, and there’s something for anyone.

Aarhus-based Shoother Gang will bring street poetry to the stage.,UNG-SKAB will be adding youthful and honest hip hop with loads of energy, while Szim combines rap with club-ish pop music.In the world of pop we’ve got mp.oxford with his atmospheric thoughtfulness, Maddy with her incredible sound and URO, who’s known for spellbinding his audience with his catchy flow. Pil will be showcasing her feelings in a sensitive universe and Rigmor will be continuing the proud traditions of the Danish language highly influenced by the great poet Michael Strunge. Julie Pavon is well-known for experimenting with her songwriting, which have placed her music on the catwalk in Paris, and finally, the punk-rebels from girlcrush will add extra sound to their honest storytelling of life.

Buy your SPOT 2022 ticket now and make sure you don’t miss these great acts.

SPOT fejrer genåbningen med 10 nye navne

01/02/202201/02/2022 by Max Bülow Lassenin Ikke-kategoriseret

Restriktionerne er væk, januar er slut og vi kan alle se mod lysere tider i mere end én forstand. Og hvilken bedre måde at fejre det på, end at offentliggøre ti nye navne til SPOT 2022. Programmet har allerede taget flot form med 15 danske og norske artister, som I kan glæde jer til at opleve i maj, og nu fylder vi endnu en portion kvalitet på projektet – vi er sikre på, at der er noget for enhver smag blandt disse dygtige acts.

Aarhus-baserede Shooter Gang medbringer gadelyrikken til scenen, UNG-SKAB tilsætter ungdommelig og ærlig hiphop med et glimt i øjet, mens Szim kombinerer rap-musikken med med pop på klubbet vis. Til at sætte et poppet isæt på dagens annonceringer har vi mp.oxford med sin atmosfæriske eftertænksomhed, Maddy med sin ekstravagante pop-lyd, og URO der tryllebinder publikum med ørehængende flow. Pil viser de skæve følelser i et følsomt dansksproget pop-univers og Rigmor fortsætter den sproglige tradition med stor indflydelse fra Strunge, mens Julie Pavon eksperimenterer med sangskrivningen, hvilket blandt andet landede hendes musik på catwalken i Paris. Til slut sætter punk-rebellerne girlcrush ekstra lyd på deres ærlige fortællinger om livet.

Køb dn billet til SPOT 2022 nu, så du ikke går i glip af disse fede navne.

SPOT 2022: Ansøgningsrunden er åben!

07/10/202112/10/2021 by Mille Jensenin Ikke-kategoriseret, Blog

Foto: Kasper Krupsdal

Datoen er på plads, de planlægningsmæssige tandhjul er i sving, og nu er tiden kommet til at finde noget af den musik, der skal strømme ud fra scenerne.

Har du det næste store hit liggende i skuffen, brænder dig og bandet for at stå på en scene foran publikummer og branche, eller er din musik lige dét, der mangler på den danske musikscene? Så tøv ikke med at sende os en ansøgning!

Ansøgningsrunden til SPOT 2022 er åben indtil d. 25. november kl. 12.00, og alle er velkommen til at berige systemet med deres toner.

Vi glæder os til at høre, hvad morgendagens talenter har at byde på!

ANSØG TIL SPOT 2022 HER

Mød Music Supervisors: Speed-dating I forretnings øjemed

16/09/202117/09/2021 by Cecilie Feldvossin Ikke-kategoriseret, SPOT+ News, SPOT+ nyheder til app, dansk

Foto: Allan Nissen

Speed-meeting-konceptet er på SPOT+ for syvende gang, og deltagerne venter i flok udenfor dobbeltdørene. Music Supervisorerne står allerede i lokalet, klar til at få nye kontakter og finde nye musikkataloger.

Af Cecilie Feldvoss

Små, høje cocktailborde fylder rummet, alle står op og er på dupperne. Hvert kvarter ringer en håndholdt klokke og halvdelen af menneskene bevæger sig rundt i det store grå rum.

Dynamikken er forskellig fra bord til bord, måske selvsagt, da det er forskellige mennesker, forskelligt hvad de leder efter, og hvad de kan bidrage med. Men fælles er en stor respekt for hinanden og deres arbejde.

Terese Gustafsson er Creative Manager ved Pusher og arbejder tæt sammen med music supervisore. Marcus Faal fra One Seven spiller 30 sekunder af et nummer, undervejs kommenterer Terese Gustafsson ”cool bas”. I løbet af få minutter ved de hvad hinanden står for, og hvad de hver især kan tilbyde. De ender med at udveksle mail-adresser og aftaler at mødes i København i weekenden, hvor den Berlin-baserede Creative Manager skal hen efter SPOT Festival.

Det er lidt som en speed-date. De skiftes til at præsentere sig selv, hvad de laver og hvad de søger i en partner. De fleste møder ender i en mailudveksling, hvilket nok også er årsagen til at arrangementet er så populært.

Lynn Fainchtein, Music Supervisor for casete.com, har sit næste møde med Jeppe Kaltoft fra StereoRoyal. Hun vil helst ikke lytte til musikken i det travle rum, hvor summen af snak fylder det meste.

”Når jeg lytter, så kan jeg lide at sortere musikken i mapper, bruge dem senere og have dem i baghovedet.” Hun uddyber, at det ikke giver mening for hende at lytte til musikken her og nu, fordi hun vil glemme det i mængden af alt det andet. Det er dog primært fordi, at hun gerne vil bruge det musik hun hører, og hun leder efter det der passer til hendes projekter. Hun tilføjer:

“Og hvis jeg kan lide det, så downloader jeg det,” siger hun med et smil, mens man ikke er i tvivl om, at hun mener det.

De ender med at aftale, at Kaltoft skal sende hende to albums, som hun gerne vil lytte til. Og som Kaltoft siger efterfølgende, så er det ikke så tit at man aftaler at sende noget konkret efter et 10 minutters møde. ”Men det tyder måske på, at det her er et godt match,” siger Kaltoft.

Det giver god mening, at dette internationale rum er et populært arrangement, hvor kontakter bliver delt, også selvom aftaler ikke kommer i hus.

SPOT+ // networking, networking and networking!

02/08/202111/08/2021 by Mille Jensenin Ikke-kategoriseret, SPOT+ NEWS (ENG)

One of the primary goals at SPOT+ is to give Danish music business people, composers, musicians and producers the possibility of expanding their network, creating new contacts and thereby strengthening their chance for new career opportunities.

That is why in a number of years we have arranged different targeted networking sessions and this year is no exception. At SPOT+ 2021 there will be three different “Meet The…”-sessions: Meet The Music Supervisors, Meet The Music Publishers and Pitch Your Music To Music Supervisors.

Read more in the descriptions below and admit your application to participate as soon as possible – it’s first come, first serve.

Meet The Music Supervisors

Again this year we are ready with our almost “classical” speed meetings when we welcome a star team of music supervisors from Mexico City, Los Angeles, Paris, Toronto, London, Berlin and Copenhagen.

Meet: Lynn Fainchtein/Casete, Samuel Diaz/CBS, Katy Gavillet/FOX, Megan Barbour/Buddah Jones, Yvette Metoyer/Sound in Color Music, Michael Perlmutter/Instinct Entertainment, Marielle Jade Te/Good Ear Music, Maxine Rouge & Gregoire Bucaille/Prodigious, Milena Fessmann/Cinesongs, David Fish/Red Five Creative, Nis Bøgvad/Copenhagen Film Music, Jesper Gadeberg/Musicstylist – and last but not least SPOT+ veteran, Bobby Gumm from Trailer Park.

The target group is professional composers, music publishers, managers and labels.

Meet The Music Supervisors takes place Thursday, September 16th at 10.00-12.00 AM at the FO-Building, Vester Allé 8, Aarhus C. The arrangement is supported by FO-Aarhus’ Debatpulje.

Meet The Music Publishers

The well-known speed meeting format from Meet The Music Supervisors was tested at SPOT+ in 2019 with music publishers – and with great succes. That is why we make it a part of the programme once again during SPOT+ 2021.

Meet: Luisa Rolander og Christian Fløe/GL Music, Mette Zähringer/Iceberg Music Group, Laurits Bejder og Vidar Hansen/The Bank, Marcus Faal/One Seven, Anders Fredslund-Hansen/TheArrangement, Ole Dreyer/NMS & Nicolas Blix/Mantik Music.

Meet The Music Publishers takes place Friday, September 17th at 10:00-11.30 AM – Radisson BLU, Aarhus C.

The target group is producers, songwriters, bands, soloists, managements and labels.

Pitch Your Music To Music Supervisors

Here we give young people from the music industry, film composers, producers and songwriters the opportunity to present their music to af panel of international music supervisors. And all in front of an audience.

We collect a short list of the recieved tracks which will be chosen by a jury. These tracks will then be presented to the panel who will give their feedback and comments. And who knows – there could be material which they can use!

For know the panel consists of:
Samuel Diaz/CBS (US), Bobby Gumm/Trailer Park (US) & Megan Barbour/Buddah Jones (US)

Pitch Your Music To Music Supervisors takes place on Thursday, September 16th at 16.00 PM at Radisson BLU, Aarhus C.

The target group is producers, songwriters, film composers and sound designers.

The different networking sessions during SPOT+ is arranged by Promus in collaboration with SPOT Festival and are supported by Koda Culture and Danish Arts Foundation.

Comment: We feel the pressure to get the wheels running again

05/05/202107/05/2021 by Mille Jensenin Ikke-kategoriseret, English version, News, SPOT 2021 (In english)

Photo: Søren Rajczyk

Yesterday was a dark day for festivals in Denmark, and our thoughts go out to all of our colleagues who have had to close the season yet again before it even started – we are looking forward to seeing all of you and your festivals in 2022.

The situation months from now seems a bit chaotic at the moment – which rules apply when and which exceptions applies to whom? Naturally it is something that impacts our us and our planning here at SPOT.

A big part of our lineup consists of smaller names and new talents from the music scene. A group of artists which has been hit hard on their possibilities to develop an audience and knowledge of their music, and as hard as the music business have had it as a whole, our fear is that the capital and power which normally is put into the new talents, will be missing in the coming years.

That is why we are more than set to make SPOT 2021 a reality in September so we continuously can contribute to a platform for new and established artists. And our hope is naturally to carry out the festival under as normal conditions as the Danish government has warned.

It is a justified fear that the vaccine programme is changed ongoing because of different political priorities which could end up as a threat to concerts in the coming fall and maybe even after further on.

But we feel a great pressure from artists, the business and the audience to get the wheels running again. And so we do our very best to plan all aspects of the festival according to the current demands and rules from the authorities.

It will be to much of a sadness, not to believe that the pandemic has a smaller impact on our everyday life at that time – so right now we a looking forward with excitement to meet a great part of the new and thrilling Danish artists and musicians in the center of Aarhus on September 16.-17.

Maybe we will be forced to reduce our number of tickets? Maybe we will have to take special precautions?

We don’t know it yet but we believe that the possible obstacles in the next few months will end happily so we all can meet in September at SPOT 2021.