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- by: Larm ‘10 Festival Review
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on 2010-03-01
With temperatures diving to -19°C, constant snowfall and prohibitive alcohol prices, this wasn’t the most welcoming of settings for by:Larm 2010, Scandinavia’s premiere music showcase. Nevertheless, this was a small price to pay for a large injection of emerging local talent that took part in this exceptionally well-organised event held in the Norwegian capital.
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- Finns and Foreigners Build Tower of Song!
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on 2010-02-11
No divine retribution this time, either, since it’s actually not a tower of song reaching for the Heavens, but a nice and mellow country estate of song: Song Castle. Every year 20 songwriters, 8 of them from abroad and 12 Finns, get together on a secluded estate outside Helsinki to meet and learn from each other, publishers and A&R folks, as well as bang out some tunes.
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- Finnish Metal Expo Ready for Blastoff
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on 2010-02-10
The annual conference/festival for all that is hard’n'heavy is ready to take on the toughest winter in 60 years and the tickets are selling quicker than ever.
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- JA JA JA Offers Northern Treats
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on 2010-02-10
In February, JA JA JA, London’s only club dedicated to showcasing the most exciting emerging talent from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland is offering a real treat. From Norway, Ungdomskulen; In the Danish corner, The Good The Bad. And from Finland, the unique sonic tapestry of Vuk.
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- Storming the Vikings at by:Larm
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on 2010-02-10
By:Larm in Oslo has become one of the coolest conference/festivals on the circuit, with a keen ear for the future. The Finnish offering this year rides the gamut from cool to hooligan.
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- Finland at Eurosonic and MIDEM
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on 2010-01-10
The first two major European music events of the new, ISO 8601-certified decade are right around the corner. Eurosonic, the live industry’s very own retreat and definitely the sweetest excuse to visit Groningen, will feature six Finnish acts, while the Finnish Pavilion at MIDEM will be once again full of action and goodies.
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- Music Export Finland Reshapes Digital Communication
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on 2010-01-10
Music Export Finland turned a new page in the book of digital communication today, when its updated, improved website was launched with a handful of new features. Following the website redesign, the monthly newsletter FI News returns from a break of almost a year, with an extreme makeover.
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- Letter from the Director
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on 2010-01-10
Finnish music is doing better than ever on international markets. According to music export research, royalties from abroad received by Finnish artists have grown steadily throughout the 2000s.
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- FI NEWS - February
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on 2009-02-12
At times, having a subscription to the Economist can be a bit taxing. I’d hesitate to say that they are unduly alarmist. Maybe it’s more a case of truthhurtsitis, a very common and highly virulent human virus.
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- New year, new tricks…
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on 2009-01-22
New year, new tricks… different strokes for different folks. It begins again. This year, more music will be consumed, more music will play a huge role in the lives of more people than ever before in the history of our species.