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Sep 26
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- Einstein at a music conference?
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- With Peter and Carolina from Sweden, who manages 7 Sonic bands
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- Preaching the Artistic Middle Class
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- Hljomalind: Best coffee shop in Reykjavik
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- The Reykjavik member dinner crew
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- Borkur from Monotown, with Janus and Ragner from Bloodgroup
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- Snorri and Jon from Sprenjuhollin who played SXSW using Sonicbids
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- Megas, the “Icelandic Bob Dylan”
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- The Sonicbids band Reykjavik! whom I’ve seen now in three countries
- You Are In Control, Closure. Great conclusion to the conference, with a number of fascinating speeches and roundtable discussions (another fresh concept, with good open debate among participants). I particularly enjoyed the speech from Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson from the Ministry of Ideas (how many times do you see an Einstein quote flashed on the screen at a music conference?), whose speech felt less about practical applications and more like a piece of music: meant to provoke, inspire, dream. I also gave a presentation about the emerging Artistic Middle Class with some examples of how this class of artists is rapidly reshaping the music industry landscape and forever changing way that music is discovered, consumed, and promoted.
- Reykjavik Member Dinner. Finished the the day with our now customary member dinner, hosted at a restaurant called Boston of all names, in downtown Reykjavik. We had a great group of 10 artists and managers from Iceland and Faeroe Islands and as usual, these dinners are great at helping me understand how we can improve Sonicbids – but also what we do well. Yes, each music scene is different, but the thing that always strikes me after meeting indie artists around the world is this: no matter the language, the country, the style of music, the government or politics, all artists share the same passion and the same need to find and connect with an audience – and technology is the great leveler.
- Reykjavik Music Scene. By the way, the music scene at Reykjavik is out of this world. To put it in perspective, the whole country of Island is less than half the size of Boston – but the quality of music, the venues, the sound of the capital city rivals or bests anything I’ve experienced in the States.
It’s a flat world indeed.
Panos
