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In this episode:
We meet again with Jurgen of The Freak Fandango Orchestra.
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Here are the notes from the interview.
new album: Wild goats and useless heroes
Last time, in the process of funding an album. Last time: freak-fandango-orchestra-131124
Not sure if he will do crowdfunding again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter
SPACE!
so, let’s back track...FFO
from Barcelona, Spain
balkan/gypsy influences
band is 7 years old
What was different in the process?
Hard to do Crowdfunding
!A Russian Circus Story is on two different albums...why?
a good recording!
concerts is where FFO makes some money
Difficult to transform energy of performance into album
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1125826/mundo-canibal
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1125818/santa-alegria
same guy that recorded second album
Limited time is sometimes good because you don’t spend forever tweaking things!
Tour?
New Album no longer new. How the hell did that happen? Well, album title changed!
mountains of France for a festival
"I will throw you out of the bus"
violin player now in NY studying film composition.
violin players always get the girls.
first violin player started playing trombone...but is back playing violin
"Musicians that become entrepreneurs get to play lots of music for lots of people for a long time. Those that don't are exploited, become hobbyists or quit."-https://twitter.com/bandcoin via: dead-unicorn-130929-music-manumit
Jurgen responds: "What’s the problem with being a hobbyist?"
Don’t be the A&R guy!
some artists don’t want to deal with it.
"the music industry is changing"
Labels are doing more management now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploited
Burden to save the world, but on our terms!
outgoing track: https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1125824/we-ll-save-the-world
