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great interview

I recently agreed a deal with Universal.

... I thought everything was fine until they came back and said, “Ah, but we want three times the amount of product you thought you were agreeing to.” They just can’t stop themselves being stupid.

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Really a good interview by an interesting website ... ...

Agreed. A lovely read of a Tuesday morning.

Jayliv1971 wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 06:43 https://thecreativeindependent.com/peop ... instincts/

Excellent engaging read, many thanks for the link, and welcome to Heartland

... "all my songs are in A" is just Von taking the p*ss, right?

alanm wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 12:42 ... "all my songs are in A" is just Von taking the p*ss, right?

A sweeping generalisation? Many early songs were and those that weren't don't tend to get played?
Oh OH orrr he's secretly admitting to only writing the songs in A? Haha

Thank you so much for sharing this.
Great read. Always a few more snippets to this extraordinary personality. Even if he thinks biographical details are not necessary I still value them.

This is the most informative, illuminating interview I’ve read. And the most relevant and real history, I imagine. The description of Alice as an internal pivot point is more magical than any myth. Love this; much appreciated.

Regarding Von‘s inability to work with someone for over a decade because they won’t install windows… I wonder if he is addressing Chris there.
If so - come on, Chris! - you CAN do it! Just to please us.
Ooops, I got a bit ahead of myself. That would mean he will rejoin the Sisters.

Nothing about the weekend but interesting as always.

At the same time, the usual frustration; when you would like to live in a world where people only do whatever they want ... how annoying is it when that person happens to be the creative decision maker in your favourite band.


https://thecreativeindependent.com/peop ... instincts/

Interesting read, thank you.

Already posted in the Reviews & Interviews section, it is a brilliant read though

I wonder what he's doing for Universal?

abridged wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 18:51 I wonder what he's doing for Universal?

Maybe I read too much into words unspoken but I got the impression the thing with Universal went nowhere whatsoever /no longer exists due to their incompetence and overdemanding. It's also probably worth noting that 'recently' in Von-speak could be any time in the last 30 years or so

abridged wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 18:51 I wonder what he's doing for Universal?

Probably absolutely nothing

Todashi wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 09:08

I recently agreed a deal with Universal.

There's so much stuff we just never get to hear about until Von announces it never happened. Like the idea of hiding an entire new album in a GTA game

Von wrote: I work with one person at the moment who’s spent more than a decade refusing to install the operating system that I use when I’m working on music. It’s a very strange and arcane system called Windows. We may start collaborating properly if the person in question learns to operate this system. We shall see.

Windows? I'm very disappointed that Von has sold out and is no longer using DOS 3.3. More seriously, I thought recent Doktors were Macs?

Warner’s, Universal. Different faces, same concept, no? Many musicians/songwriters have at least occasional trouble with the legal deep end. This is due to the fact that many of them don’t have any working knowledge of the legal gymnastics that is contact law.

I disagree that formal musical training is worthless, however. No education is ever really wasted. I like Chopin. A musician’s fingers don’t “naturally make Chopin shapes.” Not on your life. Even Mozart had rigorous musical training. Ask his Dad. Leopold wasn’t exactly a spoonful of sugar. Many very successful bands, heavy metal or not, have had a member or two with a background in classical music. Van Halen did. Edward Van Halen, a legend on the guitar, often credited his fame to his classical training. Just listen to “Eruption.” Some people are naturally gifted, but every talent needs refining.

And all power requires responsibility. The tab for which will be exacted in the end.

Fascinating interview, thanks!

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 00:23

Von wrote: I work with one person at the moment who’s spent more than a decade refusing to install the operating system that I use when I’m working on music. It’s a very strange and arcane system called Windows. We may start collaborating properly if the person in question learns to operate this system. We shall see.

Windows? I'm very disappointed that Von has sold out and is no longer using DOS 3.3. More seriously, I thought recent Doktors were Macs?

Nah, he's been rollling with Debian Linux for years now. Yet, he does his music with Cubase, which is currently available only for Win & Mac.

The Doks are indeed Macs atm. Must be fun to maintain multiple systems over the years, tho. Small wonder he claims to tinker with computers a lot.

Boomer with no mortgage reads spy thrillers shocker.

copper wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 09:21 Nah, he's been rollling with Debian Linux for years now. Yet, he does his music with Cubase, which is currently available only for Win & Mac.

I've been a Linux tragic for a couple of decades and I do my music with Rosegarden, which is an expression of masochism on my part

Saw this interview with AE week. It provided some great context and counterbalance to the negativity that was there for the Roundhouse gigs. Well worth a read.

https://thecreativeindependent.com/peop ... instincts/

AndyDiagram wrote: ↑30 Sep 2023, 08:10 Saw this interview with AE week. It provided some great context and counterbalance to the negativity that was there for the Roundhouse gigs. Well worth a read.

https://thecreativeindependent.com/peop ... instincts/

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