This message is about a new law in Gothenburg and will therefore be written in Swedish. But to sum up; the city of Gothenburg forbids all performed music in the streets (with some minor exceptions) in the city centre daytime starting tomorrow. This means that if you are busking today, it will be a crime tomorrow; scary and extremely tragic.
Göteborgs stad har bestämt att musik som framförs live på innerstans gator och torg mellan 11-15(vissa områden 17) är kriminell från och med imorgon, vilket kort och gott innebär att de små söta barnen som spelar fiol och gitarr inne i Nordstan för att dryga ut sin månadspeng så här i sommartid dessvärre gör något lagvidrigt och kan beläggas med en straffavgift. Detsamma gäller naturligtvis de som tjänar merparten av sin månadslön genom att vara gatumusiker. Lagen är utformad på ett sätt som gör att polisen i fortsättningen ”bör vara restriktiv” (TU diarienummer 0370/08) med utgivning av tillstånd till musik som kräver PA dagtid 11-15. Tydligen så ska enligt SDN centrum också boende på Avenyn störas… Av gatumusikanter? Tur att de boende inte störs av gnisslande spårvagnar, accelererande bussar och polisens sirener i alla fall– dvs de vanligaste störningsmomenten i stadens ljudbild om ni frågar mig.
Bakgrunden till lagen är klagomål från företagarföreningen Avenyn.
Är staden bara till för de som säljer?
Läs mer om det inkonsekventa beslutsunderlaget och stöd gatumusikerna –ett av världens äldsta yrken- genom att skriva upp dig på protestlistan och bidra till en levande och öppen stad.
Here’s our new video for sometimes I’m afraid (sorry for the delay b.t.w)! We kind of like it, it is a bit different though . A huge thank you to Sussie at our wonderful record label LEON music art fashion for putting it all together.
The single is still available for free downloading.
You are more than welcome to download our new single ’sometimes i’m afraid’ from our debut album Scrapbook. The song is slightly different from the one on the album, so if you already have Scrapbook it might be nice to have this version as well! You will find a link to the track on the right side of our website.
Please help us to promote the single by telling your friends to got to our website and download the track.
There will soon also be a video to ’sometimes i’m afraid’ which will be released later this week.
After a week of banging our heads against the wall, recording ideas, throwing bad ideas away we have managed to get a few really good versions on hard drive (I would like to write “on tape”, but we’re not that analogue). Like Joel said this Monday we tried to work 9 to 5, which turned out easier than we thought J
We spent Tuesday collecting (as well as shooting) 1,2Gb of photos (!) that will be used for a cool thing that will be presented next week. Let’s say it has something to do with “sometimes I’m afraid” from our debut album. Like I said; alibitom.com next week!
Here are some pictures from the chaotic but very cosy environment we work in.
Today we’ve started doing pre-productions for our second album. We have been trying out new material earlier this winter and spring and now we have started to work through all these ideas and shape them up a bit into new cool songs. They are a bit different, but a lot more interesting than before. We are excited! We’ll update you about the progressions during this week, so stay tuned. We will work from 9 to 5 every day, just as an ordinary job with the exception that we don’t get paid.. Take care and enjoy the summer! /JW
So, two days ago we safely arrived back home. Some minor things happened along the way though… The ferry from Dover was delayed because of the bad weather, and when we finally left shore the boat trip was pretty rough. At one point you couldn’t even walk straight, the waves were huge (and as a hobby surfer I couldn’t resist imagining myself riding some of them). Emanuel had to lay down on the floor for a while, just in case you know…
In Germany we got stopped by two suspicious policemen. We were a bit worried that they were gonna find out about our broken back lights, but all they wanted to know was if we were using any drugs, and as we didn’t they let us go. Lucky, lucky…
Yes! As you can see everythings’s fine with us. Tomorrow (or actually today) we will head for Brighton to do the last gig there! Good night, we love you
We had a great show in London last night. We played at club no fiction together with a band called phantom. Really cool and a bit progressive pop noir. Check it out! We stayed the night at LEONs house in the countryside outside oxford. This evening we will play in kettering at the keystone escape club.
