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3 14 6 13 VIPNEWS PREMIUM > VOLUME 176 > FEBRUARY 2015 16 4 7 14 11 2 VIPNEWS > FEBRUARY 2015 McGowan’s Musings I know I should have been at home in and the answer in this particular case, was, magazines. It’s hard for a print magazine Brighton on Valentine’s day coping with in the well appointed venues of Norrköping, to not be just replicating the news that can the sacks full of cards which the Royal Mail a very attractive city. Considering that the be found so easily on-line, the New Musical struggled to bring to my door (OK – a slight country has an undoubted track record Express to give it it’s full title now sells less exaggeration, but I’m sure you Ladies of the of producing music for the international than 14.000 copies per issue. Old chaps like live music industry meant to send them? markets, from the days of ABBA, to EDM me, particularly ones who have a stab at No? Oh well I can dream!), and arranging super band Swedish House Mafia, and any writing the odd article, will be sad if NME candlelit suppers etc, but I wasn’t, I was in number of highly talented producers and and others do disappear completely, but, Sweden. Actually Peter Briggs and I were writers, it’s surprising that it’s taken this apparently - that’s progress! attending the very first edition of ‘Where’s long for there to be a showcase/conference the Music?’ A good question, you might say, event – everywhere else has one, or in some Whilst talking of Awards, I see that another cases two! It’s also interesting that the of the legendary, yet still working, managers, instigators and producers of ‘Where’s the is to be honoured at this year’s Artist & Music’ are FKP Scorpio, a German based Manager Awards on March 26th, organised company, with a Dutch founder, and now an by The Music Managers Forum.
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