When we initially were making [punk] music, it hadn't become accepted yet. It was still dangerous and turned into a style that people were used to. We were still breaking barriers. You have a band called Generation Sex with Steve Jones and Paul Cook. I a...
Sweet expectation, which is the title of a book by David Huron, is fundamentally what music is about. So I'm trying to work with what I think are people's expectations about what's going to happen, and then twisting them into something new that you didn't expect but that grabs you a...
Not driven by any form of monetisation, disgruntled by the worlds constant force of advertisement, in a 2017 interview with news.com.au, Gotye revealed he bravely chose not to run online advertising on his music videos. This includes no advertisements the billions of times viewed 'Som...
A multiple winner at last year’s ARIA Awards, Gotye (real name: Wally De Backer) has a viral-phenomenon on his hands with “Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra),” a track which to date has more than 64 million views on YouTube. This week, the song rises 50-31 on the ...
“The German ECHO music award is one of the most important music awards in the world. Internationally, ECHO takes its place with the Grammy or the BRIT Awards”, saysDieter Gorny, CEO of the German Phonoakademie. German Music Sales Stabilized in 2011 ...
"I'm not interested in selling my music, That's the reason I don't put ads on my YouTube channel, which seems strange to people in today's climate, but that is a decision you can make," he later toldThe Daily Telegraph. His remark gives you an insight into his thought process, ...