A new era of Motion Music Manager: get involved!

When I look at the last post on this blog, I am quite ashamed. Did it really take me so long to write the next article on this blog?

Of course, I have been quite busy the last months. The main factor is the surprising success of my band Amatorski here in Belgium. Our appearance in Humo’s Rockrally lead to tremendous acclaim and caused huge airplay on national radio, first on the alternative program of Studio Brussel, but the other stations followed later on. Our small debut ‘Same Stars We Shared’, and certainly the single ‘Come Home’, gets a lot of attention and is now even the soundtrack of a Spa (water) commercial, directed by Jaco Van Dormael. In the following months I will certainly come back to the details of this success story, as it can be an interesting case to learn from, for you musicians and bands out there.

As the inspirer of Motion Music Manager, I also participated in the iBoot program of IBBT. This bootcamp helps people with an idea in the technological sector to create a business around this idea. I’ve been working on this idea of Motion Music Manager for quite a long time and I can assure you that it isn’t easy to make it a viable business. Although I hear all the time that MMM is a huge problem solver, there is software development and lots of other stuff to be paid for. You need to devise a business plan to foresee future problems and their solutions. I learned a lot, but we are not there yet. Not at all. Therefore, I hope to get support from the readers of this blog and from the users of Motion Music Manager. Building up Motion Music Manager is quite similar to building up the success of a band. You need to invest a lot of passion (and also money) in it, and you need the support of your fans to make the big step forward.

As you can see, the tone on this blog will get a bit more personal. I will talk about my own band Amatorski and about the successes and pitfalls of running MMM. And I will strive for more interaction with you, the readers and users. Of course, I will still try to help you with lots of advice and interesting reading I find on the internet.

In the end, all this is about knowledge, helping each other and passion!